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ASrIA launches private equity ESG initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)is launching an initiative to gather private equity managers across the region to discuss opportunities and challenges in considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...

CFSGAM reports on transparency, stewardship of assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... global resources team asked a number of companies how they were dealing with the issue," he said. "We hope this best practice assessment helps teams who may not regularly engage with such a diversity of global resources companies" While stranded assets ...

Investor groups publish climate change investment guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... of investment governance and investment decision making, and is a starting point, rather than the culmination of best practice globally, he said. "What's really interesting will be the next round of innovation on re-allocating capital, when the reliance ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... put governance alongside the E and the S. Rather than creating a separate policy, we wanted to reflect industry best practice and establish a responsible investment policy. We took that idea to the internal workshop and it was endorsed at that time. ...

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... three year period, with a subsequent true-up, or the baseline will be set by reference to some metric of industry best practice," Anderson said. "The issue with that is that baseline setting is quite complex, and it will be quite resource intensive ...

Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne, the City of Sydney and 15 other international cities have launched the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle (photo courtesy City of Melbourne) The alliance is a collaboration committed to reducing greenhouse ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Water insecurity is likely to constrain companies' business growth, but water risk assessments are "often" falling short in both direct operations and supply chain, according to CDP. Cate Lamb, head of CDP's water program CDP recently published the ...

CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... manner which ensures that it continues to provide advice of the highest quality to Government as well as provide best practice collaboration with the private sector." McKeon thanked current Dr Megan Clark, current chief executive, for her leadership ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... practices that are evolving in Asia, AMP Capital works on a number of levels to express their views on what constitutes best practice. "AMP Capital has an investment team based in Asia and conducts direct engagement with companies," Halliday said. "Our ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... ISPT were also cited as global leaders. Property companies and funds use GRESB's survey data for benchmarking and best practice purposes. "TIAA-CREF is committed to the principles of socially responsible investing, and its demonstrated leadership in ...