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MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... capital development. It offers users that analysis relative to MSCI's global equity and ESG indices. "Demand for ESG integration is growing, but it remains a challenge for many asset owners and managers to assess how effectively ESG risks are taken into ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 and Mercer has rated a very limited ...

Countries join to push sustainability reporting post Rio+20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... with the support of the UN system, as appropriate, to develop models for best practice and facilitate action for the integration of sustainability reporting, taking into account the experiences of already existing frameworks, and paying particular attention ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... income decision making is the subject of a lot of discussion and analysis around the world. To what extent should ESG integration become a standard for fixed income portfolio construction? M Mc: If you're investing, if you're lending money to a government ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Oil and gas companies are exposed to skills shortages in their workforce, and that exposure and companies' strategic responses pose risks to health and safety, to the environment, and to capital expenditure projects for exploration and production, according ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... policy to Service Providers, up from 30% in 2009. Additionally, 42% of funds told SuperRatings that they use an ESG integration or overlay approach to SRI investment, 41% are adopting sustainable investment practices due to government policies, an increase ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... is SAP Carbon Impact. The new addition to the solution set is an SAP Environmental Compliance and SAP Manufacturing Integration. We call it now energy management solution, which is an on-premise offering which integrates seamlessly into the SAP core ...

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining names director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... University for Peace (Costa Rica). CSRM founding director, David Brereton, will become SMI deputy director - research integration, leading the NextMine and NextWorkforce strategic initiatives. These programs will integrate SMI's existing capacity to ...

CFSGAM reports top quartile performance in UNPRI principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... takes an autonomous approach to integrating ESG considerations into the investment process, and so the approach to integration varies from team to team," the report said. "This autonomous approach empowers each investment team with responsibility for ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... policy, implementation of human rights impact assessments for new projects or business activities, mainstreaming or integration of human rights considerations across the business and then monitoring and reporting on that process." While human rights ...