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Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... perspective, that no longer holds true. Ethical cash management has emerged as an issue in the push for institutional investors to divest from assets that are carbon emissions-intensive, and there is wider, increased interest in investing in short-term ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... has recently been highlighted by the media and political reaction to Australian National University (ANU)'s decision to divest from Santos, Newcrest Mining, Iluka Resources, Sandfire Resources, Oil Search, Independence Group and Sirius because of their ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... related risks, El Hassan said. "My personal view is that at this stage of the debate no court would require trustees to divest," he said. "At this point in time, I don't think trustees would be in breach of their duties if they don't divest. Would investors ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... and/or production of coal, based on 33% material threshold," said Peter Lambert, LGS chief executive officer. "We will only divest from two Australian companies - Whitehaven Coal and AGL - and there are a number of international companies we will divest ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... from fossil fuels, he said. "We thought about the impact we could have through financial services and getting people to divest from fossil fuels and support renewables," he said. "The fact is that there was nobody offering fossil fuel free superannuation. ...

MSCI launches ESG CarbonMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched MSCI ESG CarbonMetrics, a suite of carbon and fossil fuel metrics and screening tools to measure and manage portfolio exposure to carbon-related risks. "With concerns about carbon stranded assets risk increasing in the investment community ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Christian Super is engaging with Transfield Services over its contract to provide services at the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection offshore processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island. Although the fund is not divesting from ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... billion in tobacco stocks, and one Melbourne oncologist has made it her cause to persuade the superannuation industry to divest from the rest of what she estimates is a total of AU$8.5 billion in tobacco stocks overall. Dr Bronwyn King, radiation oncologist ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Increased environmental and social activism by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the rising importance of human and labour rights as a social issue for companies and a divergence between considerations of governance and social and environmental ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... risk management lens, having regard to those risks. It's not my role to advise trustees on whether they should acquire or divest specific assets - my role is to make sure that trustees understand their legal obligations and advise them on their due diligence ...