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Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The Sustainability Report moderated this live panel debate in Sydney covering how to incorporate ESG analysis into the design and oversight of fixed income portfolios ...

Local Government Super names Joanna Davison director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... members," said Bruce Miller, LGS chair. "Her demonstrated understanding not only of the importance of sustainability in investing but of how to successfully address ESG issues in everyday investment planning and practice, makes her an excellent choice ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... reducing the carbon intensity of its assets, divesting its most carbon intensive assets, diversifying its business by investing in lower carbon energy sources or returning capital to shareholders." Unburnable carbon is a concept that only around one ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are refining their limited partnership agreements prior to investing in unlisted private equity funds to reflect environmental, social and governance exclusions and considerations, according to Paul Finlayson, senior vice president ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainable public transport, LGS said. "Our decision to invest in the EBRD bond reflects our longstanding view that investing sustainably is the key to delivering returns to our members over horizons in the order of 40 years or more," Peter Lambert ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... head of responsible investment at AXA IM, highlighted three trends influencing the growth in ESG strategies - impact investing, an increased focus on board diversity strategies and the use of ESG factors across a broader range of asset classes such as ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... areas where they do business, Dunn said. "There are examples of this, like Rio Tinto talking about the importance of investing into communities, not just because it's expected of them, but because they want healthy supply chains around them and because ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability leader. "There is no question that the uncertainty is making a difference in the way that companies are investing or seeking to invest in abatement technologies," Nelson said. "There is no certainty on the existing policy framework, so ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... looked at businesses in the clean economy - 67% said that business activity was still going on, and that they were still investing because there was this long-term price signal in place. " Businesses are willing to support a long-term price on carbon ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... activities, according to the results of a global survey of investment practices. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer The third Global Investor Survey on Climate Change was commissioned by the networks of the global ...