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ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... commitments to "ensure fair and safe working conditions, eliminate discrimination and harassment, improve employee engagement, promote freedom of association, and eliminate all forms of child, forced or compulsory labour." ANZ engages with stakeholders ...

Solaris Investment Management appoint ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... weren't able to do before. Solaris "actively engages" with its invested companies and votes proxies as part of its engagement activities, Youhanna added. Domagala has set up a database framework to centralise information relating to environmental, social ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... providers for voting, The Investor Group on Climate Change [IGCC] and the Carbon Disclosure Project [CDP] and Regnan our engagement service provider. Another key part of my role is working closely with our investment teams to implement ESG into our decision ...

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... commitment in support of sustainability and RI. We do things like collaborate and engage in a variety of ways, and we use engagement overlay managers in global markets as well as Australia. But we have never had a specific component of our portfolio ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... perspective. Q : I'm glad you went to that point. When looking to the ESG reportage done by companies, how it play into the engagement you might have with a company that you invest in, and how does it play into a company in which you're looking to invest? ...

Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... McCluskey (AM), head of sustainability and responsible investment and Nick Edgerton (NE), manager, ESG research and engagement, discuss with The Sustainability Report their investment process, the way ESG is considered and what happens when ESG makes ...

Integrating ESG an evolution for institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... processes, separately addressing ESG factors (for instance via responsible ownership practices such as voting or company engagement), or potentially doing nothing differently. And the last part involves the identification of potential investment opportunities ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... resolutions as a last resort, said ACSI CEO Ann Byrne. "Our view is that to make particular change, we have found that direct engagement with companies is a more effective way to make change," she said. One institutional shareholder that did not support ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... need to assure the license to operate and access capital and resources," said Nick Edgerton, manager, ESG research and engagement at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM). "They give good, consistent performance disclosure of its safety ...

ANZ reviewing "sensitive sector" policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... sensitive sector policies to ensure that their corporate responsibility framework is consistent with their customer engagement in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors including water, forestry, energy and mining and minerals. The review of ...