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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," ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... fuel [assets] with the work done by 350.org and other NGOs driving towards divestment, and we'll see the response from a risk management perspective and more broadly as well." The RIAA report also explored the New Zealand market, which has seen a higher ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... seeking to persuade institutional investors to divest from fossil fuel-based assets as a way of protecting against the downside risk of climate change as well as the potential return of renewable energy investments. Impax used the MSCI World Index as ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... ACSI. She has been at ACSI for five years, and says there has been progress in both investors and in companies around ESG risk issues. "I think one of the biggest changes is really a recognition by an increasing number of investors that ESG investment ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... left more than 1,100 people dead. In addition to the sheer human toll of such accidents, they can also pose a reputational risk to retail companies that source from similar factories and can also pose business risks in terms of production delays and ...