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Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... central part of core responsible investment as defined by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) 2015 benchmark report. It makes up a chunk of responsible investment assets in Australia, but is dwarfed by broader ESG screening techniques. ...

Demand for ethical products strong: Ethical Advisers' Co-Op

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... through asset managers or super funds, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)'s 2015 benchmark report. Core responsible investment AUM has doubled in the past two years, from AU$15.2 billion to AU$31.6 billion. Earlier ...

NZ responsible investment assets increase 10%: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... with the granting and philanthropic mission of the trusts, O'Connor said. The New Zealand report will be used to set a benchmark for measuring more granular progress over time as well as a piece of information for the advisor sector, O'Connor said. "It ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... investment assets reached AU$31.6 billion in 2014, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) benchmark report. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO Responsible investment assets - those assets that apply one or more strategies ranging ...

UCA Funds Management to convert funds to MIS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... self-managed superannuation funds and corporates. The Uniting Growth Fund returned 4.5% for the year, slightly below the benchmark of 4.99%. The UCA Growth portfolio returned 8.22%, ahead of the benchmark of 8.09%, the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... whose principal business activity is either coal mining or general mining as identified by the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB), FTSE Russell said. The companies are also screened for revenue, which must arise from various forms of coal mining ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is lodging resolutions for AGL's annual general meeting (AGM) demanding the company set a quantitative target for annual reductions on emissions from power generation activities, among other ...

CDP, South Pole Group to conduct water security assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... security risks. Cate Lamb, head of CDP's water program CDP has created a public scoring methodology to evaluate and benchmark corporate water management efforts. South Pole Group will act as the scoring partner, and together, the organisations will evaluate ...

Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Francaise Lux-Inflection Point Zero Carbon (ZC) in mid-June. It is a long-only Luxembourg SICAV sub-fund. The fund's benchmark is the MSCI All-Country World Index, with Inflection Point Capital Mangement's carbon finance research underpinning the selection ...

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark issues draft indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) has developed draft indicators that will be used to rank companies on their human rights performance. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO The draft indicators are out for public consultation, and CHRB plans to use the ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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