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Engagement a tool for investment stewardship: RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... experts speaking at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Australia conference. Alison George, head of policy at Regnan Governance Research and Engagement Investors are stakeholders in companies, as well as being owners of the company ...

Majority of 50 largest super funds have RI approach: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... funds and retail funds to assess them on five pillars of performance. "Effectively what we're looking for is, is there a policy in place, is there strong accountability and governance structures, how can you demonstrate that it's been implemented consistent ...

IGCC, investor groups issue updated guide for oil and gas industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... company's view of, and response to, the material climate related risks and opportunities outlined in the guide? Public policy - does the company engage with public policy makers and other stakeholders to support development of cost-effective policy measures ...

RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... investment benchmark report, which benchmarks how the top 50 superannuation funds perform against five pillars - accountability, policy, implementation, measurement and outcomes and transparency, O'Connor said. "The second big focus for us is the industry ...

CEFC identifies Australian states with best incentives for bioenergy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... an incentive for the deployment of energy from waste and bioenergy projects. CEFC research shows that those states have policy setting and levies that incentivise businesses to recycle waste and reduce operating costs, said Henry Anning, CEFC bioenergy ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... supports action on climate change," said Emma Herd, IGCC chief executive officer. "We now need to focus on scaling up our policy response to help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to less than 2C". The IGCC and three other ...

MSCI hires Michael Cheng to MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Association (ACGA) as its first Research Director for China and Hong Kong. Prior to ACGA, he was responsible for listing policy focusing on ESG initiatives in the Listing Division of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) and head of Legal at China ...

SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... securities, and you can't really replicate the small amount of short term outperformance." Medibank Private, which has a policy of not investing in tobacco companies in its own $2.4 billion investment portfolio, was the first to invest in the fund, but ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... idea, how can it help us be more nuanced in our valuation of companies," McDonald said. "When we hear about investment policy especially h how it relates to blanket divestment of certain industry lines or business lines, I guess our first thought is ...

NZ Super adopts new climate change investment risk strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... applied the learnings from a 2015 climate change study by Mercer, and was informed by the NZ government and international policy on climate change. NZ Super has long integrated responsible investment into its strategy, and has implemented a renewable ...