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Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... to try and protect the important regulations that came out of the financial crisis." CalPERS uses techniques such as engagement to positively impact on material risks that they have identified in the portfolio, Lind said. He highlighted that CalPERS ...

Fashion retailers increase reporting of human rights in supply chain: Baptist World Aid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... found, 39% of companies now know all, or almost all of their second tier suppliers, an increase from 24% in 2013. "Engagement and transparency goes up every year," said Gershon Nimbalker, advocacy manager at Baptist World Aid Australia. "Those that are ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... region are ahead of their regional counterparts - according to the survey, 80% of respondents have some level of ESG engagement with the companies in which they invest, compared to 70% in the US and 58% in EMEA. SSgA believes that engagement is a core ...

Challenges to Carbon Capture and Storage adaptation in Australia: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... mostly be avoided through alternative sources of energy." Credit Suisse has used this research as a starting point for engagement with companies, McCullagh said. "Rio Tinto held a call on their climate related report for 2016, and we did ask them questions ...

Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... business should be concerned with the agenda." Currently, Australian companies are displaying "significant interest in and engagement with the agenda," Cope said, and are mapping corporate activities and impacts against the SDGS and defining priority ...

PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... developing our processes and team, we are excited to invite Australian investors to participate in what we believe is an engagement-driven, industry-leading ESG platform. We think that PIMCO is in a great position to fill this leadership vacuum in this ...

AMP Capital on value of non-financial performance measures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
Non-financial performance measures such as safety, employee engagement and customer satisfaction can be as important as financial performance measures in setting hurdles to encourage companies to deliver strong financial results, according to AMP Capital. ...

Global sustainable, responsible, impact assets hit $22tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... is negative/exclusionary screening, at $15.02 trillion, followed by ESG integration at $10.37 trillion and corporate engagement/shareholder action at $8.37 trillion. Negative screening is the largest strategy in Europe, while ESG integration leads in ...

AMP Capital to divest from tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... society," Tindall said. "This position has been affirmed through consultation with major institutional clients and engagement with retail customers." AMP Capital worked with experts in business ethics to develop the framework, including Dr Simon Longstaff ...

Climate Bonds Standard approves Deloitte France, Deloitte Luxembourg

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... more generally sustainability," said Tom Pfeiffer, partner and sustainability co-leader, Deloitte Luxembourg. "This engagement towards a greener economy follows the trend initiated by a number of stock exchanges in the world including the Luxembourg ...