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Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... stages of having those ESG issues. "From my observation, the ESG market is really, it's almost driven by the grassroots investor, so you're really seeing that. We see this quite a bit - the mums and dads go to their financial planner to seek options ...

90% of ASX200 companies report on sustainability: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Ninety percent of ASX200 companies provided some level of reporting on sustainability factors in their 2015 public disclosures, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) annual review of corporate sustainability disclosure. ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
There is a multistakeholder push to develop metrics to more accurately measure the social impacts of affordable housing developments, with investors, intermediaries and housing providers all seeking more reliable standards to assess social as well as ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Dimensional Fund Advisors has launched the Global Sustainability Trust in Australia and New Zealand which combines environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations with the firm's core equity selection methodology. Dimensional Fund Advisors ...

MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
German solar power systems provider MEP Werke GmbH and its sponsor and private equity investor Strasser Capital GmbH, are joining the partner program of Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). MEP Werke said that joining the partner program is the first step ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... corporate governance. There are a few ways in which investors can define their risks by determining their needs as in investor, where to source the information form and how to bring that into your investment process, Salvatico said. This panel was sponsored ...

IGCC outlines climate change policy priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has identified seven climate change policy priorities for the next term of federal government that should be a foundation for managing risk and encouraging investment in low carbon finance opportunities. Emma ...

Companies "show variation" on ESG disclosures: Company Matters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks by ASX-listed companies is varied, with some companies not complying and coming up short. KPMG has analysed the disclosures of listed companies against the ASX Corporate Governance Council's ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... performance of real assets." Lowik comes to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark from the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA), a lobbying organization for the infrastructure asset class which she helped launch. Prior to GIIA ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... risk and opportunity that are including that right now," Bell said. "It's kind of interesting - we are doing our annual investor survey at the moment, and we'll see if the SDGs come through in the investor context. We haven't seen it really penetrate ...