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NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... which is the lead agency operating the hubs. "We really offer fair, open and honest financial products and services. Our research has shown us there is a significant gap in the market where banks have one retail offering and payday lenders have a very ...

GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Global financial services technology provider GBST and corporate ESG research firm CAER - Corporate Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility are partnering on a quantitative ESG risk management tool aimed at superannuation funds and fund managers. The product ...

AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has hired Ross Andrews as ESG research associate in line with its strategy to expand its proprietary Environmental Sustainable Governance (ESG) research more broadly across investment strategies. Ross Andrews, AMP Capital Andrews will assist ...

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining names director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... served as director of the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security at UVM's James Jeffords Center for Policy Research. He is also an adjunct faculty of Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies and the visiting faculty for ...

Low Carbon Australia to provide financing to foundries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... year. The grant programs are delivered by AusIndustry, a division of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. Low Carbon Australia has developed programmes to assist manufacturers with financing the balance, said ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has awarded AU$2m in funding to five research projects that will investigate how farmers can participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by using biochar to reduce carbon emissions. ...

CFSGAM reports top quartile performance in UNPRI principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... autonomous approach empowers each investment team with responsibility for integrating ESG into its own investment process. ESG research tools, including ASSET4, RepRisk and specific sell-side research, are used by all equity investment teams to support ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... complement other government initiatives, such as the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), which focuses on the research and development stage of project development. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) said the CEFC can act to increase ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... quality and consistency" when it comes to disclosure of ESG to allow them to make informed investment decisions. Citing research jointly conducted by ACSI and the Financial Services Council, Byrne noted that 32% of smaller companies on the ASX200 companies ...

Companies should present negative sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... they feel "anger, anxiety or concern" when reading a sustainability report. ACCSR analysed data it collected from 16 research projects conducted between 2006 and 2011, relating to the way stakeholders perceive sustainability reports. The findings were ...