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Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... non-financial disclosures and there are concerns about the materiality of companies' non-financial - i.e. environmental, social and governance - disclosures. The global survey of 163 institutional investors was conducted by Institutional Investor magazine ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... activities, including voting and engagement; manager selection, appointment and monitoring; and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making processes and ownership practices. PRI has said that ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has suggested establishing a dedicated social 'investment bank' as one means of increasing access to capital for social sector enterprises. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has recommended that listed companies disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. This week the ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council published a third ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
There is a growing use of environmental and social factors as part of quantitative investment techniques in equity portfolios, with fund managers integrating ESG data to either screen out undesired stocks, or to create customised benchmarks that tilt ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Edkins said. "We want to keep it at about 25-30 stocks and make sure that those stocks are good-quality stocks that fit the social and environmental values of the fund and stack up financially as well." The portfolio is designed to appeal to ethical ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... have grown and they have interesting stories of how to manage stakeholder engagement and understand the demands of the social groups, and how they can establish links between environment and social aspects." Not all countries in South America have equal ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... evolution of the global economy and the activities of businesses and assets as part of that shift, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment practices is both a source of innovation and a practical response ...

CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions sign expanded partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... 2014 alone, CDP added. "With a growing number of investment groups and customers requiring transparency in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), it becomes even more critical for organizations to participate in standards such as CDP to ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... ability to create returns for investors over the long term," Halliday said. "We look at the environment, we look at the social issues like supply chain, and we look at the governance. Leadership is one of those issues we consider, particularly for companies ...