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Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
AllGrid Energy, an Indigenous-owned and operated company, is implementing a strategy to place solar panel and battery storage systems in remote, off-grid Indigenous communities in Australia. AllGrid Energy, which launched last year as a partnership ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... times to verify data disclosed by BHP Billiton. "When trying to assess the overall context - BHP Billiton is a massive company - we looked into three main areas to assess the overall context," Vernon said. "We looked at lost production, corporate remediation ...

ACSI issues vote warning to remaining all-male ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... women to comprise 30% of ASX200 boards by the end of 2017, and that policy is now backed by a formal voting strategy for company AGMs. Just under 10% of ASX200 companies still have not appointed a women to their boards, and ACSI CEO Louise Davidson has ...

Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... they integrated the NTQS with third-party ESG rankings to generate model equity portfolios that "gaug[e]the efficacy of a company's business model along numerous quantifiable dimensions such as earnings patterns, cash flow, capital structure, and capital ...

UCA Funds Management names Katherine Allchin to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... woman to serve on the board. UCA Funds Management recently invested in Mayne Pharma Group in a bid to engage with the company to encourage the company to appoint one or more woman to the board. UCA Funds Management monitors the percentage of female board ...

Stockland reports on integrated sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... its sustainability and financial performance using the Integrated Reporting framework, and the IR approach reflects the company's integrated strategy when it comes to sustainability, said Davina Rooney, general manager sustainability, Stockland. "We ...

Australian Ethical Investment engages on sustainability of meat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Mondelez International, Nestle SA, Unilever, Ahold-Delhaize, The Co-operative Group, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Kroger Company, Marks & Spencer, Wm Morrison Supermarkets, Ocado, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Walmart, and Whole Foods Market. The letter urges ...

UCA Funds Management adds Nine Entertainment Company to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has added Nine Entertainment Company to its list of excluded companies due to its "market leading position in attracting advertising revenue from the gambling industry." Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management The ethical funds manager ...

Impax Asset Management analyses environmental impact of portfolio

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... always been a bit uncomfortable with that because it doesn't necessarily reflect the risk or the real emissions of that company," said Jenkyn-Jones. This feeling was also reflected by investors showing a "growing interest from a number of different investors ...

BetaShares launches global cybersecurity exchange traded fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... opportunities of data and cyber security, and said that it felt the considerations should be points of discussion between company boards and shareholders. The HACK ETF is available to both wholesale and retail investors, and ETFs are often touted as ...