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Nuveen launches two new ESG exchange traded funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... process," O'Brien said. "The ESG criteria also consider how well a company adheres to national and international laws and regulations as well as commonly accepted global norms related to ESG matters. The result is a portfolio that offers the performance ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... expand," Brand said. The investment strategies straddle the six markets, and New Forests responds to policy changes and regulations as they happen - including the possibility for new carbon pricing schemes acros markets. New Forests recently held a day-long ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... funds, we're working with our friends in the Democratic Party, w our stakeholders to try and protect the important regulations that came out of the financial crisis." CalPERS uses techniques such as engagement to positively impact on material risks that ...

Bribery and corruption cited as sustainability engagement theme for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... to watch, particularly around the issues of tax avoidance and more transparent corporate tax reporting, as well as regulations such as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mandating that listed companies must disclosure the ratio of executive ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... increase in cybersecurity spending." Symantic also pointed to BMW as being "well prepared to comply with tightening regulations around self-driving cars." "We would say generally speaking that the research on data security has targeted the usual suspects ...

Renew Financial on PACE, US residential renewable energy market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Establishing PACE financing models involves getting state governing authorities to put PACE legislation into their regulations, and then getting local governing authorities to take action to join each program. PACE financing models are available to residents ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... impacts in paper and timber," Jeyaretnam said. "In other sectors there have been international industry initiatives or regulations around supply chain that drove the sector forward, such as telecommunications with EICC (Electronic Industry Citizenship ...

Companies, CEOs, chairs seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... enhances operations and underpins social license to operate." Survey results demonstrate that while government laws, regulations and financial penalties are seen to influence ethical behaviour, they are not considered as important a factor as the example ...

WBCSD, CDSB, Ecodesk create Reporting Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... created a free global sustainability reporting knowledge platform. The Reporting Exchange will " identify the reporting regulations, rules, policies, practices, initiatives, standards, codes and guidance which make up the reporting landscape," and will ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... failure of fiduciary duty." Cbus Super is the first Australian investor to sign the statement. "It's clear that the regulations sitting around the obligations and requirements of investors is patchy, and certainly on the back of the work undertaken by ...