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New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, has implemented a new investment performance framework that will focus on productivity, ecosystem services, land use planning, shared prosperity, risk management, and governance. David ...

MSCI launch MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
MSCI have launched the MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index and MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics, which provide measurements of companies whose products and services aimed at addressing social and environmental challenges. Linda-Eling Lee executive ...

Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Companies in Australia's agriculture and food and beverage sectors may see new growth from increased demand in export markets via the new Australia-China free-trade agreement, but investors need to be mindful of potential risks including food safety ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... chain of 56 global electronics companies, the industry overall has not made sufficient process in implementing steps to protect works in factories and mines down their supply chain, said Gershon Nimbalker, advocacy manager at Baptist World Aid Australia. ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Implementing the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement - An action framework, which outlines means to improve returns and better protect future value of property portfolios through engagement with environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate agendas. ...

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... investment landscape and our exposure to climate change itself demands a comprehensive review of Australian climate risk. To protect every Australian, we need to understand where we are exposed to the effects of climate change." The Paris Agreement that ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors have brought questions directly to the annual general meetings of ASX-listed payday lenders Money3 and Cash Converters, raising concerns over companies' standards in lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... rights as something that applies to governments and that the Universal Declaration of Human rights implies that duty to protect lies with government and they rely on the rule of law to determine how human rights should manifest itself. I'm not saying ...

ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Australian businesses are increasingly recognising they need to manage human rights risks in their supply chains, but lack clear strategies and processes to take action, according to new research from the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... with governments, companies and investors, and Mercer is contributing to that as both a long term investor that wants to protect the long term returns of the assets we oversee, and also as an advisor who wants to help clients think about this kind of ...