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NZ Super earns A+ in UNPRI benchmark report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... responsible investment as a way to control risk and a source of investment opportunities," he said. "We believe it is material to long-term financial returns." NZ Super's ongoing priorities in the ESG space include continuing to engage with NZX listed ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... information can be "meaningfully accretive to fundamental financial and investment analysis, the paper states. Management of material environmental and social impacts is a signal of the company's management and its long term sustainability. But while ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
A coalition of global stakeholders have launched the Natural Capital Protocol, a framework designed to assist companies in measuring and valuing use of and impact on natural capital. Andrew Petersen, CEO, Sustainable Business Australia The Natural Capital ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... our approach," he said. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) requires superannuation funds to disclose material risks and how they manage them, but leaves it up the discretion of the funds to determine materiality. The statement will ...

90% of ASX200 companies report on sustainability: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... component company reporting at "leading" standard, demonstrating that environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are material to all sectors, said Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO. "I think one of the excuses we used to get from companies in some sectors ...

Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... aware of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and many are planning strategic partnerships targeting material goals, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s 8 th Annual Review of the State of ...

ARENA funds Southern Oil Refining biofuel lab pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... project, which will be based in Yarwun near Gladstone, will be designed to produce renewable diesel and jet fuels from plant material. The project will "inform the feasibility and design of a proposed commercial scale biorefinery," according to ARENA. ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... and opportunities associated with climate change. This doesn't mean that every risk associated with climate change is material to every corporation in every industry, but it is "increasingly difficult" for a company board to presume that climate change ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... companies that breach global conventions on human rights carries greater reputational risk, which can potentially have a material impact on company earnings and portfolio returns. These violations, supply chain issues and modern slavery just some of ...

Companies "show variation" on ESG disclosures: Company Matters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... duties for listed companies, noted that the KPMG report found significant differences in the ways that companies disclosed material ESG risks in relation to Recommendation 7.4 in the third edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Council Principles and ...