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Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... on the back of the work undertaken by the PRI last year around fiduciary responsibility and talking to regulators in different jurisdictions, it was clear that while regulators are saying, yes, it could be important, we think a stronger signal from policy ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... question, albeit a question which investment managers are actively thinking about. "It's so clear that so what is a different question for bonds than for equities, but I can't answer the 'so what' question better for bonds," Woods said. "It's probably ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... said Judith Fox, director, policy, at the Governance Institute. "You've got to understand the legal context. They are different at the federal and state level, and there are different obligations and penalties. Most states have cap regimes. NSW has particularly ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives ARENA grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... financing renewable energy upgrades with EUAs is easy if you're a tenant, and second that EUAs apply to a multitude of different commercial properties other than commercial offices," said Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. EUAs are ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... then 10 years down the track to have that dwindle?" The perceptions of the challenges in achieving gender diversity are different between men and women - 43% of men cited a shortage of female candidates as the top obstacle to gender parity, compared ...

Verdia to assist companies on energy efficiency project design

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... projects such as replacing HVAC or cooling systems can be harder. "One [of the challenges ] is the confluence of three different things - the landlord, the commercial performance of the building and cost of the building combined with the technical performance ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... compare your portfolio to the benchmark and measure the exposure to those sustainable impact solutions on each of the different themes," she said. "Then you can turn that into a dollar figure based on revenue exposure to establish, for example, if you ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... culture, Fox said. "I don't think it's about strict guidelines, because what a small organisation is going to do is different from a large, multinational corporation," she said. "It's more about that sense of, for example, companies are putting in external ...

Experts weigh implications of Labor's ETS proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Labor Party's has committed to introducing a two-phase emissions trading scheme (ETS) if elected to government this year. If implemented, the policy will require legislative and regulatory shifts that will impact on industry sectors such ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... practices," MSCI said. MSCI has identified three groups of investors that use ESG data - including tax transparency data - in different ways. The first group is those investors that believe that there is fundamental value in ESG information that isn't ...