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Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... sentiment momentum around ESG issues. Stephen Malinak, chief data and analytics officer, TruValue Labs. George Serafeim of Harvard Business School recently wrote a research paper that combined data from TruValue Labs with ESG performance scores from ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... much like climate change is a key 'E' issue. Last year the PRI began to turn its mind to inequality. We've teamed up with Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government to build the investment case, but also some tools, indicators, metrics that investors ...

Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Principle and Pragmatism to achieve sustainable value through ESG. The report is co-authored by Professor Bob Eccles of the Harvard Business School. Of the 582 institutional investors who are implementing, or plan to implement ESG in their investment ...

Expert panel discusses CSR practices in action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... classified organisations into three stages of CSR maturity - initiators, integrators and innovators, off the back of a Harvard Business School paper, noted Leeora Black, ACCSR managing director. Wood noted that BHP Billiton has pockets of excellence ...

ACCSR tracks Australian/NZ progress towards CSR innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... classified organisations into three stages of CSR maturity - initiators, integrators and innovators, off the back of a Harvard Business School paper, said Leeora Black, ACCSR's managing director. "We have a big focus on understanding the role of the ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... was first, with Unity College and Green Mountain College second and third. Sterling College, College of the Atlantic, Harvard University, Hampshire College, Smith College, Columbia University and Swarthmore College rounded out the top 10.

The Global Impact Investment Network Appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... stepped down at the end of 2014. Bouri holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, an MPA from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Swarthmore College.

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... business and community challenges we face today." The paper builds on the article Porter and Mark Kramer wrote in the Harvard Business Review, "Creating Shared Value". FSG notes that banks have opportunities to create profit and social benefit on the ...

PRI signatory assets top US$45 trillion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... 13 professional service partners. Overall, since April 2013, the PRI has added more than 200 new signatories, including Harvard University Endowment (United States), Credit Suisse Private Banking & Wealth Management (Switzerland), Green Investment Bank ...

NZ Super Fund sells partial forestry stake to iwi collective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force; and an affiliate of the President and Fellows of Harvard College with a 28.75% stake. "The involvement of Kakano is also consistent with the NZ Super Fund's strategy to co-invest ...