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Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... was something we were doing well before UNPRI came along. Q: I'm particularly interested in how you integrate ESG into your Asia portfolios - can you describe how you generate your research into those markets and to what extent/how is ESG weighted? RY ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... M Mc: That's exactly it. Often a lot of these [emerging economy] governments have governance issues, and particularly in Asia. An example of that is Indonesia. Indonesia looks great economically, but there are a lot of governance issues there which should ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... diversification, positioning it as a leading renewable energy company in India, said Anoop Seth, AMP Capital's head of infrastructure Asia. The fact that SGEL's power generation assets are based on renewable sources was a factor that played into AMP ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... and heavily underweight the US and Japan," Hartnett said. "This mandate is primarily developed countries. It is underweight Asia because the research isn't there. Some of the research on emerging countries isn't that good." Currently, green bonds make ...

Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... according to GRI analysis. Europe is the region with the largest percentage of GRI reports in 2011, with 47% of the total. Asia had 17% of GRI reports, North and Latin America each registered 14% of total reports, Oceania had 5% and Africa had 3% But ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Oil and gas companies are exposed to skills shortages in their workforce, and that exposure and companies' strategic responses pose risks to health and safety, to the environment, and to capital expenditure projects for exploration and production, according ...

AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has hired Ross Andrews as ESG research associate in line with its strategy to expand its proprietary Environmental Sustainable Governance (ESG) research more broadly across investment strategies. Ross Andrews, AMP Capital Andrews will assist ...

RIAA to join in global report on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) and the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA). "This partnership enables us to draw on international knowledge and expertise to support our members to deliver ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The fragmentation of the agribusiness sector both contributes to and is hampered by the lack of a national food policy framework, which is necessary to promote innovation and differentiation and to ensure the long-term social, environmental and economic ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... strategies integrate ESG into the active construction of portfolio choices, said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer. "It's a number which is reflecting the challenge of integrating ESG fully," Birgden said. "It reflects ...