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J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... relatively narrowly defined within the REIT sector, J.P. Morgan said. REITs generally have established formal community engagement plans to impact positively on local community and "there is a broad volume of evidence to suggest REITs understand the ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... but if you look at cast studies, particularly Cbus, it demonstrates the type of approach that we need and a lot of engagement on defining where the low carbon exposures are so you can do it. That's quite a development, and it will support the development ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... rank, it will be slow. I'm hoping that when we measure it again next year, there will be improvement. On our company engagement that's something we discuss with them - not so much women on boards, but diversity in senior executive ranks." BlackRock did ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... plants. Lonmin, also of South Africa, identified reputational damage as a risk, and said that it created a stakeholder engagement protocol based on industry best practice to engage with communities in which they operate. Australian businesses were included ...

ACSI starts recruitment process for new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... understanding of environmental, social and governance issues in Australia and internationally, "exceptional stakeholder engagement skills" and the ability to deal with senior leaders in the industry, business and government, "an appreciation of the 'all ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... asking how they're going to address it." LGS is a member of ACSI and is a client/shareholder in Regnan, the research and engagement firm that wrote the ACSI report. "Sending a letter off to a company doesn't necessarily mean that we think they're the ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... investments, sustainability themed investing, impact/community investing, integration of ESG factors and corporate engagement and shareholder action. ESG integration is the dominant method of responsible investment, the RIAA report found, representing ...

LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... program through the regulator some time ago and the regulators are happy as long as we can demonstrate that this is an engagement and marketing tool and it is, and it has been terrific value for us," Sword said. "We choose to allocate a contribution ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... does as well - the organisation has increased its advocacy around environmental and social issues, and Byrne cited engagement around anti-corruption and compliance, and the recent publication of the third ACSI research paper into labour and human rights ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI commissioned Regnan Governance Research and Engagement to analyse sourcing and LHR risks for 34 companies in the consumer staples (CS) and consumer discretionary (CD) sectors ...