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Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... of fossil fuels in question, and the time horizon of new projects. For investors, unburnable carbon becomes an investment risk if fuel reserves do stay in the ground and companies lose value in the devaluation. Ceres and Carbon Tracker Initiative pointed ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... structure and its existence as a statutory charge makes the EUAs a form of senior debt, with significantly less investment risk to investors. It also matches the duration of energy efficiency savings. 501 Swanston Street is a 19-storey office tower with ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... general replicate the market, but with a passive strategy, you have exposures that you'd rather avoid due to ESG investment risk or ethical issues. We are going to an enhanced passive approach, which does introduce a bit of a tracking error there, but ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... you're looking at issues around the supply chain and emerging markets and what is acceptable in terms of both investment risk and just generally acceptable standards, it can be very handy to be part of a broader voice, mutualise the effort in doing it," ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... issues. "I think one of the biggest changes is really a recognition by an increasing number of investors that ESG investment risk matters," she said. "That's reflected in a number of ways - in the questions that analysts and superannuation funds are ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... "We want to impress upon companies that this is a really important area and the potential shareholder value and investment risk, especially for major superannuation funds which are preparing to have to disclose all of their investment holdings and essentially ...

Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... did much of the "heavy lifting" during that process. "ACSI has achieved a great deal in the management of ESG investment risk over the last five years and after October I look forward to reading about its future successes," Byrne said. Byrne is currently ...

VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... this year, a decision made by the trustee after careful consideration of factors including the expected impact on investment risk and return for members and the health consequences of tobacco products. VicSuper's current investment in tobacco accounts ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are looking to engage with superannuation funds and their individual members as they seek to effectual environmental and social changes, with varying levels of response. For their part, superannuation funds are ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has released the consultation draft of the integrated reporting (IR) framework, beginning a 90-day comment period on the framework. IR has been developed over the past three years as a framework ...