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Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... July, said Peter Murphy, Christian Super CEO. Christian Super is a not-for-profit industry fund that applies Christian stewardship principles to retirement savings, according to its website. "As a fund, we're really excited about the investment," Murphy ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... according Edelman Trust Barometer. The asset manager also noted that the UK Financial Reporting Council revised their Stewardship Code in 2012, asking asset managers to disclose policies on managing conflicts of interest and for stock lending. "Engagement ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... issue of presenting our credentials as a social enterprise and showing that we are professional, that we consider stewardship is very important, we consider the principles of responsible investment as non-negotiable. We have structured the business in ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... a topic that Mercer is currently researching. At the systemic level, there should be a focus on transaction taxes, stewardship codes and pricing externalities such as carbon emissions. "The fact is, if we are going to contain global warming below two ...

Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... benefits, in terms of protecting and enhancing the value of the assets and what does that mean to the value of our stewardship of our brand and our position in the market." CFSGAM is in the process of developing its forward strategy and has not as yet ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... ESG strategy combines the ESG Dashboard analysis with the expertise of Hermes' Equity Ownership Services (EOS), a stewardship resource that globally has more than AU$116bn in assets under advice. EOS analyses companies that breach international ESG standards ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... opportunity seeking. "Insofar as the economic development themes are integral to the question that society is now facing on stewardship of the environment and human/social development, some of the sustainability challenge - social and environmental challenges ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... potential to impact businesses by 2017. More companies see commercial opportunities coming from an effective water stewardship strategy, with 71% reporting this, up from 63% in 2011. "We look to Global 500 companies for examples of leadership," said ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... potentially include management standard guidance, and allowing demonstration and monitoring of "sustainability and stewardship activities not captured by current process." New Forests also identified environmental and social risk factors as part of their ...

Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... longer term, integrated rebirth may become a self-contained, clear and concise articulation of business value and stewardship," the report said. "Integrated reporting may be distributed electronically, or even be an electric repository from which readers ...