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Lonsec launches ESG metric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... preference for ESG-minded investment - for example, avoiding investment in companies involved in climate change, human rights abuses, child labour, controversial weapons (defined as "cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical and biological ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... their stakeholders had ESG concerns. According to the report, the most common cited ESG issues were climate change, human rights abuses, child labour, controversial weapons (defined as "cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical and biological ...

Christian super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... said. Christian Super has strict negative and positive screening policies on areas such as gambling, pornography, human rights and renewable energy. Australian Christian Super currently operates on an outsourced model. Under the merger it will essentially ...

Hunter Hall appoints head of retail sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... gambling outlets or systems, intensive animal farming, animal testing for cosmetics, activities that give rise to human rights violations, unremediated destruction of the environment, uranium mining and nuclear reactors." In one of its funds it also ...

Australian Ethical hires new Head of Ethics

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... advocacy, whereby companies are encouraged to improve their ethical behaviour across a number of issues, including human rights and climate change Prior to joining the St James Ethics Centre in 2011, Palmer worked in law, finance and investment, including ...

Responsible investment takes centre stage at ASFA conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... (ASFA) 2013 National Conference in Perth this week. Speaking at the opening plenary session, international celebrity human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson put responsible, ethical investment at the heart of his address. Speaking about the United Nations ...

LUCRF Super joins global calls to improve worker safety

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... partnered with the Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI) to produce research papers into the labour standards and human rights policies of Australia's top 200 companies. The results found that there was significant room for companies to improve ...

Bank levy upsets senior lobby

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... literacy among retirees came under the spotlight, with the release of a manual on retirement from the Australian Human Rights Commission, and a call from National Seniors Australia for mandatory financial education for seniors although details of their ...

Financial literacy in retirement a human rights issue: AHRC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Financial literacy among retirees has become a human rights issue, with the release of a manual aimed at helping people prepare for retirement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The release coincided with a call from National Seniors ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... of sight, out of mind just because it's not in Australia." He said Australian investors face a number of risks if human rights issues are not addressed, including a volatile supply chain, legal issues over failing to meet minimum standards, and above ...