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Emerald Wrap to launch RI investment platform in March

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Bendigo Wealth. "What appealed to us is the fact that it is an SRI platform," Del Rosso said. "Bendigo Wealth over the past few years has been quite active in that space in our approach to the community, and it fits for us to have our cash products on ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... chain management, resource efficiency, product innovation, community reputation and ability to access new markets to name a few. These intangible value drivers now make up the majority of asset value, yet they are often not well documented, fall largely ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... best ESG disclosure by an Australasian company at the 2010 Australasian Investor Relations Association. That is why the past few months of industrial tension and the dramatic decision to ground the entire airline and strand tens of thousands of passengers ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the new products reported related to energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and investments in this space. Very few companies provided much detail on specifics, occasionally citing commercial confidentiality." Herd noted that this year's ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... director ranks," said ACSI CEO Ann Byrne. "There has been progress but the pace of change is slow and women still hold very few leadership positions - women held just over 3% of Top 100 executive director roles and only four boards in 2010 had a female ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... for a clean future," the IGCC said in a statement. "Based on recent company announcements to the Australian Stock Exchange, few if any stocks will be re-rated because of the carbon price. Investors will assess the carbon footprint of their portfolios ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
A recent report noted that ASX500 companies with women directors had a higher average return on equity over the past three and five year time horizons, but there is no clear answer as to why this incidence seems to exist. The report by the Reibey Institute ...

Christian Super allocates $6m to social enterprise fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Christian Super CIO Tim Macready. "We've had them on our radar for a couple of years and looked at an investment with them a few years ago. We knocked that one back, but this one met every criteria. It lends money to community organisations to buy properties ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... said. "They have to drive it - it's not good enough that a company, at its AGM, can pass a resolution on a show of hands of a few shareholders, completely missing of hundreds of millions.... The legislation should be amended to should say 'all shareholders' ...

Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an edge"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... with clients in terms of trying to explore their beliefs around sustainability," Goodland said. "We have also developed a few new beliefs internally as well, and one of those beliefs is that we think investors that are skilful at quantifying the impact ...