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Australian cities disclose emissions data to CDP cities program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... cements our shared commitment to limit global temperature increase to well below two degrees Celsius." More cities in the Asia-Pacific region are reporting to the CDP - there has been an increase of nearly a third since 2015, with new cities including ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... transparent when it comes to disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, while other countries in Asia lag in the amount and quality of their disclosures, according to the Asia Pacific head of Blackrock's Investment Stewardship ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... included 18 months of industry consultation and engagement with more than 300 industry players and organizations across Europe, Asia and the United States," GRESB said. Lowik has also worked for Deutsche Bank. "I am excited to join GRESB, the industry ...

PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... organizational structure and PRI will continue to expand its focus on the Asian region, Reynolds said. "There are two streams in Asia at the moment," she said. "One is outreach and explanation of responsible investment and what is meant by responsible ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... expressing its exposures to fossil fuels as a percentage of assets under management. Pablo Berrutti,head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, CFSGAM CFSGAM has published its ninth annual responsible investment and stewardship report,which details ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Pedley comes to UCA Funds Management from HSBC Private Bank based in Hong Kong, where he was head of investment strategy, Asia. In this role, he helped manage more than AU$90 billion in assets for clients. Prior to HSBC Private Bank, Pedley was a managing ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment processes continue to grow across Asia Pacific markets, but in diverse fashions and influenced by variable regulatory and market considerations, according to Ronnie ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... journalistic investigations. "The question is a broader one," said Emily Chew, vice president, regional research lead for Asia-Pacific at MSCI. "For us this is a question we answer all the time when it comes to ESG metrics in all areas - how much does ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... communities in which they invest. New Forests has more than 765,000 hectares of investments in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States in forests, rural land, forest carbon assets, wetland and stream mitigation banks, and a tropical ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... in Australia, with assets under management of AU$2.8 billion. They have investments in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States in forests, rural land, forest carbon assets, wetland and stream mitigation banks, and a tropical biobank ...