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PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... include including Alphinity Investment Management (AU), Boston Common Asset Management (US), CalSTRS (US), Calvert Investments (US), Mirova Asset Management (FR), Nordea (SE), Pax World Investments (US), PGGM Investments (NL), RLAM (UK), SNS Asset Management ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments has launched the Fixed Interest Trust, comprising Australian dollar-denominated fixed rate investments that meet the Australian Ethical charter. Australian Ethical has managed fixed income securities for 20 years as part ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... according to a report published by The Australia Institute in partnership with 350.org and Market Forces. The report says investments in coal, oil and gas "increase financial risk without increasing returns" because of the risk of unburnable carbon. ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has developed a fossil fuel policy that rules out future investments in thermal coal, unconventional oil such as shale and deep water drilling and in companies that extract gas through fracking. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ...

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... government, representatives from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and Australian financial services industry bodies to introduce them to the alliance and their concepts of social ...

AustralianSuper equities less carbon-intense than benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... an update of a similar analysis done in 2011, said Kelly Christodoulou, environmental, social, governance manager, investments at AustralianSuper. Trucost assessed the equities portfolio in comparison to the ASX 300 and the MSCI All World ex-Australia. ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... from tobacco holdings. "While both an ethical investment strategy and sustainable investment strategy might avoid investments in tobacco companies, they might have arrived at the conclusion for different reasons," the paper said. "An ethical investor ...

Video: Taking ESG integration to the investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... by Rachel Alembakis, Publisher of The Sustainability Report, the panel featured Kelly Christodoulou, ESG Manager, Investments, Australian Super, Michael Salvatico, Vice President, MSCI ESG Research, Roger Urwin, Advisory Director, MSCI; Global head of ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Blackburn-Wright added. "This market needs early investors that are willing to play a variety of roles: make grants as well as investments, play a capacity building role, be incubators and fund managers as the initiative requires," she said. "Unlike ...

UCA Funds Management on asset allocation for NFP portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
Charities and faith-based organisations can introduce defensive and growth asset investments to their asset allocation while still exercising responsible stewardship of their resources, according to a paper written by UCA Funds Management. Michael Walsh ...