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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Fund management professionals say 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 ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... "Investors remain concerned about the labour and human rights risks of the companies they own," said Jon Lukomnik, executive director of the IRRC Institute. "[C]ompanies know that public concern can inflict deep corporate reputational damage, result ...

Australian Ethical names exec director business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed Steve Newnham executive director, business development. Newnham has been a director of Australian Ethical for the past year, said Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical's managing director. Newnham will work on developing ...

GBCA certifies record 100 Green Star projects for 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia to the extent that 18% of CBD office space is now Green Star certified," said Andrew Aitken, GBCA executive director - Green Star. "Beyond offices, Green Star is influencing the design and construction of a range of other building types, particularly ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... report, is managing regulatory impacts, most strongly related to the carbon pricing scheme," said Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Reporting (ACCSR). "Basically, addressing the impact of the carbon pricing ...

Integrated Reporting to generate value, costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Integrated reporting (IR) will help organisations communicate their strategy and how they generate value, but it must do so without eroding current methodologies must respect regulatory and legislative responsibilities for company directors, according ...

ETI to focus on collaborative supply chain initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... recognition of the need to tackle the underlying causes, not the symptoms, of poor working conditions," Peter McAllister, ETI director, said in the group's 2011 annual report. "In a given supply chain these are likely to include a mix of lack of transparency ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... place, set by the board the participants are set by the board, and you never know the details," said Martin Lawrence, a director at Ownership Matters. "Unless somebody actually gets 5% in the placement, you'll never know. It's something that people are ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... grade policy that provides investors with predictability and clear market signals," said Stephanie Pfeifer, Executive Director IIGCC executive director. "A significant amount of private sector capital would be unlocked if mechanisms shifted decisively ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... models. And for these reasons National Australia Bank endorses the Natural Capital Declaration." Dirk Duijzer, Rabobank's director of cooperative and sustainable business said that sustainability is one of the bank's core values, and acknoledged that ...