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RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
RepuTex-ESG, a Hong Kong-based research firm, has launched a platform providing free environmental, social and governance data on Asian companies. RepuTex ESG-Connect provides research on over 1,200 companies across Asia in markets including China ...

AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) will bring a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework to Australia, while launching new research demonstrating how integrating ESG into investment processes can augment decision making. Matt Christensen ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Participants in the Australian institutional proxy voting system need to reform operational processes to prevent potential errors, according to a study released today by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The study was conducted ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Stakeholders are asking for more transparency from sustainability reports, particularly around governance issues, according to research from the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Reporting (ACCSR). Leeora Black ACCSR has issued a report, Materiality ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Analysing a country's willingness to repay bond debt as a governance measure is a useful metric for improving a bond portfolio's risk profile, according to research from fixed income manager Omega Global Investors. Mathew McCrum, director, investments ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The AU$614m Christian Super superannuation fund is engaging with a number of Australian companies with operations in Africa, particularly Australian mining companies with the goal of obtaining greater reporting around environmental and social issues ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Forestry and environmental markets fund manager New Forests reported a successful capital raising of a fund focusing on plantation assets in the Asia Pacific Region and progress on UN PRI commitments in its second sustainability report. New Forests ...

More women, more new entrants appointed to ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Top 100 ASX listed companies are naming more women and more new entrants to their boards, while smaller companies within the ASX200 are lagging behind, according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne ACSI ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
High conviction ethical superannuation fund Cruelty Free Super has passed the two year mark, amassing more than 300 members and AU$5m in assets under management. The fund is aiming for AU$10m in assets under management and plans to contribute to the ...

Wesfarmers engagement leads to phosphate sourcing change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers has stopped sourcing phosphate rock from Western Sahara, after more than three years of engagement with Christian Super and other stakeholders, the superannuation fund has reported. Since 2009, Christian Super and other parties have spoken ...