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La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
La Trobe University has disclosed achievements and omissions against environmental and social performance indicators in its 2011 sustainability report, and has set targets for 2015 and 2020 including integrating sustainability issues throughout education ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... information, while 64% of respondents said that information on natural resources is very relevant to analysis of companies. Social and community information ranked lower - 52% of respondents say the information is very relevant. The researched propounded ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... shareholders before annual general meetings, and advised companies of the need to disclose their actions around environmental, social and governance issues. "These companies are in the ASX300 for the first time, and one company didn't even know what ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... organisation behind the move to put the poker machine issue to the Woolworths EGM, alerted its membership via its blog and social media and the issue has filtered through to individual shareholders. Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm that specialises ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... through the regulatory risk to some of the other ones, such as online data security, that really ties into another latent social risk - cyber-security." See Also: Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... collaboration with KPMG. The risk of climate change is also tightly interwoven with other perceived risks, both environmental and social - the report notes that environmental risks are connected to water security and food security. "The rain appears ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
American college and university endowments have a weak understanding of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing strategies, trends and opportunities, according to a report by the Tellus Institute. US college and university endowments manage ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... attention to persuading investors to back the motion, meaning that superannuation funds will have to decide how to vote on a social issue that impacts on Woolworths' reputation and its bottom line. Grassroots community organisation GetUp organised the ...

Foresters launches Social Investment Australia lending fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Ed. note: substantially updated throughout with comment from Valda Wheeler, SIA Foresters Community Finance subsidiary Social Investment Australia (SIA) has launched a new fund offering financing to non-profits seeking to buy property. SIA has launched ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... The majority of Asia-Pacific investors in private equity monitor, or expect to monitor, general partners' environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies, in contrast to 70% of European investors and 27% of North American investors, according to ...