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Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... parameters will be tailored deal-by-deal." Foresters' approach to assessing potential social enterprise projects requires high levels of due diligence and support throughout the process. "It's the same due diligence framework, but applied to focusing ...

ACSI: Average fixed CEO pay declined in 2012

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... rose by 2% to $1.95 million. This indicates that fewer CEOs of Top 100 companies have levels of fixed pay which are very high relative to their peers, ACSI said. In addition to the decline in average CEO pay, fewer Top 100 CEOs received bonuses in 2012 ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... play into evaluating credit worthiness - for example, when countries have low levels of political freedom combined with a high degree of social development, countries tend to have greater unrest, according to an analysis done by Maplecroft. "A strong ...

Australian Ethical Investment to reorganise business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical's managed fund offerings both from advised clients and direct cleints, as well as increased interst from high net worth and self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors, Vernon said. Australian Ethical is currently in the process ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the 50 largest emitters have increased since 2009, even as overall emissions of the top 500 companies have fallen, according to the CDP Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013. The report is co-written by CDP ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
NGS Super is designing a stand-along socially responsible investment (SRI) option for members that will be launched later this year. This is not the fund's first attempt at a stand-alone ethical investment option. NGS Super has had a Green Shares option ...

Melbourne wins energy efficient built environment award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability and liveability are inexorably linked," Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said in a statement from London. "For us to maintain a high standard of living we need to set the highest standards in sustainability. Every piece of research tells me that ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... capital can be used innovatively about both investment and social issues." Christensen noted that impact investment requires a high level of due diligence to make sure that potential investment vehicles are designed to provide that risk-adjusted return ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project." HSBC also said that there is a continuing risk/reward imbalance with conventional high-carbon options that dampens financial appetite for climate solutions. HSBC Global Research cited steps to reduce fossil fuel ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... reported higher confidence in boards' oversight of other capital management activities, which had an average score of 3.13. "A high level of confidence in non-takeover capital management activities such as placements, dividends and buy-backs may reflect ...