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Video: Labour Rights and other ESG Issues in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... discussion with Gershon Nimbalker, advocacy manager from NGO Baptist World Aid Australia and Wim Van Hyfte, Senior Fund Manager, SRI Specialist at Candriam Investors Group in Belgium.

Majority of 50 largest super funds have RI approach: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... report], but the majority of those are for tobacco exclusion. About half of the fund have RI options, and out of that, there are SRI options, ethical potions, etc. There are about 54 RI options in total." Behind tobacco, followed by armaments/ controversial ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... sector, such as poor freedom of association and the gap between actual wages and living wages in China, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. China has "come a long way in eradicating some of the worst types of labour rights issues," but some of these ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... McCullagh and Parks were also awarded Best Piece of Ongoing ESG Research by an Individual Analyst or Team for their Australian ESG/SRI AGM Series. ESG RA is an association of Australian superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants whose ...

Global Reporting Initiative to open Manila Office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... work in the region. Later in March, GRI will conduct workshops for more than 100 sustainability reporters across Indonesia, Sri Lanka and The Philippines to build capability. "While much of the world struggles with reduced foreign direct investment (FDI) ...

KPMG Australia launches supplier code of conduct

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
KPMG Australia has launched a supplier code of conduct to engage its first-tier suppliers in promoting lawful, professional and fair practice. Kaushik Sridhar, national manager corporate citizenship, KPMG Australia The code will cover all first-tier ...

GRI, federal government, announce Pacific partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... partnership, which will promote sustainable trade and investment in Australia and in the region, including Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Papua New Guinea. The partnership will explore how sustainability reporting can be used to "address challenges ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... of disaggregating the problem down to the member choice with a high growth option, and an [socially responsible investment] SRI option, that you can choose. Maybe it does become a thing where trustees can consider whether for their particular membership ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... good economic and financial risk management, and this should be across all funds, not just some of the funds and providers or SRI options," Connor said. "This should be going to the core of the management of the risks of climate change and fiduciary ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... clients. This is an ongoing service across local clients." Pryor noted that exposure monitoring has long been used with certain SRI exclusions, but with the data reporting services J.P. Morgan is now introducing, that scrutiny can be brought to finer ...