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Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Rose Fulbright "Trustees should be undertaking more than just a watching brief in relation to climate change, and from a risk perspective, they should be educating themselves on the nature of the risk and the probability of those risks manifesting themselves ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that lead in corporate responsibility are linking sustainability progress with remuneration and have strong stakeholder engagement on sustainability, according to the Business in the Community (BITC) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Index. BITC ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The European Parliament has adopted a measure requiring large European companies to disclose environmental, social and governance information as part of their annual reporting. Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier Companies with ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... on tropical Southeast Asia, looking to "certified plantation forestry with an emphasis on enhancing returns and reducing risk through technological and silvicultural improvements and a rigorous approach to sustainability in the areas of environmental ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the same time. This optimised tracking error result counters one of the greater client concerns about ESG strategy - the risk that ESG portfolios are overly concentrated. "If you simply use negative screens or some other basic limitation to ESG, you ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... EY. EY's report, Tomorrow's investment rules, found that investors are using non-financial performance as a benchmark for risk. However, the report found there there is a wide variation in how investors evaluate non-financial disclosures and there are ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... good," she said. "I was still a bit surprised in one session I saw - people were not seeing ESG as something that was about risk management and about making you really a better investor because you're considering more risk factors, but for some, it was ...

Westpac signs on to Soft Commodities Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... to explore new ways to support our corporate customers that produce palm oil, timber or soy in locations that are at high risk of tropical deforestation, to operate in a way that's consistent with zero net deforestation standards. It's another real example ...

IIRC, GISR agree to collaborate on integrated standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... principles-based framework for organisations that are preparing reporting that encompasses financial and non-financial drivers of risk and value. GISR is "focused on driving increased transparency and effectiveness of sustainability ratings. It is working ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... part of that package, ASX has included Recommendation 7.4 to Principle 7, covering how listed boards recognise and manage risk. Recommendation 7.4 says "[a] listed entity should disclose whether it has any material exposure to economic, environmental ...