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The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... employment, or an individual achieving some training or degree or whatever," Hayhurst said. "It attempts using reliable robust data to put a price on what that is in a sense.... You could take one of those indicators and if you could attribute your actions ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... told EY that they believe they will achieve gender parity on their board within the next 25 years. But the EY report cited data from the World Economic Forum (WEF) finding that "women are only 28% as likely to reach leadership positions as men," and ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... augmented by its internal research team in the US as well as third-party research providers. Dimensional noted that MSCI is the data provider on gas emissions. The Global Sustainability Trust is being offered on the BT and Macquarie wraps at the moment ...

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... is based on an inventory that reflects an entity's particular quantification goals, and "is designed to reflect practical data and resource constraints, as well as the multiple possible reasons for quantifying FLW," according to the protocol. The standard ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... assets," Lowik said. "I look forward to working with the GRESB team to bring innovative products and investment-grade ESG data to the real asset sector. Investors need standardized monitoring and benchmarking tools to help them monitor and manage assets ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... chair of Impact Investing Australia. Addis noted that developing a successful pilot is contingent on establishing the proper data underlying the program, as well as assessing where service providers could assist in effectuating a stronger outcome. "The ...

Conduct risk a concern for financial services sector: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... one thing to say conduct risk is important, but how do you asses it on a proactive basis?" Carlsson-Sweeny said he derives data from a variety of sources, including consumer complaint websites, reports to financial ombudsmen, independent staff reviews ...

GRI, Danish Institute for Human Rights collaborate on reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... platform for filing digital reports. "Sustainability information from business and government represents a vast amount of data that is currently underutilized," said Michael Meehan, GRI chief executive. "There is overwhelming public and private sector ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... "controvsial investments' monitoring process, developing and implementing an ESG impact monitoring and reporting system, adding ESG data to global fixed income and credit systems and improving their PRI scores across categories. Berrutti particularly ...

Companies exposed to water scarcity risks: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... standardisation, a lack of comparability, and when we did try out some intra-industry examples, we had to go through the data in a painstaking way, really making sure we talk about comparable boundaries and companies that actually compete against each ...