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Climate Bonds Initiative gain insurance body partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... the Climate Bond Initiative. The Principles for Sustainable Insurance is a collaborative initiative between the United Nations Finance Initiative and the insurance industry, serving as a global framework for the sector to address environmental, social ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... challenge of decarbonising the global economy. Australian Ethical highlighted two recent reports - one from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), calling for radical changes to make global financial systems greener by 2035 to avoid climate ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... LGS CEO Peter Lambert PDC signatories commit to decarbonise their portfolios, and was co-founded last year by the United Nations Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) the fourth National pension fund of Sweden, AP4, Europe's largest asset manager ...

Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative issues communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Members of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) are engaging with capital market participants in a dialogue on responsible investment and sustainable business practices. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director The SSE have published ...

Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Fund, where he was head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Prior to that, he worked with the United Nations Environment Program in Geneva, where he played a key role in creating the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment. ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... these." Black said that increased integration and innovation could happen in concert with global events, such as the United Nations Global Compact's release of the new Sustainable Development Goals in September. "I think there are some things that have ...

Good Super appoints Andrew MacLeod as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... He has also previously served in the Australian armed forces and worked for the International Red Cross and the United Nations. MacLeod said he would like to see the superannuation industry invest in large nation-building investment projects and innovations. ...

Northern Trust to open asset management in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... and cluster munitions manufacturers, in line with LUCRF's ESG policy and its commitments as a signatory to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, LUCRF told The Sustainability Report at the time. Northern Trust's move to bring ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... globally. There are 119 superannuation funds, fund manager and financial service providers that are signatories to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), which ostensibly means those institutions have made a judgement ...

Montreal Carbon Pledge a building block: Cbus' Atkin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... our climate." The Montreal Carbon Pledge is aiming to attract US$3 trillion of portfolio commitments ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2015, PRI said. It is also moving in concert with the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition ...