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Mercer appoints Acadian for SRI mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... Acadian "aims to be a leader in this field, having been the first quantitative manager to become a signatory of the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)." "This year, we were pleased to receive an "A" from the UN PRI on our overarching ...

Global institutions join sustainable investment group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... and approaches to blending public and private finance. The announcement follows last year's ratification of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the historic climate agreement in Paris. It aims to promote the SDG objectives, including ...

VicSuper creates climate change committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... board in the first part of 2016," Dundon said. VicSuper has also fulfilled its obligations as a signatory to the United Nations-backed Montreal Pledge by publishing the carbon intensity of the fund's equities portfolio on its website. Dundon said this ...

Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... ensuring board members are fit and proper and that boards have an appropriate mix of skills and experience." The United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment told the review it supports industry wide codes that embody the principles of ...

Silk joins PRI advisory committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... Uyl, a trustee of ABP in The Netherlands. There are still two committee positions available. In a statement the United Nations-backed PRI said the committee will advise the firm on strategy and execution of its Asset Owner Insight work. Asset Owner Insight ...

Catholic Super chief addresses climate conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... investors are acting on climate by pressing policymakers, fund managers and companies on the issue. Presenting at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris on Friday, Pegan spoke about the role of investors engaging across the value chain ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... Pegan will commit support from Australian and New Zealand institutional investors for sound climate policies at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Paris later this month. Pegan said he expects COP21 (the 21st Conference of Parties) ...

HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
HESTA chair Angela Emslie is now a board member of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after election results were released recently. Emslie has been appointed in one of two asset owner board positions, receiving 76 ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
The world's largest pension fund has become a signatory to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after a recent UN assembly meeting. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan's Government Pension Investment ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... government responses to climate change now actively include business representatives, such as at the upcoming Paris United Nations meeting in Paris in December this year, it's ironic that they still don't seem to quite understand the role institutional ...