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Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Cbus will divest from its holdings in companies that manufacture tobacco products. The investment committee and board of the AU$23 billion industry superannuation fund made the decision based on the interests of members and their long-term investment ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... 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 sovereign debt. Christensen ...

ASX to include ESG disclosures in governance principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has proposed amending its Governance Principles and Recommendations to ask listed companies to disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. The ASX Group's ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... including executive remuneration and the impact of the two strikes, while other issues mentioned in one or the other include board diversity and capital raisings. Under the two-strikes rule, shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Companies and shareholders who focus on the short-term may be sacrificing tomorrow's growth for today's gain, according to AMP Capital's biannual corporate governance report. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance manager In addition to reporting ...

James Gifford to leave Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... well placed to go from strength to strength. It is now time for me to take on the next big challenge." The PRI Association Board and PRI Advisory Council will meet in Cape Town, South Africa, in late September to discuss the succession plan for the role. ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... management, according to a survey from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO ACSI's Board Confidence Survey: A Report on Institutional Investor Confidence in Boards of S&P/ASX100 Companies (BCS) is the organisation's ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... support investment in low carbon assets. It was developed by the Climate Bonds Initiative. The standard is supervised by a board made up of the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), the Nature Resources Defense Council, the Carbon Disclosure ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... year. But in other international, bilateral developments, the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that falls short of linking the two markets together. The MOU calls ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... internally managed REITs have some form of engagement/employment survey in place. "Gender diversity appears to be on every board's agenda, as all REITs made a concerted effort to highlight their respective gender diversity policy and proposed improvements," ...