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ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... also true that less than half of supply chain risks were identified as operational risks. On the one hand, companies are aware that they are drawing in inputs subject to water related risks, but companies still aren't, in many cases, really delving into ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... training and board development. "The key one is the engagement from the top - this connection to ensuring that the board are aware of what are the key issues for the organisation and the interplay with stakeholder relationships, whether that is customers ...

Video: Taking ESG integration to the investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process. Institutional investors are becoming increasingly aware of the potential risk and value impact of ESG factors. Integrating ESG into the investment process is also the guiding ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... variety of assurers stepping into the space. If you provide all of the information for the investors, the investors are well aware of what will be acceptable in their portfolios." Ceci also said that J.P. Morgan is seeing an uptick inissuers who fold ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Respecting human rights is both a responsibility and a minimum requirement for companies, but there is also a strong business case for managing human rights as a way of reducing risk. A new report by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and the Global ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
New Zealand investment management professionals will debate climate change and unburnable carbon among other topics at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) briefing in Auckland today. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The 4 th annual Responsible ...

DLA Piper: climate change legal risk in property development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Baker-Jones, Special Counsel at DLA Piper. "Those changes appear in surprising ways and are often not obvious, but if you're not aware of them, if you don't take them into account, they can have significant implications." Baker-Jones cited land use planning ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... background, he's been head of the Australian Coal Association. He has detailed understanding of the issues, and is very aware of climate risk and the risk of climate change of impact on business models over the next 25 years, which is the timeframe under ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched MSCI ESG DataMetrics, a comprehensive set of metrics to facilitate quantitative analysis of environmental, social and environmental data. MSCI ESG DataMetrics can be used in the development of proprietary ESG models and reporting on ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... risk that if something happens in society at large, people find that exposure [in their portfolio] and they weren't quite aware of it. They want increasing transparency from the GP [general partners] to understand the social implications of what they're ...