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RobecoSAM launches 2015 assessment for DJSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... reporting, RobecoSAM has worked with CRedit360 and Workiva to introduce a software API to permit reporting companies to transfer data from their information management platforms to RobecoSAM. The API is based on XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund trustee boards have a higher percentage of women on their boards than ASX listed companies. This week, Women on Boards (WOB) presented their 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which evaluated 1422 organisations across multiple ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... the big four banks, and who does not want to be exposed to the financing of fossil fuel projects." Future Home Loans cites data from environmental group 350 Australia, stating that since the Australian divestment campaign began less than 18 months ago ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... have "unappealing earnings profiles" and high volatility, and overlays it with environmental, social and governance (ESG) data from AXA IM's responsible investment team, AXA IM has previously told The Sustainability Report. While it is too early to say ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... GRI and RobecoSAM. In the report, Defining Materiality: What Matters to Reporters and Investors, GRI and RobecoSAM analysed data from companies in two sectors - technology hardware and equipment and banks and diverse financials. The research focused ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Companies with more than 100 employees will continue reporting gender equality data to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), but the government has removed several requirements that were due to commence in April. Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements, according to J. P. Morgan Investor Services. Custodians are the repository of data on asset level and security-level exposures, and are often used by clients to monitor on implementation of outsourced ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... the Responsible Investment Association Australasia's (RIAA) 2014 Benchmark Report. RIAA is a member of GSIA and contributed data to the report. The most common sustainable investing strategy globally is negative/exclusionary screening, which affects ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... that participants will be prohibited from disclosing pricing information to industry bodies for the purposes of contributing data for price modelling development, Lauber-Patterson said. "The contractual clause from the government seems to say that participants ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... employee was AU$573. "Community contributions as a [percentage] of pre-tax profit decreased this year," LBG said in the report. "Data over 9 years has shown little change overall with the average standing at 0.54%. Contributions as a [percentage] of ...