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Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... benchmark performance against peers, while 56% said the accurate assessment of external ESG asset managers was a key issue. "Data is improving," Anderson said. "But it is important understand how good you are and how good the strategy is at creating ...

Experts discuss impact of Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Fiona Wild, vice President, climate change and sustainability, BHP Billiton and data preparer, TCFD, Mardi McBrien, managing director, CDSB, and Chi Woo, partner, sustainability services, KPMG. The panel ...

Chart: CDP assessment of APRA-regulated entities' climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
As APRA regulated entities digest the implications of Geoff Summerhayes' recent speech, The Sustainability Report asked CDP for the scores of ASX-listed companies in the financial sector as a means to determine which companies are publicly disclosing ...

Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... from ESG investments The biggest barrier to investors at the moment is a lack of "transparent, standardised and quality ESG data, the study found. "The lack of standards for measuring ESG performance is the number one barrier across regions for ESG integration," ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation holds Clean Energy Innovators Demo Day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... the main reasons the CEFC was created," she said in remarks given to media. "These barriers can be in the form of lack of data, lack of demonstration effect and lack of experience. Businesses and households are already taking action to manage energy ...

Government issues discussion paper on social impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... active in developing and supporting impact investing initiatives and vehicles such as social impact bonds, there's a role for data sharing and replicating and expanding what works at the state level, rather than re-inventing the wheel. "You'll find that ...

Principles for Responsible Investment discuss agenda for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... information in our reporting framework." In future, reporting to the Principles for Responsible Investment will also include data on funds' actions around climate change risk and the SDGs, Reynolds said. "We haven't really had a lot of depth on the climate ...

Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Australian Beef website clearly states : "The Framework is a whole-of-industry snapshot that will use existing data so that there is no input required from individual farms. It is not a certification or on-farm system". Herein lies the problem. ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
Climate change, corporate transparency, data and cyber security, consumer shift toward plant-based proteins and other issues are potential environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment themes that are both a source of risk and reward for investors ...

Hunter Hall ownership changes prompt review from asset consultants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
The announcement that Hunter Hall founder Peter Hall is stepping down as CEO and CIO of the ethical investment fund and is selling his ownership stake has led asset consultants to re-evaluate the firm from an operational perspective as well as raise ...