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EY issues call to action to companies over social license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... see the problem - not that you have all the solutions." "Producing a sustainability report should be uncomfortable for a company," Bell said. "Sustainability/corporate affairs/investor relations should all be having uncomfortable discussions with internal ...

Shell Scenarios on pathways to net-zero emissions

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... impact on their business strategy, using plausible futures scenario predictions to aid in their decision making. Shell's company strategy now and into the future is being impacted by the impacts of climate change and the Paris Agreement, and is analysing ...

New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... the people surveyed said that they believe that "keeping an investment and exercising rights is more likely to influence company behaviour than selling (19%), but 39% were unable to offer an opinion," according to the article "This survey raises many ...

Cash Converters to pay more than $12 million after ASIC investigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... counsellors and advocacy organisations, have, over the course of this year, raised concerns with proposals to goods rental company Thorn Group and payday lenders Cash Converters and Money3. The group has separate proposals relating to each sector. The ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The carbon footprint of a company impacts on share price, with greatest potential impact on companies in the utilities, energy and materials sectors, according to new research from AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Kathryn McDonald, director of investment ...

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 ...