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Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... in their water use." Sugar, its role in impacting on public health and the responses by governments such as Mexico's sugar tax, is one issue that Stewart Investors highlight as being a key focus of their analysis. "The tax [in Mexico] has had an effect ...

Australian Ethical Investment reports AUM of $2.6 billion for half year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has reported net profit after tax of $2.157 million for the half year ending December 2017, a 282% increase compared to the prior corresponding period. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director Australian ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... should we be voting our stocks, we should pull them all back if we can." The $9.2 billion Vision Super identified issues like tax transparency, political donations and climate risk as issues of importance. "There's a lot more customisation going on," ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... incidents. "In the Australian context, the most frequent incidents in the Diversified Metals industry are health and safety, tax avoidance/evasion, labour relations, conflicts with local communities and discharges and releases in water." Sustainalytics ...

ACSI publishes revised Governance Guidelines, includes new ESG themes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... including practical examples of oversight on key themes of climate change, labour and human rights, corporate culture and tax disclosure. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO The Governance Guidelines are an articulation of members' expectations for governance ...

Transparency around tax payments continues to be issue: CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
Disclosure and transparency about tax payments continues to be an issue for global companies, as witnessed by this week's release of the Paradise Papers. The Paradise Papers investigation has sparked a renewed discussion of tax payments and tax minimisation ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation publishes 2016/2017 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made more than $2 billion in new commitments in 35 individual transactions in the 2016-2017 financial year, according to its annual report. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation "The CEFC ...

Vigeo Eiris assesses "ongoing, serious" misconduct cases in global banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
"Ongoing and serious cases of misconduct' in the banking and financial services sectors around the world undermine trust in markets and threaten banks' license to operate, according to global research from corporate social responsibility rating agency ...

Australian Ethical Investment reports annual profit of $2.9 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has reported a net profit after tax of $2.90 million, down 3% on 2016. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director The consolidated statutory net profit after tax was $2.924 million, as compared to $3.186 ...

WA ranks 8th globally in National Resource Governance Institute assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
Western Australia's iron ore mining sector scores 71 of 100 points and ranks eighth of 89 governing jurisdictions assessed for governance of their oil, gas and mining sectors in the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI), conducted by the National Resource ...