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Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... investment practices," she said. "In our local market, that would be a higher figure. In that sense, we do have a stronger engagement, we do have a more robust process in this market." Where institutional investors like superannuation funds integrate ...

ASIC issues report on payday lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... financially vulnerable Australians. UCA Funds Management and seven other organisations, including other investors, engagement specialists, financial counsellors and advocacy organisations, have met three times and to develop proposals that they plan ...

Mirvac integrates sustainability in "place-making" thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... "We've got a community manager who's constantly looking for opportunities to engage with communities and we're improving engagement process to seek new ways to improve the space around our buildings. If you take Riverside Quay in Melbourne, we're delivering ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... week, AMP Capitol issued its corporate governance report, and highlighted gender diversity as one of its issues of engagement. AMP Capital Corporate Governance Manager Karin Halliday cited the issue of gender diversity because she said the business case ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 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 met three times and to develop proposals that they plan ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... similarities exceed the differences," said GRI Director Services Asthildur Hjaltadottir. "By conducting stakeholder engagement as outlined in the GRI Guidelines reporters can communicate effectively to investors as well as their other stakeholder groups." ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... according to the report. The second most prominent strategy is ESG integration, affecting US$12.9 trillion, while corporate engagement and shareholder actions is the third most prominent strategy globally, affecting US$7.0 trillion, according to the ...

ACSI sets goal of 30% women on ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... comprising 30% of all ASX200 company boards within the next three years. ACSI will make the initiative a priority for its engagement with ASX200 boards this year, and will focus on companies without one woman director. "ACSI's motivation to act in this ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire head of Africa

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... implementation of the fund's strategy for responsible investing and active ownership as well as a range of other duties around engagement, monitoring and evaluation of the GEPF's investee companies ESG compliance. He also had responsibility for GEPF's ...

CBRE commits to increasing green space in Australia, NZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... offices, CBRE said. CBRE will track the impact that increased green space has on rates of absenteeism and employee engagement and will also test air quality in the offices. CBRE is partner in the 202020 Vision, a not-for-profit collaborative initiated ...