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Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
In the 20 years since the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched, it has reshaped the way sustainability is reported and now that it has transitioned from voluntary guidelines into reporting standards, it could impact more profoundly in the ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Westpac and Mirvac have been named as global leaders in two of the 24 industry groups represented in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2017. S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), and RobecoSAM, an investment specialist focused on sustainability investing ...

ASX100 CEO pay remains below 2009 peak: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
Average fixed pay for ASX100 CEOs in 2016 was $1.89 million, with median CEO pay at $1.79 million, well below the 2009 peak for pay, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) annual survey of CEO pay. Louise Davidson, ACSI ...

Negatively screened funds grow by over 2500% in New Zealand: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Growth in screened funds categories (Image courtesy of RIAA) There was a large media and political controversy around KiwiSaver funds in August 2016, which led to a massive increase in the use of negative screens ...

Australian Ethical sees record net inflows for June quarter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... as one are that has helped bring in these numbers. "We have a strong digital marketing team, so we work a lot thru social media and that works well for us," he said. "We have a hugely engaged network, community, because we invest a lot of time communicating ...

ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... and staples, each had 17% of companies rating as "No reporting", and telecommunications, software and services (14%) and media (11%) rated "No reporting". The best performing sector for climate-related disclosure was banking, with five out of seven banks ...

ACSI names Ian Silk as new president, Antony Thow as deputy president

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... take up their new positions in August. Silk and Thow are both directors at the council, and will replace Gerard Noonan of Media Super and Trish Donohue of Cbus, whose terms expire in August. "We are delighted to have Ian and Antony take on these key ...

Directors speak to evolving, expanding role of corporate boards at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... what the core business is - the outputs, the factories, the equipment, the markets. Now it's about interest groups, social media response to issues, employees." Part and parcel of this is the idea that companies and their leaders must maintain their ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... well, Lind said. Katie Beith, responsible investment analyst at the New Zealand Superannuation Fund noted the impact of media investigations that compared the exclusions list of NZ Super Fund to the asset holdings of the nine government-selected default ...

Majority of largest asset owners recognise risk of climate change: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... are recognising that there is a financial risk involved in climate change, said John Hewson, chair of AODP, speaking at a media briefing this week hosted by Betashares. At the briefing, Hewson noted that financial markets don't price climate change risk ...