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Tasplan signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... investment mandates and new managers are appointed," Cassidy said. Signing the UN PRI is the first step to properly managing ESG risk, with the outcome leading to protecting member benefits in the future, said Cassidy.

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Emerging markets have become a hot spot for sustainable investing as fund managers with stakes in the sector boast over $428 billion - or nearly 10 per cent of total investments - in sustainable ventures. According to new research conducted by Mercer ...

RiskMetrics buys Innovest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... for anybody in the ESG space, demand has increased over the last 12 months. We've now seen the manifestation of that ESG risk, that's been the big change," said Mather.

BTIM seeks ESG credit reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... credit because it lacks the level of required ESG screening. BT Investment Management use Regnan to assess and screen for ESG risk in its underlying portfolios. Swift said the firm would work with Regnan to extend the analysis to investment grade credit. ...

PRI toolkit hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... their principle two commitments by supplying detailed reports on each company's strength and weaknesses in assessing ESG risk. Finally, Report Monitor scores each company's reporting practices, allowing firms to identify good and bad performers and enable ...

Managers seek ESG framework

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Effectively managing and pricing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment processes remains the biggest hurdle for integration. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) conference yesterday, Ian ...

Equator Principles still relevant: CFS GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... the Equator Principles. In a statement, the firm said it used its own framework for identifying, assessing and managing ESG risk. "This does not rule out there being value in Macquarie including third party standards as part of that framework. These ...

CFS engages Innovest for ESG research

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) has recruited the services of third party research providers, Innovest Strategic Value Advisers, in the next phase of its ongoing integration of environment, social and governance (ESG) risk assessment ...

Most finance executives support ESG reporting

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
A survey of senior finance industry executives reveals that the economy-wide costs of ignoring sustainability issues such as climate change outweigh the costs of addressing it, but they believe more industry and national leadership is needed. The research ...