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MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... governance. There is four years of raw data, including water use and lost-time injury rates; indicators on business and geographic risk exposure; policies, systems, and targets; and seven years of historical data on ESG ratings and scores. MSCI says ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... equity. "When it comes to [socially responsible investment] SRI investor implications, it often comes down to the headline risk," Finlayson said. "Often, there is the headline risk that if something happens in society at large, people find that exposure ...

Property developers advised to factor in climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian property developers should start factoring in climate change impacts immediately or face significant financial risk, according to Net Balance. "While the local government have understood climate risk and opportunity for some time, the property ...

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... governance research and shareholder voting adviser, has demonstrated that share prices of listed companies with high governance risk performed poorly over time, whereas the share price of listed companies with low governance risk performed well over ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Index Fund, which has been designed capture exposure to emerging markets whilst potentially lowering long-term portfolio risk by excluding both companies with high greenhouse gas emissions and companies that have extensive reserves of fossil fuels, and ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... and will support up to 400 families over five years. The five-year bond was structured in two tranches to meet differing risk and return profiles of investor markets. The senior tranche includes an AU$7.5 million capital protected component that takes ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... that package, ASX has proposed adding Recommendation 7.4 to Principle 7, covering how listed boards recognise and manage risk. Recommendation 7.4 says "[a] listed entity should disclose whether, and if so how, it has regard to economic, environmental ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... questionnaires and there was time loss." Smith was recently in Australia and presented on managing supply chain sustainability risk with Net Balance as well as meeting with Australian businesses to discuss their database. Sedex's Australian clients include ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... "This information will improve the dialogue between companies and investors about the real drivers of long-term performance, risk and return, and help asset owners more effectively evaluate and select managers, ensuring the investment chain functions ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... changing and the types of risks that we all will face in the future. We believe that insurance companies - as the provider of risk management services - are particularly well-positioned to help scientists and the rest of society learn more about how ...