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Vote Your Pension platform calls for global member action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Disclosure Project (AODP) and The Climate Institute have launched a platform to pressure asset owners to support a shareholder resolution at Chevron's annual general meeting later this month. The Vote Your Pension platform is asking pension fund and ...

LGS publicly discloses proxy voting intentions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Local Government Super has launched a shareholder voting website that discloses the fund's proxy voting intentions ahead of company shareholder meetings. LGS CEO Peter Lambert "The main objective of the new site is to increase transparency and disclosure ...

BNY Mellon offers ESG data to depositary receipt clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... years than other markets because of the evolution of their a stakeholder-focused corporates model, versus a purely shareholder-driven model in other markets. It's interesting to see the continued relevance and evolution of this in Western Europe." Companies ...

ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... don't think it applies to them. Because we work on a comply or explain regime, there is scope for companies to ignore shareholder calls for greater information on this.We will continue to engage with companies on improving, particularly on the lower ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... risks that we've seen in emerging markets is corporate governance risk." Northern Trust worked with Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) to develop a quality overlay that evaluates emerging market companies on their corporate governance. "Our initial ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... activists and some investors, and replaced that with a consensus approach," he said. Over 50 institutions co-filed the shareholder resolutions, including eight pension funds with assets of over $15bn: three AP Funds (Sweden), Connecticut (US), Ilmarinen ...

Community 21 issues shares after phase one capital raising

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Community 21 has closed the first phase of its capital raising, after hitting minimum subscription level, and has issued shares to 21 not-for-profit investors. Peter Quarmby, Community 21 executive director Community 21 is the financial services company ...

Utilities sector face material ESG issues: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... resonate strongly with the ESG audience," Morrow said. "This is a clear example of a strong overlap between drivers of shareholder value and ESG issues. Certainly we would argue that the divers become more material over time. In this case, this is a ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... matters, Hanlon explained. "We have acquired more portfolio companies, and we now have increasing opportunities to use shareholder influence to create positive ESG impacts," she said. "It's important to put governance alongside the E and the S. Rather ...

Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... with standard fund managers that might have an ethical product, or fund managers that should be voting in line with shareholder resolutions that do have an impact on return and risk, and ask them to be more engaged," she said. "I think more fund managers ...