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Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... strategies including screening, sustainability themed investments, impact investments, community finance and corporate engagement. According to the RIAA benchmark report, 15 leading asset managers implementing the ESG integration approach manage a total ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... those priorities to policymakers. The Governance Institute has prioritised reforms to the Corporations Act for their engagement activities with the next government. Among their list of reforms, the Governance Institute has recommend that the Corporations ...

90% of ASX200 companies report on sustainability: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... material," Davidson said. "These findings debunk that idea. I think the other thing it shows is that, in terms of our own engagement with companies, it means that we can point to best practice examples. Companies often ask us who we think is best practice ...

Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... were co-developed with business, so we decided to explore it and what we found was that there is a very high level of engagement with the SDGs." Respondents told ACCSR that they were undertaking activities to address the goals they that they found of ...

Companies "show variation" on ESG disclosures: Company Matters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... management, in addition to ESG and sustainability issues. The lack of disclosure around ESG issues will be a topic for engagement in the 2016 reporting period, with sub-optimal disclosures being queried by investors, proxy advisers and activist. "There ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... responsible for a comprehensive revision of the INREV guidelines, which included 18 months of industry consultation and engagement with more than 300 industry players and organizations across Europe, Asia and the United States," GRESB said. Lowik has ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Network Australia. "Businesses have been really keen to understand what the goals are and what the opportunities for engagement around the goals are." The UN Global Compact, the Global Reporting Initiative and the WBCSD last year launched the Sustainable ...

Conduct risk a concern for financial services sector: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... ombudsmen, independent staff reviews and reporting by companies themselves on conduct policies. This forms the basis for engagement with boards and senior executives, he explained. The issue of conduct risk is intrinsically linked to corporate culture ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... of their reports, such that asset owners and fund managers can pick up and pursue gaps in information for enhanced engagement with their invested companies. See Also: Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices Social, regulatory risks to growing ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... and governance (ESG) integration as part of the process of managing funds for members over the long term, and view engagement with invested companies as a tool in that process. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) annual ...