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ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... for me is around the way in which companies are espousing the value that it creates for the business," Whitaker said. "A core frustration of ESG investors is how to understand the way companies are spending money on sustainability. Companies are not ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Benchmark Report, the 13 th annual report into the broad responsible investment sector. RIAA has found that public demand for "core responsible investments" has increased to 2.3% of total assets under management, an increase from 1.6% TAUM last year. ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... of Queensland, Suncorp, Teachers Mutual Bank and bankmecu as potential institutions in which they could invest. "Given the core value of Future Super is to create a better, fossil fuel free future, our approach to cash management and fixed interest investments ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... comparison, the ASX 300 index returned 14.2% over 1 year to August 2014 and 14.0% p.a. for the three year period, while the Lonsec 'core' Australian equity peer group returned 13.8% for the year to August 2014 and 16.6% p.a. over the three year period. ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... a market standard and there needs to be independent evaluation rather than self-reporting," Lee said. "That's really the core. The feedback we're getting is what are the needs of investors who want to consider what would be the investible universe for ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... short, medium and long term social, environmental and economic risks impacting organisations' financial viability," Woo said. "Core to this is a recognition that a company should articulate how it creates value, how it is managing and minimising value ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... "Despite a generation of economic growth and in many areas significant funding growth, we haven't made much progress on the core moral and economic issue we face in this country; that many Australians live in a continuing cycle of exclusion and cannot ...

AMP Capital invests in Alterra Power Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Capital was the sole lead arranged working exclusively with Alterra to close the transaction. "This transaction adds another core infrastructure asset to our portfolio in North America and highlights AMP Capital's continued strength in the energy sector ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... project, is shared with the rest of the industry," Frischknecht said. "Sharing information from the projects we fund is a core element of ARENA's philosophy. It serves to build investor confidence and reduce risk, thereby bringing down costs of future ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... fee option that gives you good exposure to income and large cap stocks," he said. "It can play important part in building a core ethical portfolio. We often complement them with other ethical funds to provide access to specialist management for people ...