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LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... stakeholders have about some ASX-listed companies and particular sectors of the economy. "These environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues can also pose significant investment risks and these changes to the investment restrictions are designed ...

AXA IM SmartBeta fund receives local recognition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... group, and integrates environmental, social and governance data from AXA IM's responsible investment team. In building the ESG SmartBeta strategy, AXA Rosenberg uses AXA IM's responsible investment team's summary ESG score, which ranks a company from ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Jeyaretnam, Ernst & Young Australia climate change and sustainability partner. "Improving environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance throughout the supply chain directly benefits companies by increasing the value provided," Jeyaretnam said. ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches ESG reporting service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
NAB Asset Servicing has launched an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting service. NAB Asset Servicing is the bank's custody and fund administration business. The reporting service will allow clients such as superannuation funds to drill ...

NZ Super earns A+ in UNPRI benchmark report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... opportunities," he said. "We believe it is material to long-term financial returns." NZ Super's ongoing priorities in the ESG space include continuing to engage with NZX listed companies on corporate governance, and finalising a climate change strategy ...

Regnan reports results of 2015/2016 engagements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Engagement and ESG research specialist Regnan had 90 engagements with 42 ASX-listed companies during the 2015/2016 financial year. Amanda Wilson, managing director, Regnan Regnan has published its annual report, detailing its activities and impacts ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Australian companies are relatively transparent when it comes to disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, while other countries in Asia lag in the amount and quality of their disclosures, according to the Asia Pacific head ...

New Zealand responsible investment tops NZ$78bn: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Commission, along with leading fund managers and community trusts implementing a "broad" responsible investment strategy of ESG integration, RIAA found. "In observing the significant and consistent growth in responsible investment we can say without ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... AU$632.7 billion, or 47% of Australia's managed investments, are managed using responsible investment approaches ranging from ESG integration across entire funds to strategies including screening, sustainability themed investments, impact investments ...

AXA IM hires Alix Chosson to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Investments, where she was a responsible investment analyst from 2013, specialising in energy and technology sectors, with a focus on ESG integration and impact investment. "The COP 21 meeting in December last year put climate change firmly on investors' ...