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Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
When it comes to sustainability issues in 2014, corporate Australia is likely to focus on the transition to the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 guidelines, defining and reducing environmental and social risks in the supply chain and defining the social ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... equity side, anyway, which is part of the reason so many Australian asset owners and fund managers have signed up to the UN PRI. The FSC also has the Blue Book, which has a lot of stewardship themes in it, and is very similar to what they're asking fund ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have hired Gordon Hagart as its new chief executive. Hagart comes to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has signed the Investor Statement on Bangladesh, joining more than 190 shareholders and investors which are calling on brands and retailers to implement the core labour standard of the International Labor Organisation (ILO). ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... that is "one of the most important things the PRI can do," said Fiona Reynolds, PRI managing director. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director "It is one thing to sign up to the principles, but you do need to live up to the commitments," she said. "This ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
NGS Super has become the first superannuation fund to invest in a social benefit bond with an AU$500,000 allocation to an AU$7 million bond. The social benefit bond (SBB) was launched by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and will fund the Newpin program ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
For equities fund manager Dalton Nicol Reid, integrating environmental, social and governance information into their investment process is part of the task of finding quality companies in which to invest. Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton ...

Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) is embarking on a new three-year strategy to further drive integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment process and wider business. Will Oulton CFSGAM, known as ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... reported a successful capital raising of a fund focusing on plantation assets in the Asia Pacific Region and progress on UN PRI commitments in its second sustainability report. New Forests, a privately held company, stated assets under management of ...

Superannuation funds aware of ESG macro-impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Management. Lisa Domagala, Solaris ESG analyst, said that macro-level ESG and systemic issues was a major theme of the UN PRI conference last month in Rio Di Janeiro. "To date, most ESG integration and activity occurs at the company level, predominantly ...