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Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... David Blood]," he said. Unlike other fund managers, which run traditional products and have one or two sustainable investment options, Generation Investment is a pure green fund, with a philosophy that cuts across all its strategies. Forbes noted that ...

AIST chair set sights on UN PRI board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... push resulted in the fund committing to never invest in tobacco shares and led to the fund introducing a sustainable investment overlay into the fund's $2 billion Australian equities portfolio. Robertson was appointed to the AIST board in 2002 and elected ...

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... investments last year in EMs. Slightly more than $71 billion of assets identified represent funds labelled as sustainable investment, with the remainder reflecting mainstream institutional funds committed to integrating ESG within core investment processes. ...

Aus Ethical wins CMSF gong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... Australian Ethical Investment's Retail Superannuation fund has won the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) sustainable investment Infinity Award for the second year running. The Infinity Award recognises the fund as a leader in sustainable investment ...

Christian Super wins top sustainability gong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Christian Super has been named this year's Sustainable Super Fund of the Year. The super fund beat two other finalists, VicSuper and Hesta, to receive top scores from the judges across five criteria including engagement, investment initiatives, sustainable ...

Clean tech sector continues to expand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Financial planners should be confident the clean technology sector is a viable long-term opportunity after US based investment in the sector rose 55 per cent to more than $2.4 billion over a year, according to CVC Sustainable Investments. Sean Wiles ...

Climate change rhetoric yet to match investor reality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... Fahy. "I don't think people opened up their super fund statements last month and thought 'I should be in sustainable investment'," he said. "Bankers and money managers are aware of sustainability issues but are not yet integrating this information." ...

Green advice is not a stretch: Brisbane

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... existing financial advice practices do not need to convert their whole practice to advise on ethical or sustainable investment choices. "I don't think it would be a big switch, you just need to make sure they get equal or better returns. It doesn't have ...

Climate change funds tick all the boxes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Dow Jones' decision to remove AGL from its Sustainability World Index (DJSWI) illustrates the overlap that now exists between infrastructure investments, traditional and alternative energy and sustainable investments. AGL was recently removed from the ...

Planners miss sustainable mark: Fahy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... Fahy said research conducted with Griffith University found financial advisers overall had not embraced sustainable investment themes. "The Griffith research found that the level of awareness and engagement was probably lowest among the financial planning ...