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RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... compound the effect of institutional ownership right by speaking with a common voice, while spreading the costs of engagement and research amongst participants. The 32 Australian superannuation funds that participate in ACSI, along with international ...

Sustainalytics considering expansion into Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... market. It's a robust market, and we really appreciate the clients we have here, we really appreciate the level of engagement, and ultimately, for our people, it's empowering and exciting to be engaging with clients in these issues as we stare down the ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... them in landfill, it's worth nothing." Edwards sees the next two to three years as being a phase of "encouragement and engagement" with suppliers to have the discussion about supply chain sustainability and educate suppliers as to what the company will ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... injuries, divided by hours worked and multipled by a million. In 2013, the same TRI was 38.7. See Also: Wesfarmers engagement leads to phosphate sourcing change

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... the research such that we've identified the left tail, and the long-standing directors with no holdings will be an engagement point," Hagart said. "The alignment, that is a fairly easy case to make to most directors, and hopefully they understand the ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... movement pushing fossil divestment and considerations of climate-related risks, investor collaboration around corporate engagement issues and the growing interest in impact investment as a theme, O'Connor said. The growing acceptance of ESG integration ...

GRI to implement new governance structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... be made available on the GRI website. The hiving off of standards-setting will also permit GRI to "further develop engagement activities, products and partnerships" to enhance the value of sustainable reporting standards, GRI said. "GRI is the architect ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... performance to assess the fund's performance across a range of indicators, including community and economic value, employee engagement, and member value. Although a few superannuation funds use the GRI reporting guidelines, VicSuper has also used the ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... and values-based decision." Future Super will employ a strategy of enrolling and retaining members through community engagement, Verwey said. "Research shows that the pool for ethical investment is big, but the number of people who are in an ethical ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... communicating to the broker isn't enough anymore. From the good side of things you're getting a much better level of engagement between the super funds and the companies they ultimately own. But what you're also seeing is a lot of activity by boards ...