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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... - answering the "so-what?" questions that investment analysts might have, said Ian Woods, head of ESG research at AMP Capital Investors. "The critical area from an investor's side is answering the so-what questions for investment analysts," Woods said. ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Investments Australian Shares option from March 2012. GESB launched the investment option in 2007, and it is managed by AMP Capital Investors, according to the GESB web site. The fund said that since 2007, most Australian share managers have embedded ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... supply chains. The KPIs have been developed with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and Harvard Law School's Pension and Capital Stewardship Project with funding from the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute. The KPIs will assess the ...

Integrated Reporting to generate value, costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... business model which is sustainable," CPA Australia said. "In the longer term, this will help shape investment decisions and capital allocations -again, with societal benefits. In the short term however, this may create significant resistance to moving ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... of weekly reporting of house usage, implemented in 2010, and centre management diligence along with energy efficiency capital projects," the report said. "The current focus in New Zealand and the United States is minimising emissions through 'low hanging' ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Publicly listed companies should recognise existing shareholders when raising equity capital, and should disclose how a capital equity raising is priced and built and ensure that fees associated with a equity capital raising reflect value and risk ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of AU$2.33bn, an 8% increase over the previous year. Optus also made capital expenditures of AU$1bn in 2010/2011. To improve the customer experience, Optus reported investing AU$250m to upgrade IT ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... "We need to grow the level of understanding about EUAs," Bocskay said. "It's more than just access to finance, cheaper capital and attractive terms to tenants. One of the things we're working on is demonstrating more clearly to consultants and contractors ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to developing country projects, national governments need create predictable, clear market signals. "For private sector capital to flow at the speed and scale required, we encourage national governments to continue to show leadership on climate change ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... reductions (CERs). "I think it's a function of time," said Nick Armstrong, CEO of COzero. There is so much intellectual capital that has come about as a result of previous schemes that it shouldn't be too difficult to come up with methodologies. The ...