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Investors demanding better corporate ESG disclosure: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... only companies' annual reports, EY said. "Investors are asking for more integrated reporting," Bell said. "We only added a few new questions these years to tease out more information. We asked about the Integrated Reporting framework and found interest ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... without being best in class, and we're very committed to making them the best in the market, and that means we're doing a few things. Firstly, we've introduced fossil fuel screens and we're bringing the screening in-house. At the moment, they're being ...

Data security a governance concern: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... boards are working to bring IT skills to their director skill base. "IT hasn't been recognised as a need up until the past few years, where companies are becoming aware of the risks and the opportunities that they face," she said. "It's definitely something ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, IAG pilot microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... locations in Australia to trial it, Mooney said. "We have modest expectations of writing 100 to 200 policies over the next few months," he said. "This is a pilot. We are looking to learn through the pilot and see what the demand is. We're very confident ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... indices around the world that are ex-fossil fuels, there are incidences that factor in various ESG issues, but there are very few if any combine a strict fossil fuel screen with an equally strict screen with ESG issues like alcohol, tobacco and gaming." ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
When industry superannuation fund HESTA announced that it had divested from its holdings in Transfield Services, it cited social governance concerns that, in their view, represented an unacceptable risk to members' future retirement savings for the ...

ASX companies report shared value strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Steel said. "Most companies here are still in that very aspirational stage - they're aspiring to do shared value. There are a few, such as NAB and a few others, who are further ahead, and much more evolved in their thinking. Most of them are right at ...

Good Money opens Adelaide retail store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... youth unemployment, Mooney said. Adelaide will also face the closure of large automobile manufacturing plants over the next few years. "The median weekly personal income is around $450 dollars, lower by $100 to the rest of Adelaide," Mooney noted. "A ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... first step in establishing those broader frameworks, Reynolds said. PRI also recently released its annual report. "There are a few highlights to me," Reynolds said. "We went through obviously a very long and involved governance review. We got our new ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... risks linked to loans or investments in companies involved in soft commodities, particularly soy, palm oil and beef. However, few financial institutions are systematically quantifying their exposure to risks or creating opportunities related to the production ...