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Aviva Investors and Cbus win awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... Australian fund manager to sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), we believe that ESG issues are fundamental in making more informed long-term investment decisions for our clients," said Craig Bingham, chief executive ...

VicSuper searches for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... billion industry fund HESTA unveiled ESG Research Australia, a new research program that takes into account the impact of ESG issues on investments.

Russell signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... the investment industry. The principles provide aspirational guidelines to help investment institutions incorporate ESG issues into investment processes in a manner consistent with their fiduciary obligations and engage with other companies to promote ...

South Africa and Brazil take ESG lead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... participants said the biggest challenge of investing in emerging markets is still a lack of corporate disclosure on ESG issues. Many survey respondents said improving disclosure could lead to greater investment in emerging market countries by responsible ...

UniSuper wins Investment Stewardship award

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... to participate in ESG Research Australia, a new program to encourage research that takes into account the impact of ESG issues on investments which was launched last month. "We have done a lot of work over the past five years to ensure that an appropriate ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... latest participant of ESG Research Australia, a new program to encourage research that takes into account the impact of ESG issues on investments which was launched last month. "The ESG RA is appealing because it provides five key practical commitments ...

RiskMetrics buys Innovest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... RiskMetrics' business. "Innovest is one of the few firm's that has successfully taken a quantitative approach to assessing ESG issues, thereby investors view what are typically intangible, compliance orientated issues through a clearer financial lens," ...

Carthona endorses UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... regions, asset classes and through time," said Blomfield. Carthona's endorsement means that the firm will incorporate ESG issues into investment analysis and address them in investment policy statements. The firm will also be active owners and incorporate ...

PE group adopts ESG

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... (ESG) issues similar to the UN PRI a year ago. He said PEC's commitment is a major step in the group's efforts to boost ESG issues in all public and private companies. California Public Employees Retirement Systems (CalPERS), which has more than $260 ...

CFS pumps up ESG investing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... massive failures in governance. For us, [joining ESG RA] demonstrates a need for an ongoing process while looking at ESG issues," said Amanda McCluskey, head of sustainability and responsible investment at CFS. "So while there is a huge amount of volatility ...