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VicSuper members to receive carbon scorecard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
VicSuper blazes the trail in sustainable investing after it revealed that members will receive a carbon emission measurement of their superannuation investments alongside their account balance. The $6.3 billion fund claims the initiative is an industry ...

IFM adopts UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... Australia currently has second largest number of entities which have signed up, illustrating just how mainstream sustainable investing is now becoming.

Emerging market funds to be rated on sustainability

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... division of the World Bank Group, is spearheading what it calls a first of its kind initiative to boost sustainable investing awareness, and has given the green light to Mercer to conduct a study to determine the ratings. So far, Mercer has commenced ...

Forum 'gets real' on ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... that will look at this issue from a strategic, theoretical and hands-on analytical perspective." He said sustainable investing would receive more attention from investment managers as they analyse the effects of sub-prime and the subsequent market downturn. ...

Pension funds milk green trends

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
As inflows into sustainable investing continue to break records, a leading consulting firm has recommended that pension funds should start drawing up detailed policies to capture the sector's returns. According to research by Lipper FERI, inflows into ...

CFS GAM chief to leave

... tenure, CFS GAM has diversified its portfolio to cover global media, global infrastructure and more recently, sustainable investing. "We thank Warwick for his involvement and wish him well in his new projects," said Petersen. The group has already started ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... have made headways in regards to "environmental correction". Several countries have adopted environmentally sustainable investing models after acknowledging that there will be negative impact on growth if they maintain current pollution levels. Politically ...

GM takes sustainability mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... fuzzy to define what we mean by the term. "This whole area is beset by definitional confusion," noted the Sustainable Investing report released by Russell in August last year. However Wagoner taking the lead with his Detroit statements and declaring ...

VicSuper wins Sustainability Super Fund award

... Sustainability' research went to Nicholas Taylor and Scott Donald from the Russell Investment Group for their report Sustainable Investing: Marrying Sustainability Concerns with the Quest for Financial Return for Superannuation Trustees. Michelle Bal ...

ACT govt funds adopt sustainable investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
The ACT Government's $1.4 billion Superannuation Provision Account investment portfolio is set to adopt the United Nations (UN) Principles for Responsible Investment and implement a risk-based approach to its investment decisions, following recommendations ...