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AustralianSuper equities less carbon-intense than benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... exposed to embedded carbon stores than their benchmark indices." The reports will be used as part of AustralianSuper's engagement activities, which is embedded in the fund's approach to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... and decision making can provide insights into how companies manage their exposures. AMP Capital has focused on key engagement themes with invested companies including supply chain management/human rights, climate change, improved ESG disclosure, coal ...

South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... legislation," Bocskay said. "[T]he proposed legislation enables flexibility as how project proposals can deal with their engagement with tenants, and it uses the leverage test, which appears in the Victorian, but not the New South Wales, legislation. ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... there is ongoing interest in valuation of sustainability-related work is the value of social investments and community engagement. Jeyaretnam said they had clients that are interested in value measurements of their social investment and their social ...

Addis, Blackburn-Wright open impact investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Blackburn-Wright and Addis have opened their organisation, IMPACT Investing Australia with the mission of coordinating engagement with stakeholders in the impact investing sector - the financial intermediaries, the investors, and the social enterprises ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainability strategy to 2017, and Westpac highlighted several areas of performance in 2013, including an 87% employee engagement score and the fact that 42% of Westpac's leadership roles are held by women and the banking group has set a new target ...

SVA names Mark Herbertt Queensland director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... sector. I'm looking forward to helping create a stronger state for all Queenslanders.' SVA offers support, advice and engagement opportunities to potential social investors with interests in education, employment and social investment and has provided ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... about the journey and what might be done to further integration. One of the things we do as part of our stakeholder engagement and materiality process, is talk with stakeholders and ask them if we are hitting the mark and what their thoughts are on integrated ...

Kmart, Pacific Brands increase Bangladesh disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... that social risk." Looking to 2014, the issue of building safety and fire risk will continue to be on the agenda for engagement with retailers in both Bangladesh and in Cambodia, but other issues for supply chain risk include child labour, the risks ...

LGS, VicSuper leaders in AODP climate investment index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... essentially admitting that the market has got ti wrong, and understanding that taking the market view and using company engagement is no way to manage climate risk. At the other end, there is this really alarming mass." Poulter expects that going forward ...