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Sustainalytics opens Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... pension fund clients" in the Australian market. The firm currently has 10 Australian clients, including Colonial First State Global Asset Management. The office will be run by Catalina Secreteanu, who has been named head of Australia. "The focus will ...

KPMG Australia launches supplier code of conduct

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... than AU$100,000, said Kaushik Sridhar, national manager corporate citizenship, KPMG Australia. The code draws on KPMG's global supplier code of conduct, the ten principles of the UN Global Compact and national legislation. It also references KPMG Australia's ...

CEFC finances University of Melbourne upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... the Australian community," McCartney said. "Yet they face the ongoing challenges of public budget restraint, intensifying global competition and the need to use cutting edge technologies to meet increasing student expectations. Clean energy installations ...

Pauline Vamos to step down as ASFA CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Pauline Vamos is stepping down as CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA), after eight and a half years in the role. The ASFA board will commence its recruitment process shortly and have asked Vamos to stay on to at least the end of June ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Trends report published by Baptist World Aid and Not For Sale. In their second report, analysing the supply chain of 56 global electronics companies, the industry overall has not made sufficient process in implementing steps to protect works in factories ...

ACSI, TIAA-CREF engage on "show of hands" AGM voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... number of large Australian companies have moved from using "show of hands" voting to poll voting, a result welcomed by a global collaborative investor coalition that engaged with companies on the issue. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO A group of large global ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate agendas. "The property sector has a crucial role to play in reducing global emissions and increasing community resilience to climate impacts," said Emma Herd, IGCC CEO. "Developing the investment ...

Impact investing key trend for 2016: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... climate change will become an investment theme in 2016, according to AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM AXA IM has released its Responsible Investment Outlook for 2016, and predicts that ...

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... risk disclosures and management. The vote by the Senate comes as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has established the global Financial Stability Board (FSB) T ask Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD), which is chaired by Michael Bloomberg. ...

Fund members concerned about climate change risk: CFGAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... very few have thus far moved their funds to lower carbon alternatives, according to research from Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM). Will Oulton, head of responsible investment, CFSGAM Lorna Tweedie of CFSGAM and Jake Reynolds from ...