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AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... sector as a whole underperforms on OHS in terms of both disclosure and performance, Carlsson-Sweeny said. "For retail, very few companies actually are better than industry average, and in terms of what it means for management, it's hard to say," he said. ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... invested responsibly, but that the responsible investment mandate is dominated by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund and a few larger community trusts. The New Zealand Superannuation fund has NZ$23 billion in assets under management and invests money ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... plc., and will be made available to other institutional investors in Europe in accordance with the UCITS Directive. "With few exceptions, carbon dioxide is now widely recognised to have a negative impact on the climate," said Mats Andersson, CEO at AP4 ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... arising from some states with employees that are keen to get out of the public sector and be more entrepreneurial." There are a few legal structural challenges that need to be resolved to facilitate the development of the sector - Greig pointed to the ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities. "As we launched the SEDIF fund over the last few years, we received inquiries from early stage social enterprises that didn't fit the lending profile of the fund," Drew said. ...

ACSI: Average fixed CEO pay declined in 2012

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Average CEO fixed pay in the top 100 companies fell for only the second time in 11 years, but average CEO pay is still 67 times more than the average Australian salary, according to new research from the Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI). ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... average pension fund has 34% of its portfolio in fixed income. "While ESG analysis has been applied increasingly to equities, few have put it to the test in fixed income until now," said James Gifford, executive director of the PRI in a statement. "Stung ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... people most affected are gainfully employed and part of the emerging middle class? That's a hard one." Australia is one of a few key markets that is primed to embrace impact investing, Christensen said. "The US, Australia, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands ...

ACCSR appoints Jonathan Dutton as non-executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... "Procurement and supply side questions have become much more prominent in responsible business practises in our region in the last few years," said Leeora Black, managing director and founder of ACCSR. "For example, the new G4 Global Reporting Initiative ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... as an ongoing issue of corporate governance. "Remuneration is always going to be a big issue," Halliday said. "There are a few second strikes pending for some companies, and we have a lot of engagement with companies. There is a lot that shareholders ...