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Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... but rather finding themes and investible strategies that will return over time." Mercer has rated strategies within its Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD) for ESG since 2008, using a four point scale in which 1 or 2 is considered "highly rated". ...

LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... need to assess ESG and carbon emissions exposure across their portfolios," said Remy Briand, managing director at MSCI and global head of index and ESG research. "The customized portfolio reports fill a current market gap as, for the first time, institutional ...

Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... and invited the signatories to meet. Signatories included Paul Abberley, chief executive of Aviva Investors London and Global Investment Solutions, Ben Caldecott, head of policy, advisory, Climate Change Capital, James Cameron, founder and vice-chairman ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... achieve the highest ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings. Mercer has rated strategies within its Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD) for ESG since 2008, using a four point scale in which 1 or 2 is considered "highly rated". ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm, is forming a working group to lobby for changes to address what the managing director calls a lack of clarity around the process of putting shareholder resolutions to an annual general meeting (AGM). Trevor Thomas ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters impact on an organisation's financial performance, and vice versa. There is a global push to create a framework for integrated reporting standards, with the International Integrated Reporting Committee ...

City of Melbourne to hold EUA sessions for building sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... will also be travelling to Europe to talk about the EUA structure and the opportunities it affords. He will speak at the Global Energy Basel Summit, which is focused on financing sustainable urban infrastructure, particularly energy-efficient buildings ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Global businesses are increasingly integrating climate change strategies into their supply chain procurement guidelines, but suppliers' rates of reducing greenhouse gas emission are lower than their corporate clients, according to a Carbon Disclosure ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... signatories and is increasingly being mandated and scrutinized by asset owners," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head of index and ESG research. Institutional investors require coverage of their core portfolios of equities and bonds and ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Given the Australian and global push to transition to a low carbon economy by attracting private investment, the Low Carbon Finance Working Group (LCFWG) of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) is engaging with the government on the set-up and ...