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Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Well, that was bad on the financial side as well, perhaps, but it raises the question of how does having bad governance impact long term on financials? We don't have a negative screen as such. We have an alpha weighting process that means that the better ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... mechanism process (34%) or assess employee performance (31%), with far less utilizing operational guidance notes (22%) or impact assessments (12%)," the UN Global Compact said in the report summarising the survey. However, implementation rate for human ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... countries are resilient to ESG macro themes including financial market instability, climate change, resource scarcity, and the impact of aging populations. In addition to managing its entire government bond portfolio with an ESG framework, the mandate ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Sydney headquarters to work in programs nearer to their jobs. "It gives us the chance to ask questions and observe the impact of poor policy and poor engagement," Blackburn-Wright said. "That's been an education for us as a bank. We started working in ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... can result in financial impacts such as advertising audience boycotts and reputational damage to media brands, but also impact on staff morale and attractiveness as a workplace. The report notes that the media sector is a "people's business" and hinges ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and greenhouse gas (GHG) assessments, among other services, used research from the University of Sydney that models the impact of the carbon price for the services sector, such as the legal industry. The research concluded that the overall impact at ...

Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... proposing doesn't enshrine that principle." Both ACSI and FSC object to the proposed changes, saying they can negatively impact existing institutional shareholders. "The Financial Services Council is concerned that the proposed changes to capital raisings ...

AusLSA to provide access to environmental measurement tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Legal Sector Alliance (AusLSA) has introduced an online platform allowing members to measure and report their environmental impact. AusLSA, an industry-led association promoting sustainable practices in the legal sector, has partnered with Greenstone ...

Plantic opens expanded bioplastics facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Plantic eco Plastic trays in 2012, Watson said. Coles switch to Plantic's product will have a significant environmental impact, said Brendan Morris, chief executive officer of Plantic Technologies. "Our life cycle assessment shows that, over the course ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... 2012 should be addressed, and opponents saying that the move would bring extra uncertainty to the market with no positive impact. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero Under the SRES multiplier, the government offers a certain number of renewable energy certificates ...