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A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... insist on voluntary pre-commitment in its hotels by 2014. The report is silent on Woolworths' engagement in the fierce club-led national campaign against mandatory pre-commitment, but it supported the campaign. In all, Woolworths' approach to the risks ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... and mainland China stocks. "Local corporate controversies, such as Foxconn, Sun Hung Kai Properties, HSBC and Boshiwa have led to increased interest in the impact of environment, social and governance factors on financial returns, however, to date there ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the research- not only reducing volatility, but also increasing returns, which is what we're after." Using the metric has led Omega to be underweight the US, Japan and Italy, and overweight Finland, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Denmark and the UK. Omega ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... important financial market innovations all around the world, including the Pan Asian Investment Fund, a ground-breaking strategy led by 11 east-Asian central banks which opened several member countries to outside investments in sovereign debt, and innovative ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Towers Watson believes that the world is entering a period of transformational change, Dougherty said, and this belief has led to the development of a framework to consider the integration of ESG factors into the value chain. "We think we're in transformational ...

Local Government Super recognised at Green Globe Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Street, Sydney). LGS used technology in the retrofit that has reduced water usage by 46%, energy usage by more than 54%, and led to the building being certified to a 5.5 NABERS energy rating. The Green Globe Awards recognise achievements in business ...

Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... services industry. Stephen Dunne, AMP Capital The BFO is an initiative of the Banking and Finance Ethics Panel, a working group led industry representatives including AMP Capital, Commonwealth Bank, MLC and Morgan Stanley, among others, under the aegis ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia's ability to respond to environmental risks and economic threats including the impact of the "two-speed" economy has led to the higher ratings for the risk of infrastructure fragility and inadequate R&D investment, the report noted. "Australia ...

IIRC appoints Peter Bakker deputy chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... operational research, and multiple-year leading positions in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index," IIRC said in a statement. He also led the demerger of TNT into two separately listed companies - TNT Express NV and PostNL NV. Bakker is currently president ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia's ability to respond to environmental risks and economic threats including the impact of the "two-speed" economy has led to the higher ratings for the risk of infrastructure fragility and inadequate R&D investment, the report notes. "Inadequate ...