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State Street, TruValue Labs to partner in development of AI-assisted ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... As part of the partnership, State Street will have access to TruValue Labs' ESG signals, which are based on SASB's materiality framework. "What we at State Street get are people who are looking at understanding the data and how to analyse unstructured ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... for increased standardisation of ESG data and reporting requirements. A fourth recommendation is to incorporate a materiality filter to get access to the correct information, and their fifth recommendation is to align time horizons - by adjusting performance ...

Sustainalytics to augment Sydney office, launch Tokyo office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... spectrum. There is a long history there - players that are more focused on the impact side of things, more focused on the materiality side of things and everything in between." Sustainalytics made the decision to open the Tokyo office because of the ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... boardroom," Jeyaretnam said. "We've found that there are more and more questions about how you combine board duties with the materiality of risks in some of these areas, such as climate change and human rights. We find that boards haven't had enough ...

UCA Funds Management adds Nine Entertainment Company to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... exposure in the major products. We know [Nine] is the market leader, we know the industry average, and the rest of the materiality comes from the nature of what we've described." UCA Funds Management is not currently invested in Nine Entertainment. The ...

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI group industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... policy and management systems, while they scored lowest in operational eco-efficiency, human capital development, and materiality, which was a new criterion for 2016. Companies showed the most improvement relative to 2015 in corporate citizenship and ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... knowledge of the systemic issues to design a holistic solution. Other steps to increase sustainability include assessing materiality of issues to focus on the most pressing issues, with particular focus on the UN Global Compact principles; aligning resources ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... funds to disclose material risks and how they manage them, but leaves it up the discretion of the funds to determine materiality. The statement will enable PRI and UNEP FI to work with organisations including the G7, the G20, the OECD and the European ...

Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Respondents told ACCSR that they were undertaking activities to address the goals they that they found of highest materiality to their business, particularly engaging in strategic partnerships. This reflects understanding that the issues behind each ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Investors and corporations agree that materiality analysis is important to define "the most important sustainability issues," according to research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and RobecoSAM. GRI and RobecoSAM have published Defining What ...