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Northern Trust ESG index range crosses US$1 billion mark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Recently, Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has appointed Northern Trust Asset Management's international business to manage an AU$220 million global equity index mandate that incorporates the fund's environmental, social and governance ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... have broad interactions with companies in general, and we had a feeling that in relation to management and connection to business value and strategy and the measurement of results, this is a space that appeared to be less developed that other areas ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... to making up to AU$6 billion available for lending and investment in clean tech and environmental services across the business, and the bank reported that AU$4.0 billion had been made available by the end of March 2014. Toohill cited the banking group's ...

LUCRF selects Northern Trust for ESG-screened mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has appointed Northern Trust Asset Management's international business to manage an AU$220 million global equity index mandate that incorporates the fund's environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... contain information "that members of the listed entity would reasonably require to make an informed assessment of... the business strategies, and prospects for future financial years of the entity reported on." "If the directors are painting a particularly ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... managing intangible assets, and that managing a company's reputation with internal and external stakeholders is part of business strategy. "One of the key benefits of sustainability is really increasing the value and strengthening those intangible assets," ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... process, we effectively pull together a matrix that tells us what the hot topics are in terms of their impact to the business and the impact on stakeholders. This then allows us to say, we know x number of issues that we need to make sure from a strategic ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... sleeper of the year", explaining that it expands the scope of responsibility for operational reviews around material business risks and future prospects. It is a requirement on companies to report on future prospects," Chioatto explained, noting that ...

Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... provide a free, global online platform for "companies of all sizes to upload, share and track core information in areas of business ethics, labour standards, environmental footprints and governance practices." Sedex, which operates an online database ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... compared to the Global 500, "a greater proportion of these ASX 100 companies have also experienced detrimental water-related business impacts within the past five years (ASX 100 - 83% vs. Global 500 - 53%), and are more likely to have operations in water-stressed ...