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ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... sensitive sectors to respond to its water questionnaire, but only 23 responded. By comparison, 60% of FTSE Global 500 Equity Index (Global 500) in water-sensitive sectors responded to CDP in 2013. "There was a low response rate from the invited companies," ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... stakeholder engagement on sustainability, according to the Business in the Community (BITC) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Index. BITC have released the 2014 CR Index, which ranks 98 companies that submitted themselves for evaluation on their corporate ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Can Enhance Your ESG Strategy, Northern Trust outlines their approach, in which they overlay NTQS onto the MSCI World ESG Index and compare the resulting model portfolio's returns. The paper notes that the MSCI World ESG Index has outperformed the MSCI ...

GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)," the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark said. "[The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark] examines sustainability-related ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... domestic Australian and global, is generally seen as either "enhanced passive" or active strategies, rather than purely passive index construction mandates, although research provides such as MSCI have developed benchmark indices to permit passive portfolio ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Mid-Cap SMA's benchmark is the S&P/ASX Mid-Cap 50, and has returned 2.37% since inception, compared with the All Ordinaries Index which gained 0.56% during the same time period, and the ASX Mid-Cap 50 Index which gained 2.61% over the long term. Going ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... for advisers who create their own asset allocation and their own funds." The trust's benchmark is the UBS Composite Bond Index, and the largest single component is a portfolio of Commonwealth government bonds, representing 38.7% of trust assets as of ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... companies that are operating in a changing landscape, it makes sense to pay attention. We will see how that manifests itself in index funds, in quant funds, in hedge funds - there are all different ways of thinking about ESG and how to establish the ...

Solactive develops Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Index provider Solactive AG has launched its Solactive Green Bond Index, based on a bond universe provided by the Climate Bonds Initiative. The Solactive Green Bond Index is the first in the market globally to provide exposure to green bonds - fixed ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... impacts in the supply chain, and that it really reflects on their performance. The GRI and the [Dow Jones Sustainability Index] is pushing that their way, opening their eyes in terms of understanding everything from labour risks and environmental risks ...