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AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The way that retailers manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures can be a proxy for their management quality, according to research from AMP Capital Investors. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital There are fewer links between individual ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... also our statutory accounts," Walsh said. "We talked about our financial performance and sustainability as well as our governance structure and social and environmental impacts, bringing all those elements together in a succinct corporate report. We ...

GRI launches 2013 taxonomy, online G4 support tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... It was launched in May and its enhancements include a new focus on defining materiality of environmental, social and governance factors.

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Climate Change and Julian Poulter of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project, RIAA said. Other topics include corporate governance in New Zealand, the benefits of sustainability to New Zealand businesses and current approaches to responsible investment by ...

Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... statutory debt limit. Willingness to pay also hit emerging market countries, BlackRock noted. Willingness to pay - a governance metric - constitutes 30% of a country's final BSRI score, while fiscal space is 40%, external finance position is 20% and ...

IIRC asks investors to critique pilot integrated reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... performance, investors told the IIRC that the reports "provided greater insight into areas such as strategy, risk, governance and future targets." "The reports were felt to provide a contextual foundation for interpreting and analysing disclosed data," ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... concerns around climate change to the boardroom. It's clear that Ian Dunlop isn't a stunt candidate - he has significant governance skills as well as an engineering background, he's been head of the Australian Coal Association. He has detailed understanding ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... for all companies on the MSCI World Index, including carbon emissions, water stress, labour management, and corporate governance. There is four years of raw data, including water use and lost-time injury rates; indicators on business and geographic risk ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... 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, product manager, asset servicing strategic ...

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Analysis from Inalytics and PIRC, an independent governance research and shareholder voting adviser, has demonstrated that share prices of listed companies with high governance risk performed poorly over time, whereas the share price of listed companies ...