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PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... moving this all forward is that our CIO is sitting on the responsible investment committee. We want to protect our investments for clients, and protect our diversity of thought." Rooney noted that for the 10 years to the end of March 2012, 98% of Neuberger ...

ASIC affirms October deadline for carbon trading AFS licence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon units under the federal pricing regime have until the end of October to apply to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. Under the government's Clean Energy legislative package ...

ACSI to target exec bonus disclosure, voting rights at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... disclosure across the S&P/ASX200 in the current reporting season, given guidance by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's 2011 guidance on the issue, and the two strikes rule. ACSI said that their experience had demonstrated that the ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... its contract with Asian sourcing agent Li & Fung, in favour of increasing direct sourcing. Wesfarmers and Premier Investments have also increased their direct sourcing. "Cutting out the agent means no agent fees but requires a robust ethical sourcing ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... strongly that this is the case than some internal stakeholders, especially employees. Best practice corporate community investments and their related programs are most sustainable when the strategy underpinning them, and their progress, are well understood. ...

Emerald Club and Premium Wealth Management sign alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... more socially responsible investment and potentially the [Emerald] Wrap as a vehicle to those socially responsible investments." Over the next 12 months, Emerald Club will review their offering to make sure that underlying fund comply with Premium Wealth ...

Australian Ethical appoints Russell for administration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Super has appointed Russell Investments for administration, with the mandate to begin in March 2013. Russell cited its focus on member services, use of technology and ability for clients to access the Bravura Sonata application systems ...

Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. In its first stage, the Climate Bond Standard lists wind energy investments currently eligible with an expansion to solar energy and other renewable energy investments to follow in the coming months. ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... The KPMG report notes that since 2007-2008, investment in venture capital has fallen by 72% and new venture capital investments have decreased by 90%. "Overcoming this problem does not necessarily mean that Australia governments should be trying to 'pick ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... endowments were ground-breaking institutional investors that addressed social and environmental considerations in their investments far earlier than others. Our findings indicate that today's endowments no longer are leaders in the institutional ESG ...