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Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... become the normal. That's what's being said internationally as well." The incremental but forward progress of ESG risk management also reflects the fact that shareholders have become more aware of their rights and responsibilities as shareholders, she ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... retailing, consumer durables and retail sub-sectors, which should mean that those companies disclose their policies and management of those potential risks. But according to the methodology that Regnan developed, all of these subsectors had greater risk ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... performance on an A-E scale. The ratings combine EIRIS' assessment of a company's sustainability impacts with an analysis of management response to ESG risks. The report, Risky Business - a global spotlight on corporate sustainability discusses the leaders ...

CDP extends partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia, New Zealand, the Nordics and Benelux regions and India, bring extended services measuring supply chain carbon management and sustainability scoring to those countries. FCS is the scoring partner for CDP's supply chain program and has built ...

GHG efficiency projects increase cities' finances and health

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... energy demand in buildings. The low-hanging fruit is the one where the payback is soonest and easiest to justify to management. The Sydney project is a great example of that. There is not a city in the world that should not be converting its old, inefficient ...

End of Financial Year time for tax, ethical investment check

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... ethics perspective, according to Australian Ethical. In a recent communication, the ethical superannuation and fund management provider suggested that in addition to considering strategies such as salary sacrifice, co-contribution and spouse contribution ...

Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... October. Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO Byrne has been ACSI CEO for more than five years, and recently informed ACSI's Committee of Management of her decision. ACSI represents 35 not-for-profit industry and government superannuation funds with more than six million ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... to financial performance," Nishikawa said. "It's possible that an improving ESG signal may tell you something about management quality. We wanted to tell that story - the third category of indices are not just going overweight on the strong performers ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... the program. Although AU$500,000 is a fairly small allocation for a fund with more than AU$5 billion in assets under management, the allocation reflects the fund members' social values, Rodwell-Ball said. "This is an investment that reflects the social ...

Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... of the reforms, superannuation funds must report to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority about their risk management processes and write a statement of risk appetite. ESG issues should be part of that consideration. Additionally, superannuation ...