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Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia by investors, collaborate bodies and financial services firms to seek frameworks with commonly accepted metrics to benchmark companies' sustainability performances with the ultimate goal of using the data to mitigate ESG risks and push for ...

Ceres, Tellus Institute to design sustainability ratings standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... ratings programs from a process and content standpoint. Then the group will design a best-practice ratings framework as a benchmark for use by raters and ratings users. The two activities will be conducted through an independent and non-commercial process. ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... of key issues - and within each of those key issues we select key metrics that are industry-specific, which we use to benchmark on their global industry peer set. We then measure corporate risk exposure to the ESG risks of each key issue versus the management ...

Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... start looking at ESG, the first is around getting access to data that is consistent and comparable that they can use to benchmark companies, and two is around education. NE: the only other thing I'd mention is that as a lot of people keep saying, ESG ...

Finsia drafts principles to disclose, address gender divide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... Institute of Australasia (Finsia) have drafted a set of reporting principles so that financial services companies can benchmark, measure and address the employment gender divide. The draft principles (see below) would establish a common framework developed ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
More than 60% of companies surveyed in a global KPMG report say they have a strategy for corporate sustainability, with cost reduction a key rationale and a primary focus on the environmental side, particularly on resource and energy efficiency. According ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
AGL Energy has won an award for its sustainability report at the Energy Supply Association of Australia's (ESAA) Sustainability Reporting and Innovation Awards. AGL's 2010 Sustainability Report was recognized for its "strong systematic approach to identifying ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... whole lot of things to extract information. I'll be looking at the sustainability report, which may be difficult to benchmark with competitors' reports because there is no standardised format," said Woo. "I have to engage with investor relations, and ...

MSCI developing global Socially Responsible Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
MSCI will consult with the investment community on the construction MSCI Globally Socially Responsible Indices. The proposed indices would "aim to support the benchmarking and other index related needs of investors who seek to invest in accordance with ...