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Northern Trust ESG index range crosses US$1 billion mark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has appointed Northern Trust Asset Management's international business to manage an AU$220 million global equity index mandate that incorporates the fund's environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens. "We are delighted ...

PRI coalition calls for improved palm oil practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... practices which will ensure their license to operate and safeguard the capital provided by the industry's increasingly global investors. Commitments such as those made by Wilmar provide a positive signal and direction for the rest of the industry. However ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... in 2013, but less than a third of those companies are reporting on the impact of those investments, according to a new global report by KPMG International. Chi Woo, KPMG Australia partner KPMG's report, Unlocking the value of social investment, reviewed ...

LUCRF selects Northern Trust for ESG-screened mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has appointed Northern Trust Asset Management's international business to manage an AU$220 million global equity index mandate that incorporates the fund's environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens. The AU$4 billion industry ...

Future Fund hires new head of ESG risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... risk management. Posters will start in August after relocating to Australia from The Netherlands. He was most recently global head of sustainability with De Lage Landen, part of Rabobank Group. He previously worked in similar roles at ABN AMRO Bank ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 5th Assessment Report found that the impact of mitigation policies will be negligible on global growth at around just 0.06 of a percentage point annually throughout the rest of the century," said Adrian Rimmer ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainability reporting strategies, experts said. Carol Adams, Director, Integrated Horizons; Stakeholder Council Member, Global Reporting Initiative Speaking at a panel discussion at the recent GTQ International Annual Australia ESG Conference, sustainability ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... impact investment fund of funds strategy, a response to growing client interest to invest into the space. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM AXA IM has allocated EUR150 million in internal funds to the fund of fund strategy ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Increased environmental and social activism by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the rising importance of human and labour rights as a social issue for companies and a divergence between considerations of governance and social and environmental ...

Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Sedex Global and OpenCorporates will partner with the World Bank Institute to develop the Open Supply Chain Platform, an initiative aimed at companies' transparency and performance in responsible supply chain data. The Open Supply Chain Platform will ...