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Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... their portfolios while gaining the desired exposure," said John Krieg, managing director for Northern Trust's asset management arm in Europe, Middle East and Africa. "We are pleased to work in partnership with AP4 in implementing this low carbon solution." ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... economic and financial heft - industry superannuation funds, which are member-owned, have AU$244 billion in assets under management, while financial mutuals have AU$83 million in combined total assets and the top 100 co-ops and mutuals had combined annual ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI). Young comes to Standard Life Investments from Newton Investment Management. She is also a main board director of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). She is also a member ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Report or Explain Forum, which is a group for organisations wanting to push sustainability disclosures as a mainstream management and accounting tool. "This news from our forum member, BM&FBOVESPA, of the increase in the number of companies following ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ethical and sustainable supply chain management are being integrated into procurement practices in Australia and around the world, according Net Balance and Sedex. Sedex operates an online database of ethical and sustainable supply chain data that allows ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... alone, Tingey-Holyoak pointed to a number of disconnected systems: spatial-scales approaches, Integrated Water Resources Management, water footprint accounting, eco-labeling, life cycle analysis. Whilst the fragmentation may be a challenge, breaking ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the types of risks that we all will face in the future. We believe that insurance companies - as the provider of risk management services - are particularly well-positioned to help scientists and the rest of society learn more about how our planet is ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Hagart will replace current CEO Ann Byrne, who retires from the position at the end of October. Hagart has a strong background ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... things in conjunction de-risk the proposition." Foresters have previously told The Sustainability Report they charge a management fee of 1.4% on their funds. "In terms of the fees on the fund, as the fund manager, we charge a fund management fee that's ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainable development. GRI, UNGC and WBSCD will develop private sector guidance to help companies enhance sustainability management and reporting with a view to global sustainable development goals and targets. The three organisations bring differing ...