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European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Code, or the Global Reporting Initiative. Currently, fewer than 10% of the largest EU companies regularly disclose the ESG information stipulated in the new directive, according to the European Commission. Members states of the European ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... emissions that be cut to the extent that we hit the 2 degree target," said Elaine Prior director/analyst carbon, environment and ESG at Citi Investment Research, the lead author of the report. "The key determinants will be international politics and ...

Local Government Super adopts private equity ESG framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has adopted a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework for private equity investment. Bill Hartnett The ESG Disclosure Framework is the result of a global coalition of 40 limited partners, 20 private equity ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has created an emerging markets equities index integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens and has launched a passive pooled fund managed to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton Nicol Reid, a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, uses ESG metrics in two ways - as part of its investment process in its high conviction equities portfolio, and in a more targeted way ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... committee in October 2012, with the task of oversight and support to the board's approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. At that time, the board asked the governance committee to review its investments in tobacco. The governance ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... open to talking about other environmental, social and governance related issues, Halliday said. We're able to raise the other ESG issues - able to talk about management talent, succession planning, board independence, related party transactions, whatever ...

Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Management (CFSGAM) is embarking on a new three-year strategy to further drive integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment process and wider business. Will Oulton CFSGAM, known as First State Investments outside of ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can be used as a quantitative measure to construct an equities portfolio that generate improved active returns and better ESG ratings, according to research from MSCI. Michael Salvatico MSCI have released ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... is outlined in a paper written by AXA IM's responsible investment team. AXA IM has developed the strategy, which considers ESG factors and how they interrelate to each other, and applies them to sovereign bond portfolios in two ways. "People are constantly ...