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In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Christmas, without the need for an electronic wine breather. © 2012 Dowse CSP, partners on corporate sustainability, ESG investing and related actions and communication: www.dowse-csp.com.au. [1] http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/trashing-the-planet-for-a-talking-piggy-bank-20121212-2b9vh.html ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... - it will be highly volatile, and there will be value destruction," he said. "[Asset owners] can only smooth that by investing in low-carbon hedges. We're not talking about an enormous shift - 5% hedge, going from a 2% hedge to even 5% would help to ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... exposure to BHP and they just had a massive write-down of shale gas assets in the US, so it's not only through even investing in Australian equities, there are exposures offshore. We have a global resources team who have selected to avoid coal seam gas ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... just as mainstream investors are accepting the value of ESG analysis, as both a risk review approach in fundamental investing, and as numeric inputs to quantitative investing. The Responsible Investment Association of Australia will shortly be releasing ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... focuses on educational and development programs for Aboriginal women and girls from birth to age 34. The report finds that investing in Aboriginal women and girls provides a high investment value for philanthropic funding and should focus on developing ...

PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... working group, with input from representatives from Albourne Partners, APG, BT Pension Scheme, Church of England National Investing Bodies, the Environmental Investment Partnership, Harcourt Investment Consulting, Hedge Fund Standards Board, Hermes EOS ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... style democracies, that does give the government of China power to move and sometimes to move profoundly." However, investing in Asian countries and companies does increase the exposure to issues like human rights abuses and other social issues, making ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... management. The fund is aiming for AU$10m in assets under management and plans to contribute to the development of ethical investing by contributing model portfolio strategies for independent financial analysis, said director and founder Lee Coates. ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... uncertainty. The carbon price journey is only one part of that. So that has been the environment into which we have been investing, doing so on a commercial basis, or through a commercial filter, rather than being politically or specifically policy-driven.... ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... framework to assist investors in integrating sustainability into their processes and outlined it in a paper, Sustainable investing - we need a bigger boat. The framework covers organisational design for asset owners through the investment decision making ...