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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 ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... cohesive societies, with less chance of riots and uprisings." Since the mandate commenced in March, it has beaten its benchmark, but Hartnett cautions that two months is not a particularly long track record. More than AU$3bn of LGS's funds under management ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... high as they have been at the moment." The lack of disclosure and the lack of disclosure standards mean it is hard to benchmark companies on their ethical conduct, Carlsson-Sweeny said. Furthermore, the risk of regulatory change is a further uncertainty ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
SAP, the business management software provider, has integrated sustainability metrics into its corporate strategy for both internal cost reductions and as a source of corporate innovation, using a stakeholder body of executives and customers to gather ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Hartnett The audits show that the ASX is more carbon intensive - in terms of CO2 emissions/revenue - than the MSCI World benchmark index, with a score of 297 tonnes versus 243 tonnes, based on the fact that the ASX is heavily exposed to the energy, materials ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... better place because we talk about it openly and we talk about it as something to do." It is difficult to generalise or benchmark workforce sustainability indicators, because they can be specific to the business, Margery said. "You have got to look at ...