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AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies in the food and beverage sector are exposed to "relatively high" sustainability risks that overlap and interact, according to a review by AMP Capital. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital The 37 companies that make up the ASX's food ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... fossil fuel companies or convertible notes from companies that derive material business from gambling, another area of exclusion, Walsh said. The cash portfolio's mortgage book makes loans to community service organisations, aged care facilities and ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
A superannuation fund's decision around divestment from fossil fuel or high carbon emission intensity assets should be grounded in the fund's governance processes towards investment issues and is bounded by legal and regulatory standards for fund trustees. ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... hard to see that nuclear won't be an important part of the picture in the energy matrix in the future." By removing the exclusion on nuclear energy investments, 48 nuclear energy companies will become potentially investible, and of that 48, 18 companies ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... which features a 30-second television commercial as part of the strategy, is aimed at people experiencing financial exclusion, which Good Shepherd Microfinance notes are often locked out of mainstream banking. Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB formally ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... progress on the core moral and economic issue we face in this country; that many Australians live in a continuing cycle of exclusion and cannot participate fully in the community. It's time to think afresh about how to shift the current status quo, so ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Westpac with a 93% in the 2014 review, their highest ever score, Westpac said. Westpac rated strongest in financial exclusion, financial stability and systemic risk, customer relationship management, risk and crisis management, labour practice indicators ...

UCA Funds Management appoint independent directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has appointed Lindsay Mann and Jane Bell as independent non-executive directors. Mann is a fellow of the Actuaries Institute and has more than 40 years' financial services experience. He retired as regional head, Asia, of First ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... staffing practices at these facilities." Recently, UCA Funds Management announced it has added Transfield Services to its exclusion list because of human rights concerns. UCA Funds Management does not have any holdings in Transfield Services, but the ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management is adding Transfield Services to its exclusion list because of human rights concerns stemming from Transfields' contract to provide services at the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection offshore processing centres ...