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ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... activity it is involved in as a service provider to the Australian Department of Home Affairs." "Our concern is the business risk to Qantas over the activities relating to deporting or forcibly transferring people as part of a service agreement with ...

Local Government Super selects PIMCO for fixed income ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a new, $440 million fixed-income ESG mandate to investment manager PIMCO. The mandate will cover global credit and government bonds, LGS said. "We are pleased to continue our long standing relationship with PIMCO," ...

Pauline Vamos resigns as chief executive officer of Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Pauline Vamos has resigned as CEO of Regnan. Pauline Vamos, Regnan chief executive Vamos has worked as CEO for 12 months, and the Regnan board "thanks Ms Vamos for her significant contribution to Regnan over the last 12 months and the leadership she ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... planning to leverage their own bases to engage with companies, and raise the issues of corporate responsibility and reputational risk more broadly. "We're representing the moms of America who are concerned about the harm that these for-profit incarceration ...

Man Group appoints Jason Mitchell co-head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, and is a member of the PRI Academic Advisory Committee, the PRI Macroeconomic Risk Advisory Committee, the Investment Association's Sustainability and Responsible Investment Committee and numerous industry and ...

Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Finance sector institutions representing more than 300 institutions with $10 trillion in assets have called for the development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps for Australia and New Zealand. The statement was released at the end of the 2018 United Nations ...

Rosenberg Equities to manage $1bn ESG mandate for CalPERS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... to invest in. By that I mean it's a strategy that's going to offer good financial performance, because we're meeting the risk premia - there's lower volatility, and higher earnings quality. Good ESG integration is part of this because ESG is enormously ...

S&P Dow Jones launches Carbon Price Risk Adjusted Index Series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
S&P Dow Jones has launched the S&P Carbon Price Risk Adjusted Index Series, which seeks to measure the performance of companies based on an estimated market valuation at risk from predicted 2030 carbon prices. The indices incorporate future carbon prices ...

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
With the recent introduction of the Modern Slavery Bill to Parliament, companies with annual turnover of $100 million are in line to report annually on their actions to address modern slavery in operations and the supply chain. The bill is widely expected ...

ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... correlation between performance and disclosure around issues including remuneration, cognitive diversity at board level, climate risk management, supply chain management, and strategic human capital management among other issues, Vamos said.