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Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... which was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities. "As we launched the SEDIF fund over the last few years, we received inquiries from early ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will collaborate to drive private sector contribution to sustainable development goals. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief ...

ACSI: Average fixed CEO pay declined in 2012

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Byrne, ACSI CEO ACSI attributed this result to a higher level of investor scrutiny since the global financial crisis and the impact of the "two-strikes" rule. The decline in average fixed pay capped a five year period where average fixed pay for ASX ...

Dow Jones, RobecoSAM issue 2013 DJSI indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... 1999 and track the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. "The DJSI have a double impact," said Guido Giese, head of indices, RobecoSAM. "They enable investors to integrate sustainability into their portfolios ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... ESG factors and how they should feed into economic factors influencing creditworthiness, and how those economic factors impact on credit risk indicators. The working group then explored environmental, social and governance issues in recent credit events ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... company activities - scope 3 emissions. CDP raised concerns that this gap may lead companies to underestimate their carbon impact. The report notes that 72% of the Global 500 measure emissions associated with business travel, but business travel equates ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... returns and other areas. It provides access to company research and analysis through MSCI ESG IVA for ESG ratings, MSCI ESG Impact Monitor for reputational risk assessments and MSCI ESG Business Involvement Screening Research. "MSCI on Campus was developed ...

Australian/NZ property continue dominance in GRESB survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... (Graphic courtesy of GRESB) According to the GRESB 2013 report, the real estate sector globally is reducing its environmental impact, decreasing energy consumption by 4.8% in 2011-2012, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 163,000 homes. ...

Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... countries is not a sustainable business model and opens Cbus to investment and reputation risk." Cbus also cited the health impact of tobacco products on members, saying 6.6% of claims for life insurance from Cbus over recent years are as a result of ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Impact investment and other trends will drive growth in environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies over the next 10 years, according to AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Matt ...