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FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... labour standards only applied to companies that produce clothing, accessories, footwear, toys and food products. Over the last few years attention has expanded to other consumer products including consumer and office electronics, televisions, computers ...

PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... they might be assessed. "The autonomy is a selling point for the firm," Rooney said. "The PRI committee will be one of the few firm-wide committees. The CIO will sit on the committee, Tim Creedon will be on the team, Ingrid Dyott, a portfolio manager ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The majority of Asia-Pacific investors in private equity monitor, or expect to monitor, general partners' environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies, in contrast to 70% of European investors and 27% of North American investors, according to ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... The governments' Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms and Stronger Super reforms are rolling out from now over the next few years. "Two thirds of current [Australian Ethical] members are Greens voters and they are relatively engaged in their finances," ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... green bonds' credentials, Mercer notes. Despite the lack of depth in the market, Mercer does evaluate green bonds as well as few fixed income managers on their integration of ESG into their investment processes, Birdgen said. "There are robust processes ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... he said. "Secondly, the Principle 7 guideline doesn't have sufficient guidance on climate change issues and so there are a few key limitations that would warrant support from investors for the Rio proposal."

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... climate change and vulnerability to climate change, air pollution, energy security, water security, waste management, to name a few issues. On the social side, there are things like education levels, the GINI coefficient, the demographic makeup of the ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... report also notes that listed Australian media companies show poor compliance with ASX corporate governance guidelines. Only a few of the companies analysed by AMP Capital had majority of independent directors, and overall, of the companies covered in ...

AMP trials smartphone voting for annual general meeting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... process in the AGM," said Marnie Reid, AMP head of shareholder services. "We introduced voting online with Computershare a few years ago, with a personalised URL [for shareholders]. With smartphones, the shareholder can scan a QR code, go to the voting ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
A debate has emerged over whether the federal government should wind back the Small Scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) multiplier more quickly than the default timetable, with supporters saying that a potential oversupply in the number of SRES for ...