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Cyber security a rapidly evolving material risk for companies: Citi Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
Cyber security and data protection is a rapidly evolving material risk for companies, and Citi Research recently surveyed the ASX100 to assess how companies are responding to the risk. Elaine Prior, managing director / ESG analyst, Citi Research Citi ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management publish stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... that we consider these complex issues." Also in 2016, CFSGAM has appointed MSCI to provide carbon emissions and fossil fuel data, which CFSGAM will use both internally and for client reporting purposes. This year as well, CFSGAM has reported climate ...

Australian, NZ organisations consider impacts of bribery, corruption: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... they considered corruption a top five risk. Tip-offs are the most common method of domestic detection, while detection via data analytic and internal controls processes have "slightly increased since 2015, suggesting that organisations may increasingly ...

ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
ASX200 companies' sustainability disclosures are improving, but fewer than half of the ASX200 have a climate change policy or emissions reduction target, according to new research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Louise ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses disclosure of use of proceeds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... that 74% of bonds complying (by number of bonds) or 88% by value had some amount of public disclosure. The report analysed data from 146 issuers - corporate 43%, municipal 38%, commercial banks 12%, government agencies and entities 4%, and ABS 3%, and ...

Social Ventures Australia launches $7 million Resolve Social Benefit Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... it is attempting to address. "The reality for any sort of program in Australia is that even organisations that have good data on what the outcomes are for the individuals that they're looking after, none of them have complete data on all of the people ...

Sustainable Platform assesses database of companies against SDGs, performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... sustainability. It is geared towards institutional investors, and an enterprise version of the system is available to provide data to create an overlay to analyse companies' performance against the SDGs. "Institutional investors can use the enterprise ...

CEFC publishes report on best practice initiatives for property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... materials, which typically cost less than 0.1 per cent of the building's cost to implement and pay back in less than five years Data analytics for building management systems in existing buildings, which typically cost less than 0.3 per cent of the building's ...

Three quarters of Aussie investors use ESG in investment strategies: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... asked what is the most influential barrier to further incorporation of ESG, 53% of Australian investors said a lack of robust data, with 38% of institutional investors in Australia saying they can take external ESG data and incorporate it into existing ...

Demystifying ESG from Investor and Investee Perspectives: Michael Orzano

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... these metrics into their analysis and investment decisions. At the same time, companies are asked to provide a wealth of ESG data, either in their public reporting or to specialist ESG rating providers. But what ESG information is crucial and material ...