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RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... finance position." Pablo Berrutti, head of responsible investment Asia Pacific at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), noted that there are a host of challenges - demographics, environment, resource scarcity, income inequality - identified ...

IIRC launches IR Technology Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Technology Initiative. The group will evaluate how technology is being used to facilitate corporate reporting and related management processes, how technology might enhance integrated thinking, how software can be used in the narrative elements of reporting ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... sub-Saharan Africa. The courses focus on impact capital raising, strengthening environmental social and governance (ESG) management, social and environmental performance management and impact investment management. GIIN has piloted courses on capital ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... requirements. For the actual implementation, it's not as easy as the mere numbers." Another area of focus will be supply chain management, which Mirvac identifies as a material issue. In 2014, the company approved a new responsible procurement policy ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... require key suppliers to disclose water risks they may face. The report does find there is a growing awareness of water management, as evidenced by progress on indicators including water risk monitoring and management, board oversight, target setting ...

Barclays, MSCI launch green bond index series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Eligibility for the green bond index series is based on a four-factor assessment - use of proceeds, project evaluation, management of proceeds, and reporting. There are other, additional fixed income index criteria that are applied to the screened universe ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... sector. RIAA has found that public demand for "core responsible investments" has increased to 2.3% of total assets under management, an increase from 1.6% TAUM last year. "Where we're seeing is 2.3% represents the best proxy for retail demand, and we ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Romans who said pecunia non olet, but from an ethical investment 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 ...

Climate Bond Standard to establish water investment criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... relevance is not clear for water projects; some of them may actually perpetuate high water consumption or poor water management with high energy usage. This makes the need for guidelines even more urgent - investors will want to be sure that investments ...

Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... performance at BNP Paribas Securities Services. As a result, BNP Paribas has been working with clients on both the asset management and the asset ownership side to provide data and analytical services around ESG. "The position that we've taken, and where ...