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GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... assets," Lowik said. "I look forward to working with the GRESB team to bring innovative products and investment-grade ESG data to the real asset sector. Investors need standardized monitoring and benchmarking tools to help them monitor and manage assets ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... chair of Impact Investing Australia. Addis noted that developing a successful pilot is contingent on establishing the proper data underlying the program, as well as assessing where service providers could assist in effectuating a stronger outcome. "The ...

Conduct risk a concern for financial services sector: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... one thing to say conduct risk is important, but how do you asses it on a proactive basis?" Carlsson-Sweeny said he derives data from a variety of sources, including consumer complaint websites, reports to financial ombudsmen, independent staff reviews ...

GRI, Danish Institute for Human Rights collaborate on reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... platform for filing digital reports. "Sustainability information from business and government represents a vast amount of data that is currently underutilized," said Michael Meehan, GRI chief executive. "There is overwhelming public and private sector ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... "controvsial investments' monitoring process, developing and implementing an ESG impact monitoring and reporting system, adding ESG data to global fixed income and credit systems and improving their PRI scores across categories. Berrutti particularly ...

Companies exposed to water scarcity risks: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... standardisation, a lack of comparability, and when we did try out some intra-industry examples, we had to go through the data in a painstaking way, really making sure we talk about comparable boundaries and companies that actually compete against each ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... of, for example, companies are putting in external hotlines for whistleblowers to report information, but we don't have any data on their effectiveness, or data about how the whistleblowers feel about them." Effective whistleblowing policies also have ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... when conducting a materiality analysis and this research helps to clarify their needs. While investors require consistent data on the most material issues, they are also increasingly requiring a greater understanding of how companies connect their sustainability ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... a fundamental equities perspectives, can also demonstrate opportunities." Robeco is also exploring the ways in which ESG data can be used as a factoral indicator for quantitative strategies, Lim said. ESG integration is "a mixed picture" across Asia-Pacific ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... have on our portfolio base is a range of beliefs or strategies around ESG and that in turn impacts on how clients use the data and why they're motivated in the first place." MSCI integrates information relating to tax transparency. They are in the process ...