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RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
RobecoSAM, the investment specialist that co-publishes the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, will now use the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) climate change questions in its environmental data collection approach to public companies. RobecoSAM will ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... than 35 years combined business and financial services experience and possesses more than 13 years in the responsible investment sector as a consultant, publisher of Ethical Investor magazine and philanthropy research and publishing unit Givewell, director ...

CEC to partner with American Council on Renewable Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunities this partnership will unlock for the clean energy industry in both countries." In 2012, renewable energy investment in Australia increased by 40% to $6.2bn. Meanwhile, the U.S. renewable energy industry nearly doubled from 43.5GW in 2009 ...

GRESB hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Jones Lang LaSalle, where she had previously been head of sustainability with responsibility for advising investors, investment managers and tenants on a wide range of sustainability-related subjects,, including energy management and sustainability risk ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Institutional investors must take action in the investment chain, at the level of their invested companies and at the systemic market level to manage the amount of leakage in the system that reduces assets in a low-return environment, according to Mercer. ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Philanthropy Australia (PA) has begun a program to educate members about impact investment, with a focus on building knowledge and awareness in its first year. Fiona Maxwell, Queensland manager at Philanthropy Australia "PA has introduced a range of ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... For equities fund manager Dalton Nicol Reid, integrating environmental, social and governance information into their investment process is part of the task of finding quality companies in which to invest. Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Future Fund will exclude tobacco companies from its investment portfolio, the Board of Guardians has announced. The fund owns stock in 14 companies in involved in tobacco production, with a combined worth of approximately AU$222 million at the end ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... carry out a pilot. The organisations raised a further AU$3 million for the loan capital from philanthropic and private investment. Community Sector Banking has decided to focus its program on Indigenous groups that are financially excluded in the Kimberley ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... can gain valuable insights into performance measures and how they may motivate the CEO. All this helps us make better investment decisions. Really the discussions are a win-win - they not only benefit us (and our clients) but companies also appreciate ...