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Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... and toward companies with better ESG scores. In their paper, Doing Good and Doing Well How Quality Can Enhance Your ESG Strategy, Northern Trust outlines their approach, in which they overlay NTQS onto the MSCI World ESG Index and compare the resulting ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Watershed Premium Wines, a Margaret-River based winery, has installed a 149-kilowatt solar power system that the winery says will offset electricity use by 30%. Photo Courtesy of Watershed Winery Watershed had a SunPower solar power system installed ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... positive and negative - in a way that integrates the non-financial information into the reporting about company results and strategy. "Transparency is key - and transparency in reporting positive and negative information is key," Bell said. "We talk ...

Westpac signs on to Soft Commodities Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has become a founding signatory to the Soft Commodities Compact, a banking industry initiative aiming to help clients achieve zero net deforestation by 2020. The Soft Commodities Compact has been developed by the Banking Environment Initiative ...

IIRC, GISR agree to collaborate on integrated standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) have agreed to work towards complementarity and compatibility in the ongoing development of their frameworks and standards. Paul Druckman ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has recommended that listed companies disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. This week the ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council published a ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... companies with poorer ESG scores and toward companies with better ESG scores. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg This approach to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into equity portfolios, both ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB, Westpac top "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Steve James, chief executive officer, Teachers Mutual Bank. "For us, it's not a bolt-on, it's at the very heart of our strategy. It's great to see Australia leading the world in ethical banking practices which is testament to the forward-thinking nature ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... necessarily, and where the opportunities that they can take advantage of sustainability issues that can be integrated in the strategy." In discussing sustainability issues with senior management, the discussions can often serve to break down traditional ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Senate has rejected a bill to repeal the Clean Energy Future legislation, but businesses continue to operate as if the current carbon pricing mechanism will continue beyond 1 July, according to carbon advisory firm RepuTex. The federal government ...