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New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have teamed up to produce the ESG Reporting Guide for Australian Companies. The guide includes essential information and data that super funds and fund managers ...

LGS earns sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... strategy, we feel that it's important to keep working on the development of systems and processes to identify, monitor and address ESG issues across all asset classes." "We also believe that it's important to encourage other superannuation funds to invest ...

ESG failings impacting super investments

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Lagging company responsibility for environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure is not being taken seriously enough, said the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), and super funds are noticing. Over half of ASX200 companies ...

Four Australians in running for UN PRI election

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... strong track record in responsible investing. "You need the combination of both hard headed investment experience together with ESG credentials to actually deliver. We're the custodians of people's investment savings in a world that is more focused on ...

Super industry reviews carbon tax impact

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... companies, the pricing of carbon and the transition from the fixed-price arrangement to the floating price. Louise Davidson, ESG investment manager for CBUS, said those positioned for environmental social and governance investing would be best-placed ...

Investment head concerned by super approach

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... that's a very different thing." Another concern of Gardener's is the possibility of the pendulum swinging too far in favour of ESG aware investing, at the expense of other criteria. "At the company level I don't see why we pick out ESG," he said. "I ...

Impact investing emerges as asset class

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... the new asset class gaining traction as a viable global investing option. Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) is weighing more on the investment allocation decisions of super funds and heads of investment. Impact investing allows for ...

Solaris responds to super demands on ESG policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
As super funds increasingly require ESG factors to be embedded into the investment process of fund managers, $4 billion boutique Solaris Investment Management has appointed a specialist on a permanent basis. Lisa Domagala has been working with Solaris ...

CFSGAM sees ESG improve returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues really does improve investment returns, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), justifying recent moves by super funds to appoint specialists in the field. Last ...

LG Super awards $150m global equity mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... in Five Oceans' highly experienced investment team and robust investment process as well as their commitment to integrating ESG factors in their fundamental analysis," said Peter Lambert, chief executive, LGS. Five Oceans is part of Challenger's boutique ...