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Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... will introduce an additional level of accountability. What we've been able to achieve is a common language about ESG integration, active ownership, transparency and so forth, and next year, the new revamped framework will go mandatory. What we're doing ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... an organisation adopted an integrated report. But 30 companies in the ASX50 were assessed as having less than 50% integration, with the poorest performing company being scored at 8%. ACCA and Net Balance relied on publicly disclosed reports as the basis ...

Finsia: ESG consistent with superannuation fiduciary duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... specialist knowledge, and the challenge of determining real fund manager capability remains. Second, the nature of integration itself. Most asset owners will look for genuine integration, so that implementing ESG principles forms an integral and early ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps? Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain Rio Tinto annual ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... includes evaluating a company's management quality, indebtedness and earnings, among other metrics. To further the ESG integration, Perpetual is in the process of rolling out a dashboard-type reporting system for each of the Australian stocks the firm ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... area of investment management to become mainstream calculations. But asset owners and managers are seeking further integration into fixed income and cash asset allocations, and there is more work to be done to further broaden understanding and calculations ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... "The data shows that Australian fund managers in the commercial property sector have made big strides towards full integration of environmental management in daily operations. Among respondents, energy consumption has been reduced by 3%, and water consumption ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... detail. "We argue that the more systematic use of portfolioâ€level ESG risk measurement tools will help move ESG integration from a state that is too often aspirational to one that will have effective impact on portfolios. As Peter Drucker highlighted ...

MSCI launches 25 new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... implement a growing range of ESG strategies." The MSCI ESG Indices were launched in September 2010, following the integration of KLD's legacy indices, including the KLD 400 Social Index. See Also: MSCI launches ESG platform Integrating ESG to enhance ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... research depletion, but can also manage their exposure to those externalities through active ownership strategies and integration of ESG factor analysis into asset allocation. Towers Watson cites the UNPRI statistic that the total cost of those three ...