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ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... potential to be huge when it comes to things like assurance and integrated reporting." Terence Jeyaretnam, Net Balance director, noted that the impact of the change to Principle 4 and Recommendation 7.4 could be to encourage increased sustainability ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... benchmarks that tilt away from companies with poorer ESG scores and toward companies with better ESG scores. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg This approach to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... managed account (SMA) based on Australian equities that are screened to eliminate fossil fuel exposures. Louise Edkins, director, Ethical Investment Advisers The Ethical Investment Advisers Mid-Cap SMA currently has 29 companies in the portfolio, selected ...

PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... according to research commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director Overall, the PRI-commissioned report found that most firms do not provide a clear picture of their fracking activities, "even ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Assessing, managing and reporting on sustainability is a source of strategic and competitive value, a message that accountancy firm Crowe Horwath is spreading to its clients through a series of presentations around the country. "There is an economic ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... current carbon pricing mechanism would persist past the end of the financial year, said Hugh Grossman, RepuTex executive director. "I think to a certain degree [the Senate vote] is an interesting development, but in practical application, it doesn't ...

CEFC provides $20m loan facility to Carnegie Wave Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... position to compete in the global, developing wave energy market," said Michael Ottaviano, Carnegie CEO and managing director. "With our wave energy resource and technology capabilities particularly in the offshore oil and gas industries we believe there ...

FSC standard mandates ESG policy for superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds that are members of the Financial Services Council (FSC) will be required to develop and implement an ESG risk management policy from July under the FSC's standards. FSC full members must comply with standards that are relevant ...

CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... means for the sector to reduce ongoing operational expenses and carbon emissions, said Ashley Robertson, NAB associate director, environmental finance solutions. "EUAs can support major upgrades, with the finance effectively being repaid through energy ...

CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions sign expanded partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... partners, FCS has been a valuable asset to our investor and supply chain members and to CDP," said Nigel Topping, executive director at CDP. "Now, this enhanced partnership positions them as our go-to solutions provider for any company looking to outsource ...