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Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... in the meetings with companies, she also emphasised the need for boards to engage with groups such as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors and proxy advisers and institutional shareholders before annual general meetings, and advised companies ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... amongst the 900 signatories of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, and only one is a member of the Council of Institutional Investors, the leading US association of institutional investors." The report did cite some innovative ESG ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... normal part of risk and return considerations, said Phil Spathis, manager, strategy and engagement at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). "I think there will be an impact on behaviour, an incentive as a result of the system itself ...

ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability risk and disclosure "continues to be of questionable quality," according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The investor group has further warned that they will consider naming companies that "continually ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... high frequency and/or severity of labour and human rights controversies, according to a new report from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne The report found that companies were most likely to disclose policies prohibiting ...

Former SA Premier Rann appointed Low Carbon Australia Chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and earlier this year Rann was appointed by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the International Leadership Council of the Climate Group. Rann will be elected by the board as chairman in June. Since its operational launch in 2010, Low Carbon ...

Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) are opposing a proposal by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) to allow small to mid-cap companies to issue discounted new shares to investors via placements. ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... hang our hats on," Hueston told an audience of superannuation fund managers and service providers at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)'s annual conference. "Firstly, on the whole scientific debate, I think you'd have to be a real ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... body participation, 25% are signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), 19% to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and 17% to the Carbon Disclosure Project. The report noted that superannuation funds could ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... But only 36 companies on the ASX200 are considered at "best practice" for ESG reporting, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), and investor and accounting experts say companies can improve their public disclosures to ...