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LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has evolved the investment restriction screens on its Sustainable Australian Shares (SAS) investment option. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS has made three changes, including broadening existing screens to exclude companies that ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Ultimately there is also the benefit of improving the well-being of communities in which suppliers operate, creating stakeholder support, stability and shared value." Whilst companies said that transparency and traceability are the biggest challenges ...

Family businesses using impact investment in philanthropy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Nearly half of family businesses globally use social impact investing as part of their philanthropy, according to a new survey from EY. EY surveyed 525 family business owners in 21 countries for Family business philanthropy - creating lasting impact ...

Regnan reports results of 2015/2016 engagements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... as public disclosure,' Regnan said in the report. 'Evidence of change was also present with respect to ethics and stakeholder management.' Regnan conducted research on the 'importance of strategic human capital for companies undertaking transformational ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Australian companies are relatively 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 ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
A coalition of global stakeholders have launched the Natural Capital Protocol, a framework designed to assist companies in measuring and valuing use of and impact on natural capital. Andrew Petersen, CEO, Sustainable Business Australia The Natural Capital ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... for the need to engage with the stronger crossbench. "The answer is that we work harder," Brogden said. "It makes stakeholder engagement for us... a bigger, more important role, particularly when you consider the Senate. Even if a party can form a majority ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has signed the Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties, which explicitly links consideration of environmental, social and governance issues to fiduciary responsibility. The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UNEP FI ...

Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... no one country can fix on its own. It signifies that we're going to see more strategic partnerships and more multi-stakeholder partnerships that involve coalitions of businesses, NGOs and governments to address some of the problems." The report also ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
There is a multistakeholder push to develop metrics to more accurately measure the social impacts of affordable housing developments, with investors, intermediaries and housing providers all seeking more reliable standards to assess social as well as ...