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KPMG: top global miners make $1.2bn in social investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... achieved around that passion." While leadership passion can start programs, if they are not embedded further down the management chain and into the communities where miners are operating, it is more difficult to gather the information to measure a social ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... scenarios, partnering with a group of institutional investors that manage more than US$1.5 trillion in assets under management. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer The 2011 study, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors representing more than US$2 trillion in assets under management have committed to expanding the global market financing climate change solutions. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The signatories to the Investor Statement ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... thought, why not?" See Also: AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds ESG integration into quantitative investment management

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... property sector that is also very conservative." An increased deal flow will also bring in more financiers. Eureka Funds Management, NAB, and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have financed EUA deals, while bankmecu has signed on as a provider of ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... aggregate costs to shareholders of executive departures. An important parallel effect has been better alignment between management and owner, and a reduction in the perverse outcomes that can result from overly-generous termination arrangements - the ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... dissatisfaction, labour relations and environmental pollution "broadly referenced" in companies' sustainability or enterprise risk management systems, Woo noted. While there are signs of companies recognising the impact of external forces on business ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... focus on building confidence among investors, ensuring accountability and transparency between shareholders and company management. AMP Capital pointed to the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia as examples where institutional investors have ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... said. Westpac rated strongest in financial exclusion, financial stability and systemic risk, customer relationship management, risk and crisis management, labour practice indicators and human rights, climate strategy, supply chain management, brand management ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... score is also ranked on two dimensions to generate GRESB's quadrant model. The score is ranked on two dimensions - management and policy and implementation and measurement. GRESB ranks organisations in four categories - green starter, green talk, green ...