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AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... more than 140 communities in Bangalore, India. The solar lights are intended to replace kerosene lights, which pose a safety risk, are expensive and pose environmental risks because of kerosene's carbon emissions. The enterprise calls on volunteers thus ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australia's real estate investment trusts (REITs) "are amongst the most progressive globally when it comes to acknowledging, measuring and managing ESG risks," according to analysis by J.P. Morgan. J.P. Morgan's Australian equity research team questioned ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
An increasing number of asset owners see climate change as a material risk and have maintained or strengthened their commitments to addressing climate change in investment activities, according to the results of a global survey of investment practices. ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... of ideas, and we asked them to tell us how they were creating that space for a diversity of opinion in order to reduce the risk of groupthink." The tipping point for boards to address their lack of diversity tends to be when mistakes happen, Christensen ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... example. The report also discusses mitigation strategies, citing Rio Tinto, which reports regulation of discharge as a global risk and said that in response it created a water standard that "requires all operations and new projects to develop and implement ...

UCA Funds Management holds first investor briefing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Portfolio will continue to invest in short term securities, because the yield on longer durations is too low to justify the extra risk, Bryant noted. UCA Funds Management also reported that its outstanding AU$7.7 million loan that related to the now-defunct ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... was the core of our equities strategy," Hartnett said. "It came about because asset consultant said you could do with more risk in your Australian equities portfolio. It works well from the ESG perspective as well because passive strategies in general ...

PRI working group calls for sustainable palm oil commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... investors in palm oil companies and their supply chains are thus exposed to significant financial, legal and reputational risk. Local Government Super and Christian Super are part of the working group. Australia represents only a small proportion of ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... auction," said Jennifer Lauber Patterson, executive director, Frontier Carbon. "There is a lot of corporate governance and risk management process that needs to be established to be ready. This includes a carbon strategy, policies and development of ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... you're looking at issues around the supply chain and emerging markets and what is acceptable in terms of both investment risk and just generally acceptable standards, it can be very handy to be part of a broader voice, mutualise the effort in doing it," ...