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Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... The Sustainability Report to talk about PRI's progress, its future plans, the challenges to implementing responsible investment (RI,) and how PRI can assist its signatories in the process. Performance of Australian PRI signatories versus average principle ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... public policy makers to fully take stock of the rapidly evolving trends in business sustainability and responsible investment -- with an eye towards creating new incentives to drive higher levels of sustainability performance and disclosure. We encourage ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Personnel has already issued an RFP for the mandate. Managers must be a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), the first time this has been required by a public pension fund in Japan. "We have chosen the MSCI Japan ESG Index ...

FTSE launch carbon risk indices for Australia, Europe and Japan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... weighting methodologies, including the incorporation of risk based approaches," said David Harris, director responsible investment, FTSE Group. "At the same time they are under increasing pressure to demonstrate action on integrating climate change and ...

LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... ESG and carbon characteristics of its portfolios. "Local Government Super believes that a well-developed responsible investment strategy can both assist in generating long-term risk-controlled investment returns, while also aligning ourselves with our ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... ownership," Kirton said. "There is still much work to be done by the investment community to fully integrate responsible investment practices. We would expect the number of highly rated strategies to increase over the next few years as more and more ...

Finsia: ESG consistent with superannuation fiduciary duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... the paper focuses on ESG investment principles, particularly as formulated under the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). Finsia considers the efficacy of providing a specialist ESG/screened ethical investment option for members versus embedding ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... creditworthiness. "Integrating ESG into the investment process is the first principle for UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatories and is increasingly being mandated and scrutinized by asset owners," said Remy Briand, managing director ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... say what they key issues are. That communication is the key for this whole area." Richard Fuller, senior responsible investment specialist at Mercer that developing valuations for ESG factors is an area of consideration for Mercer. "Another big thing ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... governance principles into their broader strategies, making the original motivation behind a dedicated responsible investment option "less relevant". "The decision also reflects GESB's desire to lessen concentration risk by moving away from single-manager ...