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Tobacco shares up in smoke

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... Superannuation Fund has stripped its portfolio of $37.6 million worth of tobacco shares after an environmental, social and governance (ESG) review of the fund's investments. The tobacco stocks represented only 0.29 per cent of the fund's portfolio, which ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Funds that systematically factor in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are achieving better returns and grew at twice the rate of their mainstream counterparts, according to a new report. The latest research from Responsible Investment ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

... asset consultants is that if you deny yourself the sections of the investment universe due to non-traditional reasons such as ESG [environmental, social and governance] issues then you won't perform as well," said LGSS director Ian Robertson. "We took ...

Gunns fuels CG debate

... cornerstone investors of Regnan, a specialist governance research group that tracks the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of listed companies on behalf of institutional investors. While ANZ has declined to comment further, Commonwealth ...

ESS Super to apply UN investment principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... to the Principles they were signaling to their members they aimed to better identify environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that have the potential to impact real returns. "The UN Principles for Responsible Investment are relevant to our investments ...

UN's ESG principles gaining traction

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... signatories appointing dedicated responsible investment staff and 88 per cent putting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to their shareholders. James Gifford, executive director of the UN's PRI Initiative, said the findings bear out the ...

Most finance executives support ESG reporting

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... investment decision making, while slightly more than half believe their should be some form of mandatory reporting based on the UN ESG principles. Reflecting these results, nearly 90 per cent agreed the Australian Securities Exchange or the Australian ...

Watson Wyatt sharpens SRI focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... funds. "Superannuation funds need more confidence that broader considerations such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are consistent with their requirement to act in the best financial interests of members. Our ongoing research in this ...

Instos unite for research

... cornerstone investors of Regnan, a specialist governance research group that will track the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of companies for institutional investors. The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), Vanguard ...

Mercer to screen managers against ESG

... investment managers. "In the past, it was just a small group of organisations that were interested in active ownership and ESG [environmental, sustainability and corporate governance] analysis. But there are a growing number of mainstream investors who ...