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Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO UCA Funds Management and seven other organisations, including other investors, engagement specialists, financial counsellors and advocacy organisations, have taken proposals to Thorn Group, Cash Converters and ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... both in terms of the interactions with our clients, the money we manage, the research we produce, and the level of engagement we have within the industry, thru initiatives such as the UNPRI, where we take a role," Bowers said. See Also: Investors integrating ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... supports divestment from worst carbon-emitting fossil fuels, but it is also important to encourage divestment from and engagement with sectors that are the most energy inefficient, and to acknowledge that an energy mix will be needed during the transition ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... trustees to engage in the climate debate. Climate change activist are also looking to legal tools to augment their engagement work with pension funds over the climate risks in investment portfolios. In April, the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... governance structure as well." AWA has contacts in India and Indonesia around the same project and the same topics of engagement, McKeown said. While ANZ and AWA partner within Australia, this is the first time that AWA has partnered with a banking institution ...

ACCSR tracks Australian/NZ progress towards CSR innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... insurance industries reported, ACCSR said. In terms of priorities for the year ahead, respondents identified stakeholder engagement - both within and outside of the organisation - as their biggest priority, consistent with past years. "Stakeholder engagement ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... participants can use a range of strategies to decarbonise their portfolios, running the gamut from divestment to targeted engagement, said Paul Dickenson, executive chairman, CDP. " We welcome the determined action of our latest members, LGS in Australia ...

Vote Your Pension platform calls for global member action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... high-carbon intensity company," said Julian Poulter, AODP CEO, "If investors themselves have a deep carbonisation goal, engagement has to be seen as a means of achieving those deep decarbonisation goals. If they can't successfully use engagement to sway ...

IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Climate Actions will track activities in three main areas - measurement of carbon emission intensities in portfolios; engagement with companies; and reallocation of capital from emissions intensive activities to low carbon assets. The platform will identify ...

VicSuper signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... disclosure and reporting, said Kirsten Simpson, VicSuper manager corporate sustainability. "Undertaking advocacy and engagement on valuing natural capital at the international level, and helping to shape frameworks and industry understanding aligns perfectly ...