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Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds with more than six million members and AU$350 billion of funds under management. It provides ESG research, advice and support as well as offering a proxy voting service for funds dealing with listed company issues. "Ann's direct ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... income indices based on three categories of strategies. Laura Nishikawa, vice president and head of fixed income ESG research, MSCI ESG Research The Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Indices will be independently marketed by both companies and were developed ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... all resources or across a long term time horizon, according to a recent report by Citi. McKibben pointed to the Citi research as well as other analysis from financial institutions as evidence when speaking with superannuation funds. "Superannuation funds ...

Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... However, we are looking at it because we are also looking at distributing smokeless cook stoves in the future as well. All research into low-hanging fruit for impacting climate change shows that kerosene is the main source for that effort." Ed note ...

GBCA: Green Star buildings more efficient, less wasteful

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emissions and use a third of the electricity consumed by the average Australian building, according to research from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). GBCA's report, The Value of Green Star: A decade of environmental benefits ...

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Plaza] are often in residential buildings that have been converted into factories," said Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, senior ESG research analyst at AMP Capital. "This is a risk for retailers that move their sourcing to Bangladesh. Bangladesh has been supplying ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... standard, but almost half of the ASX200 are still rated as no reporting or basic reporting. Ann Byrne In its sixth year of research, The Sustainability Reporting Practices of S&P/ASX 200 Companies: 2013 also follows through on a move flagged by ACSI ...

ESG risks impact transport sector earnings, share price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Although ESG research on the transport sector has focused more on environmental factors, AMP Capital Investors says social and governance risks also impact on short-term earnings and share price. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny There are three key risks to the ...

Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... oil become RSPO members and develop "time-bound action plans to move to sustainable palm oil supplies", conduct further research on palm oil flows into Australia, and explore the possibility of sustainable palm oil projects in the region. "Ensuring that ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... become a meaningful reality as part of our system. For a start, there's a distinct lack of intermediaries, and proper research. To date there has been a lack of institutional quality investment opportunities and so it's been hard to prove this idea ...