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Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... severe consequences. However, investing in those companies which have strong governance and a sustainable plan for the ecosystem in which it operates, you can do well and create longer term returns." While the adoption of ESG strategies has increased ...

New Community Sector Banking CEO outlines bank's value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... in the sector to mobilise those funds to support the sector. We have built out the platform, we've been promoting the ecosystem into the marketplace and we've had great results, although we're in the early stages of building that volume within the act. ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... real assets investment manager, has implemented a new investment performance framework that will focus on productivity, ecosystem services, land use planning, shared prosperity, risk management, and governance. David Brand, New Forests CEO New Forests' ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
In the text of the Paris Agreement adopted at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference, there is reference to the concept that co-benefits of adaptation efforts can contribute to mitigation, which experts believe can open new pathways for ...

Citi joins Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... global economy. Natural capital is described as the planet's natural assets - soil, air, water, flora and fauna - and the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute food, fiber, water, health, energy, climate ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... portfolio, you may well be paying for that in another part of your portfolio. When you think of owning a slice of the whole ecosystem, and being an increasingly relevant part of the economy and the provision of capital to productive enterprise, you start ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... matrix is doing is that it hones the attention in on the sustainability of the model in terms of diversity, and in any ecosystem, unless you have hybrid vigour, your population is going to die out." In the Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations ...

First State Super invests in Australian tech, almonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... capital allocation decisions are going to have medium and longer term implications, particularly in a relatively small ecosystem like Australia. We need to be mindful of the implications of those decisions and we have to be proactively mindful of ways ...

PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... companies, and that there is "no method to measure a carbon footprint for the vast majority of commodities, whether ecosystem-related or resource-related." However, active ownership and ESG incorporation is most advanced typically in listed equities ...

Abbot Point Port Expansion leads controversy list: RepRisk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The Abbot Point Port Expansion project was one of the most controversial projects of 2014, based on its exposure to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, according to RepRisk. RepRisk released its Most Controversial Projects Report (MCP ...