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Finsia: ESG consistent with superannuation fiduciary duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). Finsia considers the efficacy of providing a specialist ESG/screened ethical investment option for members versus embedding ESG principles throughout the investment options, and how to engage with fund managers ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... funds is part of the debate. Super funds will go with the flow in this area. "I believe there will be more ethical investment funds and ESG compliant superannuation funds and investment funds and indeed investment options in the market in the future. ...

Australian Ethical names exec director business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed Steve Newnham executive director, business development. Newnham has been a director of Australian Ethical for the past year, said Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical's managing director. Newnham will work on developing ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the question about the chemicals themselves." The environmental concerns over damage to the water supply led Australian Ethical Investments to divest itself of its holdings in Origin in October. Australian Ethical Investments had a AU$10m holding in ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... is mindful of the fact that investing in microfinance has reputational risks as well for the fund - both financial and ethical. "There are two main reputational risks - one is that we make a bad investment call," he said. "When we look at non-traditional ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... is derived from a longer interview. It has been condensed and edited. See Also: Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... with, "For asset managers, there really isn't anything else," McCluskey said. "If we were selling socially responsible or ethical products, we could get external certification for those products, but we don't do that. Our approach is to consider ESG ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... CustomSuper, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund, Australian Reward Investment Alliance (PSSap), Australian Ethical Retail Superannaution Fund, BT Super For Life, Catholic Super, Cbus, Christian Super, HESTA Super Fund, StatewideSuper ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... "There is a growing focus on the need for what is called 'responsible investment'. This is not values-based or ethical investment, but rather investment in organisations that understand, manage and report on the actions they are taking to address the ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... interim report. "Once a year is enough in my personal opinion," said Michael Walsh, head of strategy and development, ethical analyst, at Hunter Hall. "If anything happens that's financially material, either from an earnings or risk perspective, continuous ...