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Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... resource that globally has more than AU$116bn in assets under advice. EOS analyses companies that breach international ESG standards, such as the UN Global Compact Principles. "The new global quantitative equities ESG strategy is a natural extension ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... report notes, however, that while climate change leaders in Australia continue to improve their disclosure quality, standards dare higher amongst leaders in the Global 500, US and UK companies. Australia's carbon disclosure leaders are unusual among ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... hydrocarbon portfolios, and companies are operating in sensitive ecosystems and in jurisdictions with poor compliance standards, meaning that risk exposure may continue to increase, the MSCI ESG research report said. "With increased appetite for complex ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... provides further assurance for our customers that they are purchasing products produced by a company that has met national standards for carbon neutrality," Nugent said. Vega Press was certified carbon neutral against the National Carbon Offset Standard. ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... enterprise economy." Blom noted that Triodos has a long-term return on equity of between 4 and 7%, in line with industry standards. David Rickards, SEFA managing director, explained later in the panel that SEFA is aiming to hit "market like returns" ...

More women, more new entrants appointed to ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... in 2011, with the average rising 3.6% from $208,181 to $215,721. The ACSI survey also evaluated boards against their standards for independence. ACSI guidelines recommend that boards be majority independent. Of the ASX100, 12 of the 87 sample were not ...

Carol Adams named director of secretariat for AA1000 series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Carol Adams has been named director of the secretariat for the AA1000 standards series at global think tank and advisory services firm AccountAbility. Carol Adams Adams, pro vice-chancellor (Sustainability) and professor at La Trobe University, has ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... companies and deleted seven countries from the index series. At the same time, FTSE said it applied supply chain labour standards criteria to more than double the number of companies - from 164 to almost 400. FTSE evauates companies facing labour standard ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... at the moment, Dougherty said. Australian superannuation funds are in the midst of adopting new prudential regulatory standards promulgated by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), which will ask trustees to articulate statements of ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories say that executive remuneration, climate change and supply chain labour standards are "priority areas of engagement" with invested companies in the next year. These areas of engagement were identified in a ...