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VicSuper hits sustainability target early

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... portfolio - a year early, while also claiming to have aligned member outcomes to eight of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The announcements form part of VicSuper's attitude towards transparency, which includes reporting on how ...

Portfolio manager resigns from First State Investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... investment division within First Sentier Investors managing Asia Pacific, emerging markets, worldwide and sustainable development equity investment strategies.

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... world our members live in and retire into by aligning our investments and actions with seven strategic UN Sustainable Development Goals, including climate change," Blakey said. The carbon neutral certification is based on international standards and ...

Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... report measuring the positive impacts of bond-funded climate change mitigation and adaptation, global sustainable development, along with the financial returns. Last year, the impact fund manager partnered with Colonial First State to launch the Affirmative ...

Schroders acquires majority stake in impact investor

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... partner with whom we will further increase our impact and jointly contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals." There will be no changes to the management team, processes or strategies that BlueOrchard manages. Fanconi will ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... environmental or social problem, as outlined in the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing Sustainable Development Goals, he says. Australian Ethical head of ethics research Stuart Palmer agrees, saying impact-washing presents a significant ...

World leaders back impact investing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... support for the growth of the impact investing market, which the group sees as a tool for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment Ronald Cohen explained: "Coming on the heels of the supportive ...

New boutique awards mandate to RBC I&TS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... aims to deliver competitive market returns via a social and environmental impact strategy aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals, investing in Australian and New Zealand equities. It benchmarks against the S&P/ASX300 Total Return Index. A minimum ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... contribute to delivering on international commitments, such as the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while underpinning economic stability and prosperity for Australia." Simon O'Connor, chief executive of the ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Australian investors. The bonds offer Australian investors an opportunity to support the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and will be offered exclusively to clients of Westpac Group. The bonds' returns are linked to an index ...