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Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... reporting apply." Many institutional investors have already adopted the concept of impact investing or 'blended value' as part of ESG investing in principle but remain unsure how to recognise it as an investment signal, much less quantify its contribution ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... reallocated within the investment and executive team. The funds manager also announced that it will offer Australian equities ESG mandates to Australian institutional investors from February 2013. Hunter Hall's institutional mandates will be managed ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... equities. Some Asian market exchanges have increased requirements for disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) non-financial information, including Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand, but the report notes that Asian regional bond managers ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... wood products are appropriately sustainable. If, as it seems, the report is as much for marketing and employee use as for ESG [3] investment analysts, it would be helpful to say what certified sustainable timber means, rather than just refer to the certifying ...

NAB Asset Servicing developing ESG overlay tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... exposure reporting and asset allocation analysis reporting, but NAB Asset Servicing has said that it is planning to offer an ESG reporting service as part of FundEdge, perhaps during the first quarter of 2013. "In line with the MySuper and Stronger Super ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... this Christmas, without the need for an electronic wine breather. © 2012 Dowse CSP, partners on corporate sustainability, ESG investing and related actions and communication: www.dowse-csp.com.au. [1] http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/trashing-the-planet-for-a-talking-piggy-bank-20121212-2b9vh.html ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report is pleased to present this column from Josh Dowse. Josh is principal of Dowse CSP, a sustainability/ESG advisory firm, has worked on ESG, sustainability and communication issues with McKinsey & Company and Macquarie Group, and co-founded ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... growth potential in the Asia-Pacific and Europe than in North America, according to research from MSCI. In the latest MSCI ESG IVA Industry Report: Real Estate, MSCI benchmarks 70 of the largest real estate investment trusts (REITs) globally, covering ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... change is regarded as a step too far for most investors." This is not the first time that a group of investors have raised an ESG issue with a company through the vehicle of a corporate resolution - in 2011, Australian Ethical's Climate Advocacy Fund ...

PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... derivatives and high frequency trading as well as the potential for increased integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment decisions. According to a PRI survey, 137 signatories have some exposure to hedge fund instruments ...