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PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... worked as a senior consultant for Arthur Andersen and as a market analyst at Krone, a German-based telecommunications company, and as a corporate governance policy advisor to Senator Penny Wong of South Australia, PRI noted. "I'm very excited to be given ...

LGS publicly discloses proxy voting intentions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Government Super has launched a shareholder voting website that discloses the fund's proxy voting intentions ahead of company shareholder meetings. LGS CEO Peter Lambert "The main objective of the new site is to increase transparency and disclosure of ...

CFSGAM reports on transparency, stewardship of assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... described in the tookit - for example, the toolkit suggests actions such as performing scenario analysis to see how a company will perform under stress, something that most would already do, he added. "The tool kit also includes things like the SWAG's ...

ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... formalise what investors have been asking for, for some time, in terms of an expectation that ESG risks will be called out in company reporting," Davidson said. "As investors, what our members are looking for is enough information to make informed decisions." ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... [sustainability risks], and companies are engaging parts of the business that might not have had to think about disclosures to the company before," she said. "There are useful, encouraging signs towards that integrated thinking that Integrated Reporting ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... intensive companies in key sectors," Sarr said. "Some of the indices that are offered address the problem of risk at the company level, but don't address the sector risk that you have. What you're left with is a solution that addresses the societal problem ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
BP shareholders overwhelmingly backed a resolution that has directed the company to provide more information on their strategic management of carbon risks. Resolution 25 was proposed by the Aiming for A coalition, a group of institutional investors ...

Community 21 issues shares after phase one capital raising

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... to 21 not-for-profit investors. Peter Quarmby, Community 21 executive director Community 21 is the financial services company that jointly owns Community Sector Banking with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. It was established 12 years ago by 20 not-for-profits ...

Utilities sector face material ESG issues: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... constraints, given increasing GHG regulatory schemes around the world. The thematic report augments Sustainalytics more specific company-level assessments, Morrow noted. However, the report identifies leaders and laggards - top developed market performers ...

Australian, NZ social enterprises top B Corp list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... its annual Best for the World list, which recognises the top 10% of all certified B Corps based on an assessment of the company's impact. Three Sista's, a Queensland social enterprise that will provide accommodation to people in Cairns and Indigenous ...