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26 September | New Zealand | RIAA staff

Impact Investing Network and Responsible Investment Association Australasia Explore Integration

The Impact Investing Network (IIN) and Responsible Investment Association Association (RIAA) boards have been in exploratory discussions on deepening integration between the two organisations. With an aim to have the IIN sitting as an integrated portfolio within RIAA by mid-2025. Both boards have endorsed this opportunity at...

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03 September | New Zealand | Guest Contributor

Ambition versus reality

On 19 September at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)’s annual conference in New Zealand, I have the wonderful privilege of moderating a panel of three CEOs from prominent New Zealand listed companies: Simon MacKenzie (Vector), Jolie Hodson (Spark), and Grant Webster (THL Holdings). We...

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10 October | New Zealand, Policy | RIAA staff

NZ election countdown: sustainable finance must progress

With the election coming up, it’s critical that Aotearoa New Zealand doesn’t lose focus on sustainable finance. Finance is being recognised as a critical lever by governments around the world to support and drive the rapid transition underway towards a clean and prosperous low carbon economy...

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09 July | New Zealand | RIAA staff

Finance must play an active role in shaping NZ’s future

By Simon O’Connor CEO, Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Responsible and ethical investing in New Zealand has reached a critical point. New Zealand now has $188 billion allocated across capital markets in accordance with environmental, social, governance and ethical factors. This is the highest proportion of financial markets...

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16 October | Impact Investing, New Zealand, RIAA | RIAA staff

New Zealand lays its foundations for impact

As part of our role supporting the development of the market for impact investing in Australia and New Zealand through RIAA’s Impact Investment Forum, we attended the Social Enterprise World Forum in Christchurch in September 2017. RIAA’s Impact Investment Forum Program Manager Carly Hammond shares...

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09 September | New Zealand | RIAA staff

OPINION: RIAA CEO says “it’s time for default KiwiSaver products to better reflect Kiwi values”

Simon O'Connor, chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia says businesses are being disrupted by the rise of conscientious consumers. The world of investment has been shaken wide awake in the recent weeks reminding financial institutions that they are managing other people's money and people...

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