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ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Hagart comes to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Hagart will replace current CEO Ann Byrne, who retires from the position at the end of October. Hagart has a ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... going forward, and Drew noted that the fund has capital warranty units, which protects investors' capital, thus lowering the risk profile of investments. 'What we're really clear about with investors is that we apply a strict due diligence process to ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... think there is as deep understanding that corporate responsibility delivers value," Benson said. "Yes, there is an element of risk mitigation. We see that it's very much about protecting and enhancing reputation, improving relationships, employee engagement ...

ACSI: Average fixed CEO pay declined in 2012

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... and directors is resulting in boards getting the message on pay - it even seems that annual bonuses are becoming more at risk," Byrne said in a statement. Westfield's co-CEOS, Peter and Steven Lowy were the highest paid CEOs on a statutory basis - their ...

UN Global Compact designs equities index that outperforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Jantzi, chief executive officer of Sustainalytics. "Portfolios containing companies that exhibit enhanced extra-financial risk management characteristics have the potential to perform better over time. We developed the GC 100 to test that hypothesis ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has become an official supporter of the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD). The CDSB will aid NCD with input and expertise in developing financial sector reporting on natural capital, based on principles ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has released a discussion paper exploring the link between ESG factors and credit risk in the US%47 trillion sovereign debt market. Asset owner such as pension funds invest in sovereign debt because of ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... that they're not reporting on those. Given how significant scope 3 emissions are in terms of emitting companies, the total risk they're exposed to, it is surprising an disappointing that more companies are not measuring and reporting on this through ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... analytics. Mariner Group has subscribed to MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics, a reporting tool for assessing a portfolio's ESG risk profile and measure ESG characteristics relative to benchmarks. Mariner Group will integrate MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics into ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... banks' balance sheet. The NCD aims to provide insight to uncover these and solutions how to address these issues in credit risk management and product development." In June, NCD announced that it had started the next phase of its plan in which the financial ...