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ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... questionnaire are able to measure and report their water withdrawals within operations, but only 43% verify the majority of their data, versus 60% of Global 500 respondents. CDP notes that this trend "Getting verification on the agenda is something that ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... IPCC estimates that total climate finance for mitigation and adaptation is estimated at US$343 to US$385 billion, based on data gathered on the years 2010-2012. But scaling up investment in low carbon sources requires "different patterns of investment" ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... combination with ESG rankings can provide, on average, an additional 1.4% of alpha annually. Quality adds an uncorrelated set of data because quality analyses different indicators, said Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global equity management ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... industry peers. "A lot of investors are actually taking their decisions from a range of information sources, and there no one data protocol to rely on," Bell said. "What's interesting is that for those investors that say they don't use [non-financial] ...

GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... objectives and actions to implement those policies and to reach defined objectives. It measures environmental performance data regarding energy and water consumption, GHG emissions and waste, and investigates the use of voluntary standards and certification ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... and social factors as part of quantitative investment techniques in equity portfolios, with fund managers integrating ESG data to either screen out undesired stocks, or to create customised benchmarks that tilt away from companies with poorer ESG scores ...

CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions sign expanded partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... this enhanced partnership positions them as our go-to solutions provider for any company looking to outsource environmental data collection from complex worldwide operations, and enhance the efficiency of this process. This will enable companies to spend ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... likely to have issues with board independence, and are twice as likely to have an affiliated chairman." Halliday said the data leads her to conclude that there is a correlation between having more women on boards and better governance and returns. "Just ...

Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... track incidence of suicide in future. "We're actually going to provide better training to staff internally to create better data going forward so we can better track the incidence of suicide," Lockwood said. "We will also work with providers in the industry ...

RepuTex: DAP could achieve more reductions than CPM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... on a calculation of absolute emissions baselines set as being the high point of emissions based on five years of emissions data, Grossman said. "[The absolute emission baseline] is taking a fairly generous definition in terms of generous for the industry," ...