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Natural Capital Declaration named biodiversity champion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Natural Capital Declaration (NCD) has been named a Biodiversity Champion by the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). CBD recognised NCD for its contribution to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
New Zealand investment management professionals will debate climate change and unburnable carbon among other topics at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) briefing in Auckland today. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The 4 th annual Responsible ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Bill Hartnett, Local Government Super, head of Sustainability, Adam Kirkman, AMP Capital, head of ESG, Managing Director's Office, Michael Salvatico, MSCI ESG Research, vice president, client coverage Asia, and Norman Tweeboom, Barclays, head of index ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... supporting Dunlop's candidacy based on his credentials as both a climate advocate - he was a member of the Australian Greenhouse Office Experts Group on Emissions Trading from 1998-2000 - and because of his experience in energy resources, infrastructure ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Christianna Wood has been named the new chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative board, and six directors have been named to the board. Wood takes over from outgoing GRI Chairman Herman Mulder. She is a member of the board of the International Integrated ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Standard Life Investments has appointed Amanda Young as Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI). Young comes to Standard Life Investments from Newton Investment Management. She is also a main board director of the UK Sustainable Investment ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ethical and sustainable supply chain management are being integrated into procurement practices in Australia and around the world, according Net Balance and Sedex. Sedex operates an online database of ethical and sustainable supply chain data that allows ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... "Catlin writes insurance for Australian clients, both from our offices in Sydney and Melbourne and also from our London office - Catlin operates the largest syndicate at Lloyd's of London," Burcke said. "There are definitely risks to Australian businesses/organisations ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have hired Gordon Hagart as its new chief executive. Hagart comes to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. ...

UN Global Compact designs equities index that outperforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... GC 100 and the FTSE All World rose 12% over the last three years. Australian listed entities ANZ, Commonwealth Property Office Fund, National Australia Bank and Westpac are included in the index. "While the performance of the GC 100 should not be seen ...