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UN's ESG principles gaining traction

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... majority of large institutional signatories appointing dedicated responsible investment staff and 88 per cent putting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to their shareholders. James Gifford, executive director of the UN's PRI Initiative ...

Economic round-up: A greener shade of dirty

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... 2006 CO2 emissions have topped those of the US by 8 per cent, according to preliminary estimates by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP). In 2006 China's CO2 emissions from fossil fuels increased by 9 per cent whereas US emissions decreased ...

Economic round up: GDP vs. gross domestic happiness

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... Oliver believes consequentially this suggests that, "the focus of economics on boosting GDP, with all its adverse environmental consequences, is grossly misplaced." Perhaps Chuang -Tzu had the easy answer back in 350 B.C.- "Happiness is the absence of ...

Going green means getting ahead: RepuTex

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... RepuTex's latest index figures. The numbers show that in the year to date and over a five year period, RepuTex's RTX Environmental Growth Index significantly outperformed the ASX 200, with an almost 17 per cent gap between the two. Year to date figures ...

Watson Wyatt sharpens SRI focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... investors, especially super funds. "Superannuation funds need more confidence that broader considerations such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are consistent with their requirement to act in the best financial interests of members. ...

Instos unite for research

... managers have become the cornerstone investors of Regnan, a specialist governance research group that will track the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of companies for institutional investors. The Victorian Funds Management Corporation ...

Use super for national interests: Weaven

... asset base grows," he explained. This multi-billion dollar fund flows could be used to create economic, social and environmental infrastructure. But these projects need one or more political champions and that is the really scarce commodity, he said. ...

Investa property funds get SRI tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... Association's Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) certificate. The funds received the certification after reviewing the environmental, social, ethical and labour standards of buildings the funds invested in. IFM's group executive of external funds ...

HESTA joins better research alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... human capital management, value creation or destruction during mergers and acquisitions or corporate performance on environmental issues. "HESTA believes it is essential to make it attractive for research analysts to holistically incorporate material ...

World first index monetises climate change risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
Research and ratings agency RepuTex will establish the world's first climate change growth index in July, quantifying for the first time the impact of a carbon-constrained environment on businesses listed on the ASX 300. The company looked at current ...