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The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... could come from governments or asset owners. While governments may look to exert more influence on markets in light of the global financial crisis, changes in asset owner behaviours are needed alongside any regulatory response." The development of sustainable ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... and the company's ability to manage those impacts. Included are assessments of major ESG controversies and violations of global conventions such as the UN Global Compact and ILO Core Conventions. Institutional investors can monitor new controversies ...

Deloitte, GRI to develop new program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
A new program between the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Deloitte will see the GRI's G3 and G3.1 guidelines given a new Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) taxonomy, meaning sustainability data can be communicated more easily to investors ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference in Copenhagen. Post-Copenhagen, the likelihood of achieving a global agreement on climate change seems "a distant prospect", the council said in its policy paper. The world will see more of a ...

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Catholic Super has hired Danyelle Guyatt, currently global head of research for Mercer's responsible investment practice, as the AU$4.16bn fund's investment manager. As part of her role, Guyatt will be responsible for designing and implementing a responsible ...

Government allocates funds to GRI Focal Point Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian government will allocate AU$400,000 over the next two years to the Global Reporting Initiative Focal Point Australia, said David Bradbury, parliamentary secretary to the treasurer. The Focal Point is the product of a 2008 agreement between ...

Ceres, Tellus Institute to design sustainability ratings standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Institute have launched an initiative to create a new, single ratings standard for sustainability performance of companies. The Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) will be modelled on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the most widely ...

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... integrated into investment decisions, with Australia and New Zealand and European investors ahead of their US counterparts. The Global Investor Survey on Climate Change Annual Report on Actions and Progress 2010 surveys the investment practices of 44 ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... analysis that can provide powerful tools for mitigating investment risk and generating return. Michael Salvatico For MSCI, the global index, governance and research provider, ESG complements more traditional financial analysis and represents a forward ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... first-rate, first-world economy will be anything other than a clean-energy economy into the future," Swan said. "Just like the global economy was propelled forward in the decade to now by rapid development in communications technology, success in the ...