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Cbus CEO David Atkin re-elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... in the council's annual elections. Atkin is the Oceania representative to the PRI Advisory Council, the PRI's chief governance body. There were three asset owner signatories competing for two council positions, PRI said in a statement. In addition to ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia's largest business banks, and we are a huge banker to agribusiness," said Rosemary Bissett, head of sustainability governance and risk, enterprise risk, NAB. "I think that will help you understand why it starts to make sense that a bank like ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... always been the continual evolution of standards and encouraging improvements in company environmental, social and governance practices" Mark Makepeace, FTSE's chief executive said in a media statement. "At this review we continue this process by raising ...

ASX100 CEO pay, bonuses decline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Overall, the average cash pay for CEOs of top ASX100 listed companies has declined by nearly 9% from 2010 levels, which the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) attributes to a "more mature conversation" between shareholders and boards. ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Watson believes that the world economies are in a period of transformation across a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, and institutional investors need a similar level of transformation to their investment value chain to integrate ...

Omega Global Investors hires investment research analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... AU$170m government bond allocation to a strategy managed by Omega that explicitly incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into the selection process, including a specific allocation of up to 15% invested in "green" or climate ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... facilitate increased engagement with companies on their disclosure, management and performance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. "The PRI Clearinghouse supports some of the world's leading asset owners and investment managers to be ...

PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... socially responsible equities investment team, but across the broader firm the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and analysis into investment processes varies," Rooney said. "We have a spectrum - we range from a dedicated ...

GRI opens comment on anti-corruption, GHG guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... information on their anti-corruption policy, their stated commitments to zero-tolerance of corruption, training of employees, governance bodies and business partners on anti-corruption and collective action initiatives against corruption. Meanwhile ...

Superannuation funds aware of ESG macro-impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds are realising that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors should be integrated into macro-level investment decisions, and not merely as issues in individual companies, according to boutique fund manager Solaris Investment ...