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Wesfarmers decision a win for ESG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... company engagement, Wesfarmers has decided to find other sources of a mineral from outside a region with a questionable human rights record after engagement from institutional investors including Christian Super. Wesfarmers agreed to significantly invest ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... at the Sydney Institute, Broderick, who is also commissioner responsible for age discrimination at the Australian Human Rights Commission, said women are unfairly deprived of decent superannuation savings because the average woman does not work as long ...

Amnesty highlights Shell governance shortfall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group is under fire from a human rights group for not disclosing key information around its operations in the Niger Delta - potentially exposing fund managers to unknown corporate governance issues. The Amnesty International letter ...

Amnesty pushes for fund review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... International linked the companies to providing revenue to the Sudanese government. This warning comes after the human rights organisation announced the firm is lobbying for Citigroup to use its investments to support calls for change in Darfur. In a ...

PE group adopts ESG

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... companies, engage relevant stakeholders when necessary, adopt strong governance structures and consider the flow on human rights effects of their investment to name a few. PEC members include Apollo Global Management LLC, Bain Capital Partners, the Blackstone ...

Super funds fight for human rights

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Can super funds join forces to stop human rights abuses, improve the lives and rights of hundreds of people in just over a year? According to four Swedish pension funds, nothing is impossible. The Ethical Council of the Swedish AP-Funds, made up of ...

PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... World, FTSE All World and IFC Emerging Markets indices to sign the UN Global Compact, a set of principles regarding human rights, the environment and anti-corruption strategies. The principles provide a framework of widely accepted standards for firms ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... behaviour. This year alone we have been collectively involved in investor efforts to improve labour conditions and human rights in some problem areas, as well as promote carbon emissions disclosure amongst companies internationally," Orr said. The fund ...

FTSE100 shines in ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... reporting. According to EIRiS, the greatest improvements have been seen in environmental policy development as well as human rights and supply chain management. "Health and safety management systems have improved - 80 per cent of companies now have clear ...

China response has big trade implications

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... to explain the same contradiction of why the US needed a strong and positive relationship with China despite any human rights concerns: "Free trade is essential to human rights. It makes everyone play by the same global rules, strengthen the hand of ...