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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 ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... have a reputation risk framework as well, and it's incredibly important to have that as well," she said. "We regard engagement with NGOs as really important in terms of working through strategy. It's very important that we understand what's on the mind ...

Future Fund hires new head of ESG risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... management of ESG risks and opportunities as well as continuing to oversee the exercise of our ownership rights and engagement with investee entities in conjunction with our external investment managers."

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) discosures in directors' reports. This could make RG 247 a powerful tool for engagement by investors, Chioatto said. "In terms of E, S and G - the E and S of it tends to look at a particular universe of knowledge ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... risks is also very important." National Australia Bank (NAB) engages in a two to three month materiality process of engagement and surveys with both internal and external stakeholders as part of their annual materiality review process, said Joanna Regan ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... (ESG)issues as an interacting set off factors are all growing trends for 2014, according to investment research and engagement experts. Julia Leske, senior ESG analyst, CAER "If we're going down the top of the list, I would point to the fossil fuel divestment ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... 96% for operational risks and 91%, and CDP listed responses as including management plans, monitoring, stakeholder engagement and emergency response planning. "It is encouraging that for those companies that did report on water risks, many did report ...