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LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... "Local Government Super believes that a well-developed responsible investment strategy can both assist in generating long-term risk-controlled investment returns, while also aligning ourselves with our members' environmental and social concerns," said ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be a vehicle for innovation and not just risk mitigation, and the challenge for CSR practitioners is to find the areas where businesses can use social needs as a source of profit generation. The Australian Centre ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Leighton that they are going to be exposed and they need to be proactive and on the front foot in terms of managing that risk as best they can," he said. "I think that the harmonisation of these sorts of things will be driving a lot of activity in this ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... (CSR) programs are predominately driven by the view that its value is derived from enhancing corporate reputation, reducing risk and facilitating regulatory compliance, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). Out ...

Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
A group of investors, academics and politicians is drafting a letter to send to the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), urging the newly formed board to investigate if the European Union's exposure to high carbon investments poses a systemic financial ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... ESG into their analysis to make well-informed buy/sell decisions. See Also: Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm, is forming a working group to lobby for changes to address what the managing director calls a lack of clarity around the process of putting shareholder resolutions to an annual general meeting (AGM). Trevor Thomas ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... front-of-mind activities. "They're all experienced reporters which proves it's a long process," Evans said. "They're also high risk industries, which means that they have systems in place to manage risk and they recognise that [integrated reporting]is ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... director at NAB, will speak to the ACCSR conference, which has taken the theme of "The Innovation Imperative - taking CSR from risk management to value creation" and will feature round table sessions and several addresses. The round table sessions include ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... that signal is neutralised, but it will more likely create or require that deferments have hedging products to offset the risk. This creates a market of another kind, which will require financial intermediary support." Under option three, the government ...