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Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... space are also small. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, a co-founder of IMPACT Australia, notes that in the United States and United Kingdom, there is more government partnering with institutional investors to create larger pools of funds and gain greater economies ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... largest issuer of climate-themed bonds, with US$127 billion in issuance, more than one third the total universes. The United Kingdom issued US$50 billion and France issued US$41 billion, rounding out the top three. The vast majority of the climate-themed ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Canadian extractive companies andSwitzerland said it was also considering the possibility of similar legislation. The United Kingdom and France have also committed to implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). "Canada's announced ...

GNDI comments on proposed Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Zealand (IoDNZ), the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (IoDSA), the Institute of Directors (IoD) in the United Kingdom, the Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors (MACD), and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) in the United ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... largest issuer of climate-themed bonds, with US$127 billion in issuance, more than one third the total universes. The United Kingdom issued US$50 billion and France issued US$41 billion, rounding out the top three. The vast majority of the climate-themed ...

NZ Super excludes nuclear base operators from investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... operators because they are involved in programs to extend the life of nuclear stockpiles in the United States and United Kingdom. The NZ$22bn NZ Superannuation Fund will exclude publicly listed companies Babcock & Wilcox, Fluor Corporation, Huntington ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Minister David Cameron and President of France Francois Hollande announced Wednesday evening that France and the United Kingdom will implement the EITI, the global standard for transparency of government revenues from natural resources.

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... it would give directors a confidence to speak about these things." Fox noted that other markets, including the United Kingdom, have a safe harbour provision to their business judgment rule as pertains to forward-looking statements. Despite calling for ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... largest underweight largely due to governance issues, while countries with high quality long-term ratings such as the United Kingdom and the United States were slightly underweight largely as a result of poor environmental indicators. Tilting portfolios ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... corporate director organisations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Colvin was unanimously elected, with Stan Magidson, president and CEO of the Institute of Corporate ...