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Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... avoid those investments. "A good recent example for us was a review of the coal seam methane projects 18 months ago which led us to believe the on-going monitoring of the environmental issues would lead to financial pressures. This now seems to be playing ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... around 25% of resolutions relating to remuneration reports and incentive plans. Although there's no one set of criteria that led AMP Capital to abstain from or oppose those 25% of resolutions, there are common themes that led to AMP's lack of support. ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... variables to improve the data feeding biodiversity policy and sustainability metrics. Melodie McGeoch The team of 30 researchers, led by Henrique Miguel Pereira from the Centre for Environmental Biology of the University of Lisbon, outlined their approach ...

RIAA hires Simon O'Connor as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... changing needs of our members" O'Connor's appointment follows Louise O'Halloran's departure from RIAA at the end of 2012. She had led RIAA for more than 10 years.

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... to the role of investor, responsible for stock analysis and selection. Jonathan Koh Greencape is a AU$3.97bn fund manager led by Matthew Ryland and David Pace, both ex-Merrill Lynch/BlackRock. Established in 2006, the fund manager uses "uses targeted ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... insist on voluntary pre-commitment in its hotels by 2014. The report is silent on Woolworths' engagement in the fierce club-led national campaign against mandatory pre-commitment, but it supported the campaign. In all, Woolworths' approach to the risks ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... and mainland China stocks. "Local corporate controversies, such as Foxconn, Sun Hung Kai Properties, HSBC and Boshiwa have led to increased interest in the impact of environment, social and governance factors on financial returns, however, to date there ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the research- not only reducing volatility, but also increasing returns, which is what we're after." Using the metric has led Omega to be underweight the US, Japan and Italy, and overweight Finland, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Denmark and the UK. Omega ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... important financial market innovations all around the world, including the Pan Asian Investment Fund, a ground-breaking strategy led by 11 east-Asian central banks which opened several member countries to outside investments in sovereign debt, and innovative ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Towers Watson believes that the world is entering a period of transformational change, Dougherty said, and this belief has led to the development of a framework to consider the integration of ESG factors into the value chain. "We think we're in transformational ...