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Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... is a global asset management business with A$145.5bn in funds under management. A signatory to the UNPRI, CFSGAM integrates ESG analysis into all levels of its investment process. Here, Amanda McCluskey (AM), head of sustainability and responsible investment ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... report is very relevant there. Interestingly, almost all our suppliers could provide us with documentation on how they approach ESG issues. We know they are making an effort, and that's as far as it goes. That way, it doesn't interfere with the supplier ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... metrics. This impacts on the investor side, with companies that are signatories to the UNPRI finding it difficult to incorporate ESG factors into their analysis because of a lack of robust analysis. "If you look at the investment market, whether you're ...

Integrating ESG an evolution for institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Raising institutional investors' awareness of ESG risk and return factors is an evolution, according to Martin Goss, senior investment consultant, head of client consulting, Australia at global consultancy Towers Watson. Institutional investors can ...

Global Reporting Initiative launch process for new standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... reporting topics and registrations - opens on 16 May and will last for 90 days. Related: Global push for "report or explain" on ESG Nominations open for GRI's Stakeholder Council GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... said. One institutional shareholder that did not support the resolution was $32bn AustralianSuper, said Kelly Christodoulou, ESG manager, investments, at the fund. "As investors, we always value greater disclosure but are not supportive of constitutional ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... in 2009, Rio Tinto reported. Rio Tinto's quality of sustainability reporting received praise for clarity and for relating ESG to company strategy and material risks. Nick Edgerton - Colonial First State Global Asset Management "It's a good clear explanation ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched the Report or Explain Campaign Forum to encourage increased corporate transparency around ESG impacts. "A report or explain approach could persuade more companies to report rather than to explain why they don't," ...

Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... are not reporting that information. The JSE last year adopted standards requiring an if-not, why-not approach to integrated ESG reporting, and the discussion period for a guidance report on developing integrated reporting framework closes on 25 April. ...

Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Tinto and Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), an unlisted company based in Australia, are members of ICCM and all three provided ESG reporting using GRI guidelines. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto both received an A+ application level for their reporting. "We ...