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GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is reorganising its governing bodies to strengthen its role as a standard setter for sustainability reporting. The changes will result GRI separating out its advocacy work from the standards-setting work and lead ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... as being in line with changes to the way in which managers separate out alpha and beta, accelerated and endorsed by the global financial crisis. This approach to risk management by asset owners has influenced portfolio construction in many ways, and ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... environment and being passive to the environment around you is not an option." Inflection Point's target client base will global in nature, targeting sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other large institutional investors, he said. Inflection Point ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Green Property Working Group has issued proposed standards defining which buildings can be used as the basis for certified climate bonds. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The proposed rules are part of the Climate Bonds Standards ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... investments is vital to the risk, return and reputation of our clients' funds and Alexis brings international expertise to our global team," said Helga Birgden, Mercer partner and head of Mercer's responsible investments for Asia Pacific. "In light of ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... in a speech to the Victorian Farmers Federation Conference, which Noble provided to The Sustainability Report. "... The global understanding of the megatrends I have described has led pension funds to allocate investment to farmland. Funds that are investing ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... jobs in CSR - I'm using that term very broadly- despite the fact that we have well established institutions such as the Global Reporting Initiative and the UN Global Compact, practitioners at the coal face are frustrated with the slow pace of change ...

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 ...