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MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... many asset owners and managers to assess how effectively ESG risks are taken into account," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head of index and ESG research. "MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics provides a way for institutional investors to report ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... management in place, rejecting a series of resolutions put to a general meeting. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director The resolutions had been brought by a group of dissenting shareholders, including Timothy Xirakis, former head of client ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... financial uncertainty. "There is a cloud of political uncertainty hovering above us all," said Sally Burns, managing director of Sigma Global, a company that advises on corporate carbon compliance obligations and offset projects. "Obviously, buying ACCUs ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... "[The index] shows that some sectors are having a look at the issue [of gender diversity," said Claire Braund, a WOB director. "There is a clear indication that credit unions and superannuation funds are looking at this, particularly the corporate superannuation ...

Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... dioxide as a greenhouse gas and has much greater short-term warming potential," said Stephanie Pfeifer, IIGCC executive director in a statement. "Concerned with the negative economic impacts of methane leakage and its contribution to climate change ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... arrangement as the organisation will be refurbishing the business in the initial phase, said David Rickards, SEFA managing director. "The proposal made sense because there was a combination of good security, good mission and good entrepreneurship. Rickards ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... takes environmental, social and governance signals into consideration when making investment decisions. Mathew McCrum, director, investments, talks with The Sustainability Report about the strategy, and how ESG signals can be used to minimise volatility ...

Pangolin Associates to partner with PKF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... mechanism. "We have had a long and trusted relationship with PKF," said Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates' joint managing director. "Formalising the partnership is timely - it benefits our clients as they face a changing carbon economy." Pangolin Associates ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... 2014, and has committed to recruiting 100 Indigenous trainees and staff each year to 2014, said Mark Hand, ANZ managing director of retail distribution, Australia, and executive sponsor of the ANZ Indigenous Action Plan. "To achieve these targets we ...

Australian Ethical Investments faces EGM board spill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... which include Timothy Xirakis, former head of client relationships at Australian Ethical, and James Thier, a founding director of Australian Ethical, will seek to replace the board with a new slate including Xirakis, Thier, Penelope Le Couteur, Suzanne ...