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Shareholder ESG Class Actions Increase – When climate change became a financial issue

The shift from ethical issues to financial issues: climate change isn’t just a moral issue anymore; it’s also a financial one.

Australia’s first CBI ‘Green Loan’ for A$170M closed

Investa commercial Property Fund (ICPF) has just closed Australia’s Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) compliant Green Loan for A$170m. This...

Issue a Green Bond to Buy a Green Bond

Is issuing a green bond to the capital market and buying a green bond incorporated by corporations in developing nations, development...

Gender Lens Investing – Keeps getting stronger and stronger

Gender Lens Investing (GLI) is a relatively new form of impact investing, gaining more interest in recent times from within asset...

Green Trees, Green Money, Green Buildings

Buildings with ‘Green’ credentials are financially a better investment (and have been so for some time). Global Brands want to lease...

"Big Oil" + Corp. Bonuses = Sustainability?

With about half of G20 members falling short of achieving their domestic targets set out in the Paris Agreement[1], major energy and...

ESG Reporting and ESG Corporate Integration, there is a difference.

It has been reported most companies in the S&P 500 meet the regulatory reporting requirements for Environmental, Social & Governance...

Australia, has your purchase fueled slavery?

After years of deliberation the Australian Modern Slavery bill was recently passed in Parliament to come in effect from January 1st....

Environmental, Social & Governance applied to corporates against commercial credit risks

Over the past five years discussion around the role of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in credit risk has become a sticking...

The importance of environment, social and governance (ESG) factors to current investment trends

When did ethical and sustainable investment strategy become a serious consideration for shareholders, investors and asset managers?...

Growing momentum of ESG Investments in Australia

Main Takeaways: ESG offers institutional investors such as super funds and global fund managers a product differentiator to take to...

Green Bonds and ESG: Emerging Synergies

With over $130 billion in Green bonds expected to be issued in 2017 alone, ESG reporting has become an essential investment tool for...

ESG, Investment Managers, and the Australian abnormality

I landed yesterday from a week in NYC meeting a range of fund & asset managers, environmental social & governance (ESG) reporting houses,...