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Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... incorporating ESG screening. "We see an increasing demand for exposure to emerging markets, particularly among our institutional investor clients," said John Krieg managing director for Northern Trust's asset management arm in Europe, Middle East and ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet has announced. The move was welcomed by industry groups. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) said maintaining the RET support investor confidence in the country's renewable energy ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
RobecoSAM, the investment specialist that co-publishes the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, will now use the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) climate change questions in its environmental data collection approach to public companies. RobecoSAM will ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... experience and possesses more than 13 years in the responsible investment sector as a consultant, publisher of Ethical Investor magazine and philanthropy research and publishing unit Givewell, director and senior executive at firms including Hunter Hall. ...

GRESB hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has hired Elsbeth Quispel as head of sustainability. As head of sustainability, Quispel is responsible for developing and managing the annual GRESB survey and its other products and services, including ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Mercer's global head of responsible investment Mercer has made those recommendations to superannuation fund clients at an investor forum in Melbourne this week. In a discussion entitled "Fair Capitalism - a Manifesto for Change", Jane Ambachtsheer, global ...

ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Women now comprise 15.5% of ASX200 board members, an increase of 24 women from 2012, according to an annual audit into board diversity performed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The ACSI audit showed that for the first time ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
For equities fund manager Dalton Nicol Reid, integrating environmental, social and governance information into their investment process is part of the task of finding quality companies in which to invest. Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton ...

GRI and IIRC sign agreement for closer cooperation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have agreed to work more closely together to deliver the integrated reporting guidelines due out later this year. The memorandum of understanding was signed ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Corporate boards are more willing to engage with investors around governance issues beyond remuneration into areas including board independence, succession planning and related party transactions, which AMP Capital attributes to the impact of the two-strikes ...