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Five Oceans AM to run Skandia Global Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... of derivative and hedging strategies, and the research Five Oceans undertakes to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment selection process, said Adam Smears, head of investment research and portfolio manager at SIG ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... have contacted 118 UN Global Compact (UNGC) companies on the issue of increased reporting on environmental, social and governance activities. The investors are all UNPRI signatories and wrote the 118 companies to either express support for their advanced ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... banks, and investments on the part of asset managers and pension funds, increasing use of environmental, social and governance data in decision-making and, for companies in the European Union, reducing exposure to potential increases in the price of ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Mercer only gave 9% of more than 5,000 environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies in their database their highest ratings because their evaluation is based on how strategies integrate ESG into the active construction of portfolio ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... of more than 5,000 investment strategies in Mercer database achieve the highest ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings. Mercer has rated strategies within its Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD) for ESG since 2008, using ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... particularly to the social/community aspect of sustainability." Integrated reporting discloses how environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters impact on an organisation's financial performance, and vice versa. There is a global push to create ...

Finsia: ESG consistent with superannuation fiduciary duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment processes is "entirely consistent" with the fiduciary duties of superannuation trustees, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) said in a newly published ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... (best) to 'CCC' (worst). Ratings are derived from 0-10 scores on underlying factors across environmental, social and governance. Sovereign Ratings also integrates a set of screening factors for each country, allowing users to assess the profile of a ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... say that the continuing quest to demonstrate the tangible costs and benefits of integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into portfolio valuations will be a dominant theme for 2012, along with continued and expanded engagement with ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... GESB web site. The fund said that since 2007, most Australian share managers have embedded environmental, social and governance principles into their broader strategies, making the original motivation behind a dedicated responsible investment option ...