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NZ responsible investment assets increase 10%: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... responsible investment strategies within the portfolios - they have ESG integration across the portfolios, they use corporate engagement, negative screens, a norms-based approach, which is unusual for this region, and they have investments in sustainably ...

NZ Super Fund releases PRI report, assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... and monitoring in listed equity, and was also awarded an A for its active ownership of listed equities, based on its engagement and a B for proxy voting. "We believe that environmental, social and governance factors are material to long-term investment ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... companies get asked, and they're' aware that this is on investors' minds." PRI signatories are also deeply involved in engagement with governments, civil society and companies in the lead-up to COP 21 as well as exchanging information and innovations ...

KPMG Australia buys Banarra

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... rights risk, ethical sourcing and supply chain management, social impact management and measurement, complex stakeholder engagement and strategy and report development, KPMG Australia said. As part of its portfolio, Banarra has conducted a human rights ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... previous environmental work. "What we were calling out in the report was the difference between traditional stakeholder engagement where a company may set up a shopfront in the town to engage with the local community, and now, where you may be hearing ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... institutional shareholders, and we will, this time, talk with the proxy advisors and some of the organisations involved in engagement. We will do that." There are other environmental issues for which AGL could face questions. AGL has thus far declined ...

Investors consider corporate pay links to climate change goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... portion of executive remuneration at mining and extraction companies to climate change-impacted actions, but funds and engagement groups are looking to expand how they address risks such as stranded assets and the impacts of tougher global standards ...

PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... align investment beliefs and values, while many organisations are finding that alternatives to divestment, such as engagement and reinvestment into low-carbon initiatives are effective." PRI notes that climate change risks cross asset classes, and states ...

Emma Herd appointed IGCC CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... CleanTech investing. "2015 is a milestone year for investors and climate change, with a rapid acceleration in investor engagement and positive carbon practice underway," Herd said. "As the peak body in Australia and New Zealand for investors focused ...

Regnan reorganises ownership structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Vanguard Investments Australia. Most of the six previous shareholders will convert to long-term clients of Regnan's ESG engagement and advocacy service, with some also electing to use the company's advisory practice. Regnan will focus on growing its ...