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Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... lead a United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) hub. As part of the role, Monash will "mobilise research centres, industry and community organisations to develop practical pathways to end extreme poverty, increase social inclusion ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... varying levels of reporting and compliance by signatories, McGeoch said. Pereira, McGeoch and other scientists in the research team undertook to establish variables that were essential to measurements globally. "The first step was to come up with a suite ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... incorporate ESG factors into investment decision-making processes, according to the GISA report. GISA is a collaborative research report between the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, AfricaSIF.org, and SIF-Japan, and presents results from market ...

Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... become easily available to investors due to improved corporate reporting, independent industry expert services, rating and research providers, online discussion forums, social media, and NGOs, etc.," the report said. "Within companies, responsibility ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... assessed the positive arguments for unlisted as well." Mercer is proposing this line of advice and building on its own research, including their 2011 report, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which predicted that ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... droughts, weather events such as hurricanes and typhoons and rising sea levels as having major cost implications. "This research illuminates fragility in the global supply chain mode," said Paul Simpson, CDP's chief executive officer in a statement. ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... economic growth is hindered by resource constraints and increasing costs from environmental pressures, according to new research from the British Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, in conjunction with the Global ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Net Balance has launched a dedicated research and development initiative, the Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute, and appointed Les Hems as inaugural director of research and development. Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute will see Net Balance take ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... to repay debt as portfolio criteria. Last year, active fixed income manager Omega Global Investors published their own research that concluded that integrating political risk is a useful metric for improving a bond portfolio's risk profile because of ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... valuations of potential private equity deals or cause potential buyers to walk away from an acquisition, according to research from the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). James Gifford According the PRI survey, 80% of ...