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Solaris signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... (UN PRI). Denis Donohue, managing director at Solaris Investment Management, said the firm already integrated an environmental, social and governance (ESG) screen into the firm's investment strategy so signing the principles made sense. "The bread and ...

Cbus CEO competes for UN PRI seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... recently hiring former Industry Funds Management (IFM) sustainability officer; Louise Davidson, as the fund's full time environmental, social and governance (ESG) officer. Cbus is the superannuation fund for the building, construction and allied industries. ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... portfolio has to be diversified and their emissions measured by an independent company. In this case, London-based environmental research group Trucost. For good measure, the universe of the portfolio is limited to the 1,700 stocks listed on the MSCI ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The report covers the firm's implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into the firm's investment processes. It found the firm is making good progress on integrating ...

Trustees hot on ESG course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Around 50 superannuation trustees completed the inaugural Australian Institute Superannuation Trustees (AIST) environmental, social and governance (ESG) course for super fund trustees. Yesterday, minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator ...

ESG a fiduciary duty: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... closes loopholes and that prohibits executive contracts from being amended before the Bill becoming law. Sherry said environmental issues need to be considered because "low carbon is not a sector of the economy, but will become the whole economy." Even ...

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global is putting more emphasis on responsible investing with tighter regulations on environmental, social and good corporate governance. The fund previously had two tools to help ensure compliance with the fund's ethical ...

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... to new research conducted by Mercer and commissioned by the IFC, fund managers are increasing their interest in environmental, social and corporate governance factors in their investment decisions in emerging markets. The research notes that sustainable ...

ESG dogged by poor metrics: McKinsey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... important. A study by the McKinsey global consulting group found that governance factors are now very important but environmental factors have been forced to take a backseat. The discrepancy has been caused by the economic case for governance becoming ...

S&P launches carbon index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... included on the index if they cannot provide a carbon footprint to the index's researcher, Trucost. Trucost has environmental data of more than 4,500 companies across the world. Standard & Poor's said the index would allow the creation of financial products ...