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Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... countries and companies does increase the exposure to issues like human rights abuses and other social issues, making engagement around human rights issues and pressure for improved disclosure and improved practices important. Duncan cited 2011 research ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... although each business has relevant internal targets that reflect its business operations and plans." See Also: Wesfarmers engagement leads to phosphate sourcing change

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Within those specific issues, local community impacts ranked highly as material issues, including better community engagement, the desire for more locally focused information and the economic impact of operations. "We already knew that different types ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... changes to supply by Wesfarmers is one example of the fund's role as an active investor. The majority of the fund's engagement with Australian companies has taken the form of written and verbal requests for greater transparency around overseas operations ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the fund's 320 members. Members' ethical concerns can be added to the fund's screens, rather than used as a basis for engagement with companies, which Coates views with some scepticism. "What we've tried to do with all members is to have them talk directly ...

Wesfarmers engagement leads to phosphate sourcing change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers has stopped sourcing phosphate rock from Western Sahara, after more than three years of engagement with Christian Super and other stakeholders, the superannuation fund has reported. Since 2009, Christian Super and other parties have spoken ...

Carol Adams named director of secretariat for AA1000 series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... AccountAbility. Adams "will focus initially on developing a strategy for the independent AA1000 Standards through broad engagement with a diverse range of stakeholders, and establishing further working groups and with the guidance of the Standards Board," ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Stockland reported continued reductions in greenhouse gas intensity in its office and retail properties, an 84% employee engagement score and a figure of AU$2.9m social return on investment for a typical Stockland retirement village, against a backdrop ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... companies and funds in Australia are increasingly looking beyond environmental aspects and have started to focus on tenant engagement - 88% have a program of tenant engagement in place - with about a third of the respondents addressing health and wellbeing ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... signatories say that executive remuneration, climate change and supply chain labour standards are "priority areas of engagement" with invested companies in the next year. These areas of engagement were identified in a survey of institutional investors ...