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UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... VicSuper - now the $21 billion UniSuper has taken up the environmental, social and governance crusade when it recently joined ESG Research Australia. UniSuper is the latest participant of ESG Research Australia, a new program to encourage research that ...

RiskMetrics buys Innovest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... trillion in assets under management and specialises in analysing companies' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. This acquisition means more than 50 ESG researchers will be added to RiskMetrics' business. "Innovest is one ...

Carthona endorses UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... sectors, regions, asset classes and through time," said Blomfield. Carthona's endorsement means that the firm will incorporate ESG issues into investment analysis and address them in investment policy statements. The firm will also be active owners and ...

PE group adopts ESG

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... director, said the group started talking to the private equity sector about adopting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues similar to the UN PRI a year ago. He said PEC's commitment is a major step in the group's efforts to boost ESG issues ...

Regnan adds to governance team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) specialist, Regnan has appointed former CGI Glass Lewis executive, Pru Bennett as head of the firm's governance division. Prior to the appointment, Bennett spent 12 years at research firm CGI Glass Lewis. Regnan ...

CFS pumps up ESG investing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
Colonial First State is making ESG research one of its top priorities this year. CFS, which is one of the supporters of VicSuper and HESTA's new ESG Research Australia initiative, said it had been actively supporting these issues for a number of years ...

VicSuper and HESTA champion ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... research initiative. Public offer superannuation fund VicSuper and the $13 billion industry fund HESTA yesterday unveilled ESG Research Australia - a new program to encourage research that takes into account the impact of ESG issues on investments. According ...

Nordic pensions unite for ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009

Christian Super wins top sustainability gong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... scored well on the depth of socially responsible investment. Goldman Sachs JBWere head of environment, social and governance (ESG) research, Andrew Gray was awarded the Special Award for Sustainability Research. His whitepaper found a correlation between ...

IML signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... eventually reflect its underlying value. The key influences on a company's value are the environmental, social and governance [ESG] issues," he said. "In this way, companies with good ESG records are likely to be good for underpinning above-average returns ...