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MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... sovereign ratings tool designed to identify a country's exposure to and management of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk factors. MSCI ESG Sovereign Ratings provide an overall sustainability assessment of 90 countries covering developed ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... footprints of our total equities portfolio, focusing on our ten Australian equities fund managers," said Kelly Christodoulou, ESG investment manager at AustralianSuper. "They found the total carbon footprint of our 10 Australian equity managers was approximately ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... that the continuing quest to demonstrate the tangible costs and benefits of integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into portfolio valuations will be a dominant theme for 2012, along with continued and expanded engagement with ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... established its discrete socially responsible investment option in 2007, Australian share managers were not as focussed on ESG principles as they are today. Now, most fund managers seamlessly integrate an implicit analysis of a company's environmental ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... understanding of how sustainability commitments influence their investment decisions and how they engage with invested companies on ESG-related topics. It is worth noting that 34 asset owners - including superannuation funds - are signatories to the ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... rights and how to define and manage it," Black said. "There are better ways of monitoring and measuring human rights from an ESG perspective. Related to that is increased attention to labour relations impacts. It's a sign, basically a consequence of ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... risk management and return, the discussion has turned to integrated reporting - whether environmental, social and governance (ESG) measurements should be merged with traditional financial reporting methodologies and how they should be presented. KPMG ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... institutional investors take when addressing the issue with company boards. The Sustainability Report spokes with governance/ESG managers at several institutional investors and superannuation funds, and while none would comment on the record, the general ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... investments. In addition to assessing risk and return objectives utilizing traditional financial inputs, our belief in including ESG factors as a part of our investment process, ensures that we remain at the forefront of investment innovation." GRESB ...

Emerald Wrap to launch RI investment platform in March

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... feel that RI makes sense, however a lot of clients will be transitioning from a more traditional type of investing to RI or ESG investing. We'll continue to steer traditional funds to include ESG in their process." Emerald Wrap have lined up offerings ...