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Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... challenges, and helping customers achieve sustainable financial futures. Westpac selected those areas because they were most material to the bank as a financial institution as well as being themes that will evolve over the next 30 years. Alison Ewings ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the greatest value for us," McEwan said. "It's about breaking down silos, even at a project level, as to what is really material, and it is the value of why we have reporting in stakeholder relations team.... It's a very challenging experience to get ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... complete both questionnaires. We are natural partners given our mutual focus on sustainability issues that are financially material for investors who are focused on identifying innovative companies that are well-positioned for the long-term," said Daniel ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... just about screening," he said. "This is empirical quant evidence that there is more to ESG research, focusing on key material issues, objective in that it focuses on financial dimensions as opposed to just the values-driven dimension.... ESG research ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability manager, Abigroup Contractors, the participants spoke to each organisation's differing approaches, their relative material risks and opportunities and what initiatives they chose to illustrate their CSR commitments. Robinson spoke to Telstra's ...

ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... functions - an annual budget, KPIs, internal examination, meeting targets, etc." See Also: ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... develop and implement new strategies to uncover and communicate how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are material to business performance, and investors need to ask companies questions on material ESG factors during traditional investor ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... companies around the world, across 58 sectors. The investment specialist then scores each company on up to 120 financially material economic, environmental, social, and governance criteria, industry-specific and with a focus to long-term value creation. ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... company also noted that they had evaluated their pilot revised environmental management system and expanded it to cover two material markets in their Asian business, and said they were in progress to working towards achieving their three-year environmental ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Poor performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors can reduce valuations of potential private equity deals or cause potential buyers to walk away from an acquisition, according to research from the United Nations-backed Principles ...