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Future Fund hires new head of ESG risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... PricewaterhouseCoopers and AT Kearney, and has experience across Europe, Asia and Australia, the Future Fund said. "Integrating ESG risk management into our investment decision-making is an important part of our program," said David Neal, Future Fund ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... issues that may impact on a company's future prospects, this could see an expansion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) discosures in directors' reports. This could make RG 247 a powerful tool for engagement by investors, Chioatto said. "In ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Managing a company's reputation when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues can strengthen intangible assets, corporate and financial experts said. Philipp Aeby, chief executive officer, RepRisk Speaking at a panel discussion ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Council Member, Global Reporting Initiative Speaking at a panel discussion at the recent GTQ International Annual Australia ESG Conference, sustainability reporting experts told an audience of corporate and investment professionals that sustainability ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... coverage accordingly. Among other work, AXA IM introduced a framework to systematically assess sovereign issuer risk based on key ESG factors, and also tested how ESG factors could be integrated into a model quantitative portfolio. AXA Rosenberg, the ...

LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... allocated funds to CommIF, he said. "These are good assets that are needed in the community," Hartnett said. "But above just the ESG characteristics, you have to know that the assets will receive ongoing maintenance." Maritime Super has also allocated ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... rights as a social issue for companies and a divergence between considerations of governance and social and environmental (ESG)issues as an interacting set off factors are all growing trends for 2014, according to investment research and engagement experts. ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Accounting Standards, which call for third-party verification of reported figures, might positively impact on this. "Generally, ESG data is valued by investors like financial data when it's been independently verified by a third party to a credible standard ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The European Parliament has adopted a measure requiring large European companies to disclose environmental, social and governance information as part of their annual reporting. Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier Companies with ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... really exciting is that we're seeing some real progress across all of the investment strategies, and the milestones have key ESG factors behind them," She said. "Across the investment strategy, we recognise a need to examine the ESG factors from the ...