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HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... for greater statistical evidence on both health outcomes and financial outcomes. "I think there is absolutely not decent data [around retirement]," Blakey said. "If we wanted to create more confidence in retirement provision for [Aboriginal and Torres ...

NZ responsible investment assets increase 10%: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... asset base, 93% of assets use a screened approach, and 7% used sustainability themed investing. The report did not have any data on impact investment. "There is a challenge here in categorising the community trusts, who are involved in active community ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... decision by fund managers and superannuation funds to divest from tobacco assets. This year, RIAA worked with EY to gather data on more than 90 financial products in Australia and New Zealand, and conducted a review of 85 fund managers. Of those managers ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... its high carbon intensive assets?" Analysts apply different methodologies to calculate value at risk, but the need for the data is common across MSCI clients, said Michael Salvatico, vice president at MSCI ESG Research in Sydney. "It's been interesting ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
FTSE Russell has launched the new FTSE All-World ex Coal index series omitting companies with exposures to coal or general mining companies with proved and probable coal reserves. The indexes FTSE methodology is based on the exclusion of companies whose ...

PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... is both a range of measurements and responses that vary by asset class. PRI notes that in particular, "little-to-no useful data is available" for privately owned or state-owned companies, and that there is "no method to measure a carbon footprint for ...

New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... regulation, CDP For businesses, NCE recommends that they adopt common standards for measuring, reporting and verifying emissions data, and include the data in integrated financial reports, while financial sector regulators and shareholders should require ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... based on close proximity weather stations - found the stations located close to a wind farm, created an index on the wind data, and written a derivative on the back of that wind data," Summons said. "The reason why it hasn't gotten a whole heap of traction ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical's ethical charter for investment, but is tempered with practical reality and limitations like sub-optimal data from companies, Steward said. "We look at emissions data for each of the companies we're invested in, and we work out how ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched a tool that will provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) data for customised reporting purposes. Madhu Gayer, head of Asia Pacific investment reporting and performance, BNP Paribas Securities Services ...