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Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... side, to use responsible investment quality to improve the process," Oulton said. "Our role is as the steward of other people's assets, which is critical as an asset manager. How can this work at achieving excellence in responsible investment benefits ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... be used to measure positive value in a quantitative way. "What I particularly like about this research is that it moves people on from the concept that ESG is just about screening," he said. "This is empirical quant evidence that there is more to ESG ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... considers ESG factors and how they interrelate to each other, and applies them to sovereign bond portfolios in two ways. "People are constantly saying to us, can ESG strategies outperform," said Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... sports our cultural activities. So I think what's particularly upsetting at the moment, is we're living in a time when many people have lost faith in the traditional structures of leadership and forms of leadership and they were really hoping that the ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s annual review. The ACCSR's The State of CSR 2012/2013 surveyed 160 people working in corporate responsibility and sustainability in Australia and New Zealand and asked them to evaluate leadership and ...

Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... industry." GABV recently published a report making the business case for an approach to banking that focuses on the needs of people and proposes an economically viable way to meet those needs. "We are very pleased to join the GABV," said Elizabeth Nava ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... due to fraud in the last two years, but only 15% of organisations surveyed by KPMG see fraud as a key risk. Gary Gill "People don't take fraud, bribery and corruption seriously enough, until the situation actually arises," said Gary Gill, KPMG's national ...

GNDI: encourage board diversity, but not by quotas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... throughout management because that develops the pipeline," said Louise Pocock, policy adviser at AICD. "It's a way of getting people from more diverse backgrounds throughout the organisation." AICD has been engaging with boards, particularly boards at ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... superannuation or other investments/savings are aligned with personal values, and 87.9% said they consider themselves ethical people. However, only 28.21% said that they knew if their investments are ethically invested. "We know that if we engage people ...

ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... discussions throughout the day, and is also the topic of ACCSR's annual state of CSR in Australia survey. "We've asked people what they think it means to be a leading company when it comes to social responsibility and what make them leaders," Black said. ...