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Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... co-founder of Action Sustainability Asia Pacific to the SSF Compliance Committee, to provide an independent external review. Data on companies' activities towards accomplishing the goals and targets of the SDGs are "a work in progress," noted Stephane ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... wake of the Cambridge Analytica disclosures as one example, plus highlighted the commencement of new legislation affecting data and privacy as regulatory issues. "In terms of cyber security, we have the Data Privacy Act," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "That ...

Majority of ASX200 boards gravitate to known candidates for board positions: 30% Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... sometimes" gravitate to candidates who are known to board members when they are selecting new directors, according to new data from the 30% Club. The 30% Club and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) conducted the survey, and said that ...

Improved disclosure in fashion supply chain: Baptist World Aid Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... 2013, increasing from 24% in 2013 to 44% in 2018," the report noted. For the first time, the report also included preliminary data on the global fashion industry's environmental performance. Gershon Nimbalker discussed human rights in the supply chain ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... explode a company's investment return in certain cases. "These are risks that you don't necessarily do a typical cash flow or data analysis on," Kibble said. "It's an outside the balance sheet analysis to look at landmines that would upset a company. ...

Cement companies need to "more than double" emissions reductions: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... over a third of global emissions." The cement sector accounts for 6% of global CO2 emissions, CDP noted. CDP analysed the data on 13 of the world's largest publicly listed cement companies - Dalmia Bharat, Ambuja Cement, Cementos Argos, Shree Cement ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... These reports on executive pay and performance did not examine the impact of share repurchases, but Marshall has compared the data from the current study on share buybacks and executive remuneration and come up with some initial conclusions. "An initial ...

CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... future. Today, I invite other investors in infrastructure to follow our lead and make a difference." The CEFC pointed to data from Australia's National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, which found that "infrastructure-related emissions account for more than ...

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... created that are not currently imagined, meaning there are needs to retrain and reskill workers, and also attract people with data science and analytics skills. Further, the Morgan Stanley study points out that energy transition and shift to electronic ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX:ETHI) based on a number of recent issues, including Cambridge Analytica's use of personal data of Facebook users. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) currently comprises 3.9% of the ETHI portfolio. The Responsible Investment Committee ...