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Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... is coming through and that's become a priority following on the completion on the Ruggie project and the clarity of the nature of business response to human rights and how to define and manage it," Black said. "There are better ways of monitoring and ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... of cooperative and sustainable business said that sustainability is one of the bank's core values, and acknoledged that nature and ecoystem services are a basic element in the local nad global economy. "We are ready to support all efforts in the financial ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Vincent Felteau, portfolio manager, Asia-Pacific, at Presima. "At Presima, we believe that by focusing on the long term nature of real estate assets and by utilizing new standards of measurement, we make better decisions with respect to our investments. ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... integrating ESG is in line with the company's view of practicing stewardship as share owners, given the long term holding nature of their mandate in the Australian market. However, it could also prove a means for active managers to distinguish their ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches sustainability database

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Disclosure Database permits free access to companies' sustainability strategy, performance, and impacts on society and nature. The database features sustainability reports - both stand-alone and integrated - from institutions and companies around the ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... stakeholder engagement where before it's been more patchy. They're doing programmes, and increasing consultation, but given the nature and the strength of the opposition, they're up against it. They're trying to win back hearts and minds but it's dif ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... horizon of three to five years, while MicroVest is a longer term, seven to 10 year proposition, mainly because the equity nature of the vehicle means that exiting investments follow more traditional private equity models in either seeking IPO or private ...

GRI releases guidance for reporting on ecosystem services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... consultancy CREM. The new publication suggests indicators to assess and report their impacts on ecosystem services, including nature and amount of natural resources harvested, produced, traded and/or consumed, such as crops, fish, timber, fibre, by the ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... as an asset class has grown in appeal for institutional investors such as superannuation funds, because of the long-term nature of infrastructure returns plus the income that is derived from projects. But bridges, tool roads and energy projects that ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... institutional investors such as superannuation funds because it can help bridge the duration gap between the long-term nature of the liabilities and investment streams and the short-term behaviour of their agents. The paper cites several ways in which ...