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Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability issues in the technology hardware and equipment sector, and the four most important factors were innovation management, supply chain management, corporate governance and human capital management. Sector specific factors were environmental ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... asset level and security-level exposures, and are often used by clients to monitor on implementation of outsourced fund management mandates. J.P. Morgan Investor Services last year created Investment Information Services, which is a cross-disciplinary ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... campaign, Verwey said. Meanwhile, Future Super has reached 1550 members and has more than AU$35 million in assets under management to date, Verwey said. Since inception in September 2014 to the end of January, the fund has a return of 5.62%, he added. ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... of global sustainable invested assets, the report finds. Australia and New Zealand had AU$153 billion in funds under management in broad responsible investments in 2013, while funds under management in core responsible investment were just over AU$25 ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Victoria Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced that it will divest from direct investments in equity of tobacco manufacturers. VFMC is a AU$46.6 billion state-owned funds manager for a number of public authorities and bodies. Divestment ...

Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... mandate." Hagart came to ACSI from the Future Fund, where he was head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Prior to that, he worked with the United Nations Environment Program in Geneva, where he played a key role in creating the ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Benchmark (GRESB), ahead of the organisation's 2015 survey launch. QIC has more than AU$74 billion in assets under management and more than AU$10 billion invested in property. It has been a signatory to the United-Nations backed Principles for Responsible ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... investment. LBG's model measures an organisation's community contribution, including cash, time, in-kind donation and management cost. There are more than 200 corporate members worldwide, and 164 companies participated in the global and Australia/NZ ...

ACSI sets goal of 30% women on ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... members to vote against re-election of directors in those companies. Gender diversity of board appointments and executive management is a long-term issue of engagement for ACSI. The organisation cites the growing body of empirical evidence that gender ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... in 2012 and 40% reporting reductions in 2014. The number of suppliers gaining monetary savings from carbon emissions management is also increasing, from 29% in 2012 to 33% in 2014. Performance on reporting and emission reductions is better in countries ...