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Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... at the University Technology Sydney Centre for Corporate Governance. "... Corporate governance people are becoming more aware and more interested in challenging the social norm of shareholder primacy and maximising profit, the big theme around long termism ...

Australian Ethical Investment AUM up 13% in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Fund manager Australian Ethical Investment funds under management grew by 13% in the fourth quarter of 2015, off the back of investment returns and net inflows. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director Australian Ethical reported ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... raised Le Couteur's hopes that AGL will move. "I'd say that I'm very hopeful that AGL will move and I'm certain that they are aware that there is an issue, and they're starting to listen," she said. See Also: ACCR considers appeal in Commonwealth Bank ...

HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... wide -we have 800,000 members and most work in health and community services," she said. "Our members would be also be very aware of the challenges in health and are committed to closing the health gap. To raise awareness, I think we, given the size ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... discuss themselves, with companies. So that there's a standardised list of things that companies get asked, and they're' aware that this is on investors' minds." PRI signatories are also deeply involved in engagement with governments, civil society and ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... you're a trustee, you need to comply with these," Gayer said. "A lot of institutions have said, how we go about doing that. A super fund client of ours in Australia has said, we're signed up to UNPRI, but now what?" In addition to providing a tool that ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... members may claim that the fund breached its trustee's duties by investing in such risky assets when they should have been aware of the risk." But even if there isn't a global commitment and concomitant target to cut emissions globally, the shift in ...

LGS publicly discloses proxy voting intentions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Local Government Super has launched a shareholder voting website that discloses the fund's proxy voting intentions ahead of company shareholder meetings. LGS CEO Peter Lambert "The main objective of the new site is to increase transparency and disclosure ...

ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... particularly those in the lower categories of disclosure, Davidson said. "Partly it's about making sure that companies are aware of the new obligations," she said. "some companies for some reason don't think it applies to them. Because we work on a comply ...

Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The financial advisers that operate the Ethical Advisers' Co-operative increased ethically screened funds under management by 18% to nearly AU$1 billion in 2014. Louise Edkins, director, Ethical Investment Advisers Funds under management increased through ...