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Emerald Wrap to launch RI investment platform in March

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... banking focus has been one of the key winners for us in choosing Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, in the eyes of not only the ethical advisors we work with, but also the greater community," Medcalf said. "So far, we've had a very positive response to Bendigo ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... relatively new to the organisation, Perpetual has experience in socially responsible management through its Perpetual Ethical SRI offering. "We have an ethical fund and that's been around for about a decade," Berrutti said. "In terms of ESG consideration ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... with Bruce Mathieson Group, which the company acknowledged are both areas of public interest. The group also detailed its ethical sourcing policy, which "includes four key risk areas: bribery and corruption; labour rights; working conditions; and environmental ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... their performance against meaningful metrics, particularly institutional investors and the growing retail market for "ethical" and "sustainable" superannuation funds. To that end, Bradbury pointed to the International Integrated Reporting Committee's ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the question about the chemicals themselves." The environmental concerns over damage to the water supply led Australian Ethical Investments to divest itself of its holdings in Origin in October. Australian Ethical Investments had a AU$10m holding in ...

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... organisation's ownership for the impacts of its decisions and activities on society and the environment, through transparent and ethical behaviour. "It may seem difficult to demonstrate the financial value to a company of behaving in a socially responsible ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... fund is a multimanager fund. AMP Capital provides the review of the holdings from an ESG perspective, and the fund has an ethical charter which stipulates which companies shouldn't be in there. In some respects, that's the starting point of that anal ...

Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... resolutions to be proposed by the the Climate Advocacy Shareholder Group, which was founded by fund manager Australian Ethical Investment. Earlier this year, the Climate Advocacy Shareholder Group tabled a resolution at Woodside Petroleum Ltd' s AGM ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... is mindful of the fact that investing in microfinance has reputational risks as well for the fund - both financial and ethical. "There are two main reputational risks - one is that we make a bad investment call," he said. "When we look at non-traditional ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... South East Asia and at home, and companies and their investors should be concerned because of the real threat from both an ethical and a financial perspective, according to AMP Capital. Because many Australian retailers have transformed to brand owners ...