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ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance risk considerations have evolved from a fringe area of investment management to become mainstream calculations. But asset owners and managers are seeking further integration into fixed income and cash asset allocations ...

Integrated reporting discussion paper released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... while disclosing critical interdependencies and accounting for non-financial factors and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. The IIRC is developing a set of integrated reporting (IR) standards that will link an organization's strategy ...

Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The proposed price on carbon is proving a "entry point" for discussing environmental, social and governance risk with CFOs and other financial executives who don't currently report on sustainability, according to Aaron Magner, director of sustainability ...

Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an edge"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Because financial markets don't price environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk in an efficient manner, investors that do integrate ESG into their analysis and decision making have an advantage, according to Jane Goodland, a senior investment ...

Companies increasing remuneration report transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... be prohibited from participating in votes on remuneration of key management personnel. In its half yearly corporate governance report, AMP Capital Investors noted that as a result, more companies have been more forthcoming in choosing to engage with ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... butter for them. They're good on the "g" space, but they need to start focusing on the other aspects. Perhaps because governance is something you can touch and see, you can look at a remuneration report and decide if it's fair to the shareholders as ...

PRI signatories develop farmland principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... investments in farmland. The five principles provide best practice guidelines (see below) for due diligence and oversight and governance in investments in farmland. The Farmland Principles were developed by eight PRI signatories - AP2 (Sweden), ABP (Netherlands) ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... majority of the committee - including the chair - must not be commonwealth office holders or employees. The legislation's governance structure, in addition to providing for the administration and oversight functions, also lays out the framework within ...

Skilled labour shortage potentially increases corporate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... capital management (HCM) programmes are an important component in risk management, according to a report by Regnan Governance Research. Skills shortage is a focus of Regnan's research and company engagement over sectors including oil and gas, engineering ...

DEXUS appoint Tonianne Dwyer independent director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... company and chairman elect of another. See Also: Women make strides in recent board appointments Board capacity a key governance concern