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Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... with companies what they expect to see and what they need for meaningful analysis. "It's more about taking into account investor expectations," said Sheehy of the CSA. [Integrated sustainability reporting] will be successful in that way. It does rely ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... water scarcity will have a material impact on investments in the medium term, according to the chief executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). To enhance the understanding of the IGCC's institutional asset owner base, this year for the ...

Mercer expands ESG consulting capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
Mercer has hired Dr. Richard Fuller to its investment consulting division, enhancing its ESG capabilities for clients. Fuller joins Mercer from HESTA Super Fund where he served as investments analyst, PRI. At HESTA, he created the fund's ESG and Active ...

Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
Prime Minister Julia Gillard The government has introduced legislation that will start pricing carbon emissions from July 2012. The two-stage plan, negotiated with the Green Party, will begin with a fixed price for three to five years and then transition ...

Climate change a portfolio risk: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
The impacts of climate change and lack of international policy coordination could cost institutional investors trillions of dollars over coming decades, with Australia potentially being one of the worst hit countries if international response to carbon ...

MSCI developing global Socially Responsible Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
MSCI will consult with the investment community on the construction MSCI Globally Socially Responsible Indices. The proposed indices would "aim to support the benchmarking and other index related needs of investors who seek to invest in accordance with ...

Carbon and Water Increasingly Important to Institutional Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are increasingly concerned with how listed companies manage water and carbon emissions, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). A record number of institutional investors are supporting the CDP's requests for information ...