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Man Group appoints Jason Mitchell co-head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, and is a member of the PRI Academic Advisory Committee, the PRI Macroeconomic Risk Advisory Committee, the Investment Association's Sustainability and Responsible Investment Committee and numerous industry and ...

Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Finance sector institutions representing more than 300 institutions with $10 trillion in assets have called for the development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps for Australia and New Zealand. The statement was released at the end of the 2018 United Nations ...

Rosenberg Equities to manage $1bn ESG mandate for CalPERS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... to invest in. By that I mean it's a strategy that's going to offer good financial performance, because we're meeting the risk premia - there's lower volatility, and higher earnings quality. Good ESG integration is part of this because ESG is enormously ...

S&P Dow Jones launches Carbon Price Risk Adjusted Index Series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
S&P Dow Jones has launched the S&P Carbon Price Risk Adjusted Index Series, which seeks to measure the performance of companies based on an estimated market valuation at risk from predicted 2030 carbon prices. The indices incorporate future carbon prices ...

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
With the recent introduction of the Modern Slavery Bill to Parliament, companies with annual turnover of $100 million are in line to report annually on their actions to address modern slavery in operations and the supply chain. The bill is widely expected ...

ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... correlation between performance and disclosure around issues including remuneration, cognitive diversity at board level, climate risk management, supply chain management, and strategic human capital management among other issues, Vamos said.

ACSI to expand research, analyst team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... we want to grow the team to meet that, he said. "We're also looking at more issues - it's not just governance or climate risk. It's things like modern slavery, franchising, capital raising. We want to do justice to those and have an impact." Interested ...

CEFC backs Granville Harbour Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... renewable energy portfolio. Palisade's involvement through the development phase to financial close enables us to maximise risk-adjusted returns for our investors." The CEFC has already invested more than $16.4 million in Tasmanian-based clean energy ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... said Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO. "Poor or missing information shows a disregard for stakeholders' needs and is a signal of risk. We observed an improvement in sustainability reporting over the 12-month period. Thirty-five companies, in particular, have ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... working with a lot of boards to articulate what are your investment beliefs are," she said. "Are they within the remit of risk/return? We have done a lot of board workshops to help boards explore that conversation in a structured and results oriented ...