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Foresters Community Finance starts social entrepreneur fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has launched a fund aimed at providing financing for early stage social enterprises. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund is geared towards providing social enterprise entrepreneurs with access to capital for improving ...

ASX to include ESG disclosures in governance principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... amending its Governance Principles and Recommendations to ask listed companies to disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. The ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council has published a consultation ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... impact of the two strikes rule, engagement specialists are saying boards are more receptive to speaking to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO In the lead up to the 2013 annual general meeting (AGM) season, AMP Capital ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... effective communication between boards of listed companies and investors, and how they approach engagement on environmental, social and governance issues. "In this corporate governance report, we say engagement between companies and shareholders needs ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Three AECOM employees will volunteer to join Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that is providing affordable clean energy solutions to people in India's urban slums. AECOM landscape architect Belinda Dods, environmental engineer Rosanna ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... and the Green Star ratings. J.P. Morgan said that GRESB provides the most practical approach to environmental and certain social factors specific to the commercial real estate sector. Social factors appear to be the most difficult to measure, and are ...

GRESB signs up new partner, members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... asset services with offices in the United States, London and Hong Kong. "The Townsend Group recognizes that environmental, social and governance issues in commercial real estate are gaining traction with institutional investors and property owners worldwide," ...

ACSI starts recruitment process for new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... advertisement, ACSI said candidates would require attributes including a sophisticated understanding of environmental, social and governance issues in Australia and internationally, "exceptional stakeholder engagement skills" and the ability to deal ...

UCA Funds Management holds first investor briefing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has held its first investor briefing, discussing the structure and returns of its three portfolios, its investment approach to selecting Australian equities and disclosing that a AU$7.7 million loan relating to the now-defunct Acacia ...

NYSE joins UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... exchanges can work with investors, regulators and companies to enhance corporate transparency and performance on environmental, social and corporate governance issues. Other members include the Brazilian Stock Exchange (BM&F BOVESPA), Borsa Istanbul ...