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Video: Fossil Fuel Divestment Exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Sustainability Report moderated this live panel debate examining the legal and governance issues behind fossil fuel divestment. A superannuation fund's decision around divestment from fossil fuel or high carbon emission intensity assets should be ...

BNY Mellon offers ESG data to depositary receipt clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... depositary receipt clients, but there has been interest from other parts of BNY Mellon's business' in the ESG and sustainability investing space - including its asset servicing line, which provides custody and administration for asset owners such as ...

ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
ASX200 companies are continuing to improve their sustainability disclosures, but 33% of the index continue to rate in the lowest categories of reporting, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... this area." There are no Australian funds in the crosshairs of a legal challenge as yet, AODP previously told The Sustainability Report. "We are looking at what we might do in the future and we are not ruling [legal challenges] out at all," Connor said. ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... application of two parts, relating to risk management and the disclosure of environmental, social and economic sustainability risks and the board skills matrix, are prompting discussion. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute Last year, ASX ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... products with environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance screens. Northern Trust had previously told The Sustainability Report that they will specifically build off the firm's work in creating screened ESG portfolios as part of their new ...

Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative issues communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... director The SSE have published a communication to stakeholders that explains each exchange's approach to promoting sustainability among investors and listed companies. This is the first time the SSE has done this since being convened by the United Nations-backed ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... as senior institutional sales manager Ann-Marie Garry as sales associate. Northern Trust had previously told The Sustainability Report that they will specifically build off the firm's work in creating screened ESG portfolios as part of their new office ...

Utilities sector face material ESG issues: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... the utilities sector as greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and effluents and waste, community relations and product sustainability. These material issues, which offer both risks and opportunities to the entire sector, noted Doug Morrow, Sustainalytics' associate ...

Australian, NZ social enterprises top B Corp list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Pangolin's managing director. "We created the company five years ago to fill a gap in quality, highly regarded sustainability services that could be accessed, not just by large companies, but by any organisation wishing to reduce their footprint," Smale ...