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Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... launched a passive pooled fund managed to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG Research and Institutional Shareholder Services' (ISS) ESG screens. The MSCI Emerging Markets Custom ESG Index and the Northern Trust ...

The hidden movement: how responsible brands strike back

STEPHEN HALE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... brands to be responsible (or at least seen to be) it's a movement that is very much alive and well. Recent Energy Industry research (2012) showed that for 36% of consumers being a responsible brand was a key driver of choice after price. This represents ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... are focused on identifying innovative companies that are well-positioned for the long-term," said Daniel Wild, head of research at RobecoSAM. "In aligning our environmental data collection approaches we hope to lessen the burden on companies that currently ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... 13 years in the responsible investment sector as a consultant, publisher of Ethical Investor magazine and philanthropy research and publishing unit Givewell, director and senior executive at firms including Hunter Hall. He talks to The Sustainability ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... financial adjustment to correct the 'carbon bubble'. Fiduciaries are in a tough place." Ambachtsheer referenced recent research that concludes that superannuation fund trustees are exposed to legal risks in the event of financial losses caused by the ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... for investors who can make use of franking credits, and a listed property trust portfolio. To Nicol, integrating ESG research into the process is part of determining companies with sustainable earnings as well as avoiding investments in companies that ...

University of Sydney opens Centre for Carbon, Water and Food

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The University of Sydney is launching the Centre for Carbon, Water and Food, a multidisciplinary research centre that will investigate food security and environmental challenges through an integrated approach. The Centre for Carbon, Water and Food has ...

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... (CSV) performance, but it appears that financial performance leads to greater CSV, rather than vice versa, according to research from Net Balance Foundation. CSV is a concept articulated in a 2011 article by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer in the Harvard ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... it into their models and they're more inclined to come along to meetings I have with chairmen. Over the years, the ESG research team, of which I am part, has improved what we can bring to the table in terms of ESG insights - and our equity analysts really ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... measure to construct an equities portfolio that generate improved active returns and better ESG ratings, according to research from MSCI. Michael Salvatico MSCI have released research in which they used their Intangible Value Assessment (IVA) ratings ...