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LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... LGS CEO Peter Lambert. "We are constantly working on development of systems and processes to identify, monitor and address ESG and climate change issues across all asset classes. We have recently launched a Sustainable Australian Shares investment option ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... reporting, which combines financial information with non-financial information such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, could provide investors with information that will assist them in evaluating future cash flows. "The answer may ...

Emerald Wrap launches, joins UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... becoming more aware of the issues facing their investments and want to know their money is being managed with those risks [ESG] being incorporated, as a minimum. It is now evident that [responsible investment] RI is clearly better as it's good for people ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Companies making voluntary disclosures of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues must ensure that any statements can be backed up by data and they must be aware that disclosures to reporting frameworks such as the Carbon Disclosure Project ...

Corporate sustainability a vehicle for value creation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... statement of values, and the integrated reporting framework could assist companies in seeing environmental, social and governance (ESG) as central to strategy, according to Jonathon Hanks, a South African sustainability expert. "The thing is that many ...

Five Oceans AM to run Skandia Global Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... derivative and hedging strategies, and the research Five Oceans undertakes to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment selection process, said Adam Smears, head of investment research and portfolio manager at SIG in ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... public. That will introduce an additional level of accountability. What we've been able to achieve is a common language about ESG integration, active ownership, transparency and so forth, and next year, the new revamped framework will go mandatory. What ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability. "As a result of the global financial crisis, investors increasingly recognise that improved corporate disclosure of ESG issues leads to better risk management, good governance and enhanced transparency, all of which are necessary to protect ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
One of Japan's largest public pension plans will use the MSCI Japan ESG Index as the benchmark for a passive mandate, according to MSCI. The National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, which has more than JPY 8tr in assets ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... director elections and executive remuneration "remaining by far the most common issues," according to Kelly Christodoulou, ESG investment manager. "Constitution changes were the third most common issue," she said in a statement to The Sustainability ...