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Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... GPIF has about US$1.14 trillion in funds under management and bases its perspective on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues around its investment principles which aim to "maximise medium-to-long-term equity investment returns for the benefit ...

HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... released its 2015 review. The equity indices are limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively called the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). RobecoSAM's statement said that the ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... international shareholdings in emerging markets as a balance is being sought in the university's environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment framework. Sydney University recently released its top shareholdings for its $1.4 billion investment ...

The $17trn infra opportunity investors have overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... institutional investors with environmental and social concerns is that companies focused on the provision of water typically have no ESG risk," O'Halloran said. Despite this, institutional exposure to water remains low. O'Halloran said this is often ...

Failure to monitor ESG may breach fiduciary duty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
A United States Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for actions against institutions that fail to monitor the effects that climate change has on their portfolios. The Supreme Court held on 18 May 2015 that trustees have a fiduciary duty, emanating ...

Future Super launches fossil free index

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... demand for ethical investment as investors see potential high returns combined with lower environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. The Thomson Reuters/Future Super Australia Fossil Free Index and Thomson Reuters/Future Super Australia Sustainable ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Activism from fund members and social media users concerned about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues could end up hurting superannuation returns. The recent campaign against HESTA's exposure to Transfield has highlighted the risks that ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) as a source of information for environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues of the companies that it invests in through fund managers. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson told Financial Standard ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... asset owners exercise their collective ownership rights to improve the management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment risks and opportunities by Australian listed companies.