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JP Morgan runs ESG checks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... said. Kumar said the reporting service was important because the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) was gaining momentum among finance institutions. "What we're seeing was, clients sign up to these commitments and impose policy ...

IFM adopts UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), bringing the FUM weight to almost $400 billion for organisations that have now signed the protocols. The UN PRI includes a set of "aspirational" ...

Forum 'gets real' on ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... executive director, said while many Australian investment managers had signed the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) it was time to implement these measures properly. "Lets get real, how many of these signatories have been doing their ...

Climate change rhetoric unsustainable

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The reaction to the proposed plastic bag levy and expected energy price rises due to having to pay for carbon output shows Australia may not be as committed to sustainability as we claim to be. Australia is the nation which has the most signatories ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Emerging markets are set to grow more than three times the rate of developed markets and will shrug off the sub-prime led liquidity crisis with ease, according to emerging markets wizard Mark Mobius. EMs investments expert Mobius from Templeton Asset ...

Corp super applies ESG screen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... governance (ESG) issues in their investment analysis from now on. Angela Manning, chair of the fund, said adopting the UN PRI would enhance the investment decision making process of the fund. "Particularly for a long term superannuation timeframe, we ...

ACT govt funds adopt sustainable investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
The ACT Government's $1.4 billion Superannuation Provision Account investment portfolio is set to adopt the United Nations (UN) Principles for Responsible Investment and implement a risk-based approach to its investment decisions, following recommendations ...

ESS Super to apply UN investment principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
Victorian-based public sector fund ESS Super has joined the ranks of mega super funds AustralianSuper, UniSuper and ARIA when it signed up to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment. ESS Super chief executive officer David Atkin said ...

UN's ESG principles gaining traction

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... therefore must be factored into investment processes." Other findings from the report include that more than half of the UN PRI signatories have asked their investee companies for standardized ESG reporting and 10 per cent intend to begin the practice ...

McCluskey moves to CommBank

Amanda McCluskey, formely manager in sustainability for Portfolio Partners in Melbourne, is moving back to Sydney to begin work in a new role at the Commonwealth Bank. McCluskey will start in her new role as general manager, sustainability from 9 July. ...