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US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... For example, not a single endowment is amongst the 900 signatories of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, and only one is a member of the Council of Institutional Investors, the leading US association of institutional investors." ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... investment decisions. With There are 34 Australian asset owners that are signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and 76 investment manager signatories. Being a PRI signatory brings responsibilities to manage ESG risks, and disclose ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... placed in the top quartile among global investment managers in five of the six United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. "We are determined to build on this success; these appointments reflect our commitment to responsible asset management ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... ideas and we think it is possible." Perpetual recently published its second report to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), detailing its actions and progress against the PRI's six principles. The report, which is a self-assessment, per ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... 6% over 2011. In terms of collaborative body participation, 25% are signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), 19% to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and 17% to the Carbon Disclosure Project. The report ...

Emerald Wrap launches, joins UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... term deposit provider to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and will become a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. At its official launch, the Emerald Club, the distributer of The Emerald Wrap, also announced that its first four separately ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Personnel has already issued an RFP for the mandate. Managers must be a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), the first time this has been required by a public pension fund in Japan. "We have chosen the MSCI Japan ESG Index ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... branded or thematic strategies, and 72% are managed by signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Of the ESG2 rated strategies, 22% are ESG or sustainability-branded. PRI signatories manage 68% of the ESG2 rated strategies. ...

Finsia: ESG consistent with superannuation fiduciary duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... the paper focuses on ESG investment principles, particularly as formulated under the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). Finsia considers the efficacy of providing a specialist ESG/screened ethical investment option for members versus embedding ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... creditworthiness. "Integrating ESG into the investment process is the first principle for UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatories and is increasingly being mandated and scrutinized by asset owners," said Remy Briand, managing director ...