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Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Maastricht University's European Centre for Corporate Engagement and has received around 350 responses from various real investment firms and vehicles. Kok noted that Australia generally has a reputation for understanding why and how commercial properties ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability/ESG considerations and sovereign defaults are not, at first pass, connected to each other, when Tim Hodgson, senior investment consultant and head of Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Group talks about both, the word "imbalances" come up ...

ACSI CEO elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Byrne, CEO of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, has been elected to the Principle for Responsible Investment's Advisory Council, PRI's strategic governance body. Ann Byrne Byrne is one of six candidates to join the board. Two are asset ...

Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... manager at the AU$36.1bn Victorian Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), a public authority that provides investment and funds management services to Victorian public bodies, told The Sustainability Report in July that board concentration is ...

Sustainability a key theme for investor awareness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Sustainability and major sovereign default are two key themes investors need to be aware of, according to Tim Hodgson, senior investment consultant and head of Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Group. "Sustainability is not a problem for the next three ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... challenge for investors as well, noted Duncan Paterson, CEO of independent research provider CAER. "From a responsible investment point of view, traditionally, whilst investors are armed when looking at environmental issues, they grapple with social ...

Mercer's global head of responsible investment business recognised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Jane Ambachtsheer, partner and global head of Mercer's responsible investment business, has been recognised as the honorary recipient of the Social Investment Organization's 2011 Canadian SRI Lifetime Achievement Award. The Social Investment Organization ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... projects in affected industries. "Investors, whether they're overseas or domestic, will price carbon liabilities into an investment," he said. "It's just another cost to be evaluated. The government does give some compensation to affected industries. ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Having a concrete market signal allows superannuation funds to focus on a plan, said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investment, Asia-Pacific at Mercer. "Through our own work with superannuation funds and pension funds, many of them have been looking ...

Four Australians up for election to UNPRI council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Four Australian signatories to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) are standing for election to the PRI Advisory Council. Frank Pegan, CEO of the AU$4.17bn Catholic Super, Ann Byrne, CEO of the Australian Council ...