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oekom research: ESG ratings improve bond performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... mainstream benchmark. "It is clear that a better sustainability performance and thus a better sustainability rating for a company go hand in hand with a higher equity ratio," said Robert HaBler, CEO of oekom research. "The portfolios of investors who ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... relative to its total scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions in 2014. Largest absolute carbon reduction went to Rio Tinto, with the company reporting a 4,620,110 metric tons CO 2 -e reduction in its total Scope 1 and 2 emissions from CDP 2013 to CDP 2014. Kathmandu ...

Australian companies still lag on anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... detailed understanding." Commonly, anti-corruption and bribery policies would be overseen by the audit and risk function of a company, Gill noted. "In most organisations, it would be audit and risk," he said. "It's a risk faced by a business, and if ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund said. The threshold for the "high carbon sensitive" negative screen has been set at a minimum of one third of company revenue, LGS said. "This will result in divestment of approximately AU$25 million in companies involved in the manufacture ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... of that action and that community and show we're a genuine player in the space." Bendigo Bank is a shareholder in the company, and Simon Holmes a Court one of the financial backers of the fund as well. Future Super's trustee is the Trust Company, and ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... management is managing those risks? They want to talk to them about board composition, and how they are future-proofing the company? Shareholders and share owners have a very different perspective, and they're both valid and they're both legitimate." ...

KPMG: top global miners make $1.2bn in social investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... assessing if the projects are achieving what they want them to achieve." Of the 10 companies KPMG surveyed for the study, one company reported quantified outcomes and four companies published a detailed social investment strategy. Only one of the 10 ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... SEFA has allocated "over AU$500,000" to each of the three projects, said Ben Gales, SEFA CEO. MiHaven is a construction company that trains "indigenous people to build affordable but attractive and durable cyclone rated housing and providing the systems ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... the ESG SmartBeta strategy, AXA Rosenberg uses AXA IM's responsible investment team's summary ESG score, which ranks a company from 1 to 10 on their performance across key ESG indicators, and overlays it into the SmartBeta strategy. The AXA Rosenberg ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental and economic risks impacting organisations' financial viability," Woo said. "Core to this is a recognition that a company should articulate how it creates value, how it is managing and minimising value destruction etc. There are of course ...