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Regnan CEO steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... commenced, including a thorough assessment of internal and external candidates. Regnan investigates and addresses environmental, social and corporate governance related sources of risk and value for long-term shareholders in Australian companies. Its ...

NAB committed to growing impact investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... funding partners including Equity Trustees and the Vincent Fairfax Foundation. "In order to address the social and environmental challenges facing Australia, we need a strong and vibrant not-for-profit sector with the capacity to develop and implement ...

Impact Investing Australia chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... significant role in market development and realising greater opportunities for private capital to deliver social and environmental impact," Madhavan said. McCutchan will take over the leadership on 1 April and said she is excited about the work ahead. ...

Queensland Treasury issues green bonds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... executive Philip Noble said green bonds could be allocated to existing, new or ongoing eligible projects that had environmental benefits for Queensland. The interest and popularity of socially responsible investments has created new opportunities for ...

Bendigo targets ethically conscious investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... interested in sustainable investing, and nearly twice as likely to invest in companies or funds that aim to use environmental, social or governance practices to create a value differentiator. "Demographic trends signal that millennial investors are likely ...

HESTA investment manager appointed to PRI

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... year it will focus on engaging credit rating agencies to promote more systematic and transparent incorporation of environmental, social and governance into credit ratings and analysis. Other recent Australian PRI appointees include AustralianSuper chief ...

QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... implementing and managing the active ownership initiatives informing QSuper's long-term ESG policy. With PhDs in environmental policy and legal framework for sustainable investment from the University of Oxford, Molinari has a strong track record working ...

Legg Mason subsidiary becomes PRI signatory

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... global fixed income portfolio manager, as being "the latest initiative in Brandywine Global's ongoing integration of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues into our investment approach." He added: "As we strive to provide investment ...

Northern Trust launches sustainable real assets fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... provider of sustainable real assets indices to launch a new real estate fund. In partnership with Netherlands-based environmental, social and governance researcher GRESB, Northern Trust released a new sustainability benchmark for real assets in conjunction ...

CBA receives top sustainability endorsement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... Index assessed CBA's business results, innovation initiatives, work towards ensuring diversity and inclusion, and environmental impact to determine its ranking. Commencing in 2005, the G100 is an index of the world's most sustainable companies, assessing ...