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The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... large asset owners must recognize that they have to take "large and influential action," such as substantial individual company holdings, through using an investment strategy that emphasises certain sectors such as clean tech, or through regulatory influence ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... a range of ESG factors. MSCI is also introducing MSCI ESG Impact Monitor, a product that allows investors to analyse a company's significant social and environmental impacts and the company's ability to manage those impacts. Included are assessments ...

"Two Strikes" for directors legislation passes Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... few weeks. The legislation gives shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25 per cent or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under the ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... risk of instability in earnings growth or a high risk of negative earnings surprises. For example, if we could identify a company that has high pollution or bad waste management such as current operations that pollute the local river. At the moment ...

Low Carbon Australia makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia has appointed Tanya Cox and Linda Nicholls to the board of directors. Cox is the chief operating officer and company secretary of DEXUS Property Group. Nicholls is a corporate adviser and director. Nicholls is chair of Yarra Trams, a director ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... that point. When looking to the ESG reportage done by companies, how it play into the engagement you might have with a company that you invest in, and how does it play into a company in which you're looking to invest? JT : The reporting is a starting ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... able to use a sustainability report to succinctly answer [three] questions: 'What are the key ESG concerns?', 'How is the company performing to date?' and 'How will the company improve?'" The Macquarie report cited GPT's reduction in water and greenhouse ...

Environmental services company declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
An Mea, a Perth-based environmental services company, has been recognized by Low Carbon Australia for achieving carbon neutrality. An Mea is the first environmental services company to achieve this under the Carbon Neutral Program run by Low Carbon ...

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... what has not been paid," said Tim Sheehy, CEO of Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA), the peak professional body for company secretaries. "There has been some misrepresentation in the media with that from time to time. "We're also happy about the break-up ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... the payback periods have been shorter than companies originally forecasted. Woolworths, the food and staples retailing company with A$51.7bn in turnover for 2010, has established a governance framework with sustainability in the strategy, from board ...