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NZSF gets top UN sustainability ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... Zealand Superannuation chief investment officer Matt Whineray said. "We're therefore very pleased to remain in the top tier of UNPRI signatories internationally. "We expect that the bar will continue to be raised and are continuing to embed responsible ...

ASX considers UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... future ESG activities, which will be published on the SSE website." Like the UN's Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI), the SSE will apparently require its partners to make very few practical changes. When asked whether it intended to join the ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... members and make a constructive contribution to the environment. "The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) instruct investors to take active ownership and to work together to collectively address relevant emerging issues and that ...

Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Investors should prepare their portfolios for rising prices now, before the price of inflation protection products soars, a senior QIC portfolio manager has warned. With global economic conditions improving, central banks are expected to start unwinding ...

Responsible investment takes centre stage at ASFA conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... ethical investment at the heart of his address. Speaking about the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), Robertson said: "These are ideological megatrends uncharted by the CSIRO that may impact on your [superannuation trustees'] ...

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... standards, member engagement and their demonstrated commitment to United Nations Principles for Responsibel Investment (UNPRI). Omega Global Investors was acknowledged for their strategic approach to risk management and outcomes-driven investment objectives ...

AIST appoints CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... January to accept the role of managing director of the London-based United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing (UNPRI). Garcia's appointment is immediate. He will meet with all AIST member funds in the near future to discuss their requirement ...

Interviews start soon for new AIST CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... Reynolds, who resigned to take up a new role as managing director of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI). Reynolds will leave her role as head of the representative body for not-for-profit superannuation funds at the end of ...

Omega partners with LGS for bond strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... is an industry super fund with deep commitment to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) and a signatory to UNPRI principles on sustainable investment practices," said McCrum Omega's director of investments. "The strategy integrates with ...

Australian Ethical adds to equity team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... Mutual specialising in the agricultural, biotech and energy sectors. He was responsible for Investor Mutual adopting the UNPRI (United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment) and further incorporated environmental, social and corporate governance ...