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New Zealand responsible investment tops NZ$78bn: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... of RIAA. "Years of demonstrated long-term investment benefits to investors, who consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, have quietly shifted a significant portion of the investment industry to invest responsibly. Now, the early signs ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... waits to see who will form government for the 45 th session of Parliament, stakeholders with environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus are turning their attention to their policy objectives for the next term, as well as developing their strategies ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties, which explicitly links consideration of environmental, social and governance issues to fiduciary responsibility. The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UNEP FI and the Generation Foundation ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
There is continued interest in integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into fixed income portfolios and funds on the retail and institutional side in Australia, but fund managers find that while retail investment in ESG ...

90% of ASX200 companies report on sustainability: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... now has at least one component company reporting at "leading" standard, demonstrating that environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are material to all sectors, said Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO. "I think one of the excuses we used to get from ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... has launched the Global Sustainability Trust in Australia and New Zealand which combines environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations with the firm's core equity selection methodology. Dimensional Fund Advisors integrates a screening process ...

Companies "show variation" on ESG disclosures: Company Matters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks by ASX-listed companies is varied, with some companies not complying and coming up short. KPMG has analysed the disclosures of listed companies against the ASX Corporate Governance Council's ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... increase the quantity and quality of broker research in Australia that includes consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. More than 50 institutions with more than AU$100 billion in Australian equities are members of ESG RA. ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund trustees are increasingly seeing environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration as part of the process of managing funds for members over the long term, and view engagement with invested companies as a tool in that process. ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... details the ways in which the firm and its individual investment management teams calculate environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. In the 2016 report, CFSGAM outlined its evolving approach to climate change disclosure. Instead of reporting ...