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Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... There is a second component - the operational model - deals with water flows internal to an operation and can be used to benchmark water efficiency. It provides consistency around what we define as recycling and reuse. That is more useful for internal ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... fund returns, whi9ch have po0sted a 10.4% annual return, above the 9.4% annual return of the J.P. Morgan Global Bond benchmark. "We were definitely thinking that the measure would lead to reduced volatility, just conceptually, because those countries ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Forest Fund, which has invested 90% of its AU$490m of committed capital within 18 months of inception and generated above-benchmark returns. The fund did not specify the rate of return or the benchmark. New Forests also reported the first close of the ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... implementing sustainability strategies into their portfolios, according to the third Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The 42 listed and private company and fund respondents from Australia and New Zealand were given the rank of "Green ...

PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... noted that for the 10 years to the end of March 2012, 98% of Neuberger Berman's equity strategies outperformed their benchmark. Thus far no Australian client has asked a Neuberger Berman team to explicitly manage a mandate to ESG factors, but an increasing ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... about. When you set out some numbers and you put in trends so you can see year on year how you're doing, and you have benchmark data with the rest of the sector, that's an important driver for improving performance." Sustainability reporting also provide ...

SAM appoints head of indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
SAM, an investment boutique that manages the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) line, has appointed Guido Giese as head of indexes. Giese is responsible for the development of the DJSI range, which SAM manages in collaboration with S&P Dow Jones ...

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... assistance to EITI implementation." EITI was launched in 2002 and has 36 country participants. It is considered a global benchmark for natural resource revenue management.The initiative drives improved governance in both companies that operate in resource-rich ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... characteristics and risk profile of an equity portfolio. MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics reports include portfolio and index benchmark ESG scores, analysis with the lowest and highest rated positions and assessment of issues including carbon emissions ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... return objective, and by the way, the excess returns of this portfolio over the last three months have been 1% above the benchmark. The main reason for this is that we're underweight governments with low ESG qualities like Italy, Spain and Portugal ...