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Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... value as a business strategy, rather than a public relations exercise. "It is a decision to move away from peripheral engagement with society through isolated corporate philanthropy, CSR, or sustainability programs," said Michael Porter, co-founder of ...

Regnan hires Kevin Branton as senior analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Regnan, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) engagement and advocacy service, has hired Dr Kevin Branton as a senior analyst. Branton comes to Regnan with 20 years' experience at firms including Maple-Brown Abbott, Merrill Lynch, and ABN AMRO. ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... shares," Hagart said. "It is the equivalent of buying a put option from the bank." Hagart and Mike Harut, governance and engagement analyst at ACSI and the report's author, emphasised that the report is based on data from pro-rata rights issues, which ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Custom ESG Equity Index Fund. "Awareness in terms of the activity in the global market is much better, both in terms of engagement and talking about it and doing it," Bowers said. Asset owners inform us that their members or contributors often ask "do ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... policy and disclose voting results, Alexis will also add her expertise to our advisory work on governance, voting and engagement. Alexis' role in business development and sustainable investment will be a win for our clients and an asset to our responsible ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... University, asked respondents to assess their organsations' CSR management capabilities based on four areas - stakeholder engagement, stakeholder dialogue, integrating stakeholder value, and social accountability. The combined average score for respondents ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... throughout 2014, as part of the fund's 360-degree ethical investment approach. This year, the fund will start a constructive engagement program with other "interested parties" around improving practises in the payday lending sector, Walsh said. "I'm ...

PRI coalition calls for improved palm oil practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... buyers of palm oil to encourage them to purchase only Certified Sustainable Palm Oil," PRI said. "In 2013 it began an engagement programme with the suppliers of palm oil to adhere to the principles and criteria established by the Roundtable of Sustainable ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... alone, but AMP Capital also integrates ESG issues more broadly. "AMP Capital funds have had for quite a while an active engagement on the topic of climate change," Woods said. "We have a whole range of styles - index, enhanced index, quantitative, value ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... company's business strategy, the report said. "When we engage with companies on sustainability strategies or community engagement strategies, we advocate that they connect the interventions and the programs in relation to communities really well to business ...