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Podcast: Divestment, impact, and all that good stuff with Sharon Davis of Future Super

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... firm has no coal, oil and gas holdings, and an ethos rooted in ethical investment with a focus on clean energy and social impact projects. The pair chat impact investing, stewardship (proxy voting and engagements), and how to approach divesting from ...

Social impact groups bolster leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
International Justice Mission (IJM), the world's largest anti-slavery organisation, has appointed a new Australian CEO. Plus: award-winning sustainable fashion house The Social Outfit gets new head of impact. David Braga has been appointed to lead ...

DEI winner takes home top prize

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... - both big and small - from across the Australian economy be recognised as true champions of sustainability and social impact. "Banksia is delighted to recognise the positive environmental and social impacts of this year's winners and finalists, and ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
A new report reveals that investors are keener than ever to secure their financial future by investing responsibly and will pull their money if their manager doesn't do so. A whopping 88% of Aussies expect their super, bank accounts, and other investments ...

Super battle on impact investing and returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... investing mandate from a major superannuation fund in Australia saw a $91M investment pool facilitating multiple social impact transactions, including affordable housing developer Nightingale Housing. The Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT) was HESTA-funded ...

Gender-based strategy gives impact investing a boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... financing gap for women-owned small businesses, according to the UN. Impact investing, which is aimed at generating social impact alongside a financial return, could be the answer. Less than 2% of the world's financial markets is impact investment ...

ESG skills in hot demand in risk, compliance hiring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... risk exposures as part of that. The APRA guidance also states that super funds can incorporate environmental and social impact-related objectives "where it can demonstrate that pursuing such additional objectives is consistent with the outcomes the RSE ...

Growing scope for investing in natural capital: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... natural capital allows investors to capitalise on strong market fundamentals and have tangible environmental and social impact on the ground. We have been working with a number of investors to implement allocations to natural capital recently: it has ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... million Sustainability-Linked Loan by rethinking how they can spend the earned savings to create an even greater social impact." Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's head of investor relations and ESG Sam Miller commented: "This Sustainability-Linked loan aligns ...

Rainmaker names ESG leader super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
15 superannuation funds have been named ESG Leaders by Rainmaker Information. The ESG Leader Rating is earned by Australia's best super funds that are implementing environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles to a high level, while having ...
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