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Most finance executives support ESG reporting

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
A survey of senior finance industry executives reveals that the economy-wide costs of ignoring sustainability issues such as climate change outweigh the costs of addressing it, but they believe more industry and national leadership is needed. The research ...

MilitarySuper loses its chairman

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... McCullagh, said Kiefel had been a key part of the fund's success over the past decade and the development of a sustainable investment strategy. "This strategy is aimed at providing members with sustainable investment returns in most if not all market ...

Blood and Gore fund sustainable

... signed an exclusive retail distribution agreement with GIM, a fund manager that is focused on long term and sustainable investment strategies. It will be available to Australian retail investors through CFS' First Choice platform from September this ...

Investa property funds get SRI tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... However, the commercial property fund only delivered 15.53 per cent over the same period. However, while the sustainable investment sector grew at 51 per cent in the last twelve months, it still only represents less than 1 per cent of the overall market ...

Pick your stocks when they're green: SAM

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... just another way of identifying well-managed companies." Australia was still "miles ahead" of the US in sustainable investment thinking, though, according to visiting T. Rowe Price group vice president, Darrell Riley. Questioned on how much sustainability ...

AMP Capital goes for retail sustainability

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
AMP Capital has launched its first retail sustainable share fund, giving retail clients access to their long-running Capital Investors' sustainable funds for the first time. Offered through AMP Capital Private Clients, the fund follows from over five ...

Portfolio Partners offsets co2 with tree-planting program

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... lifespan of nearly 400 years. Portfolio Partners has already established itself in the Australian market for sustainable investment, becoming the first fund manager to sign the United Nations 'Principles for Responsible Investment', and launching their ...

LGSS paints $400m in property green

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) is planning to implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its $400 million property portfolio, a step change that other super funds could soon follow as environmental issues ...

ANZ gets into the sustainable investment game

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
ANZ has launched its first sustainable investment product, the ANZ Sustainable Protected Responsible Investment over Term (ASPRIT), designed to give wholesale investors access to leading sustainably operated companies. ASPRIT is a six year investment ...

Ausbil Dexia notches four stars

... the high rating and, in global equities, the fund boasts a "strong point of differentiation through using sustainable investment analysis". S & P noted that the active manager's sustainable criteria differs from that of other funds as it focuses on 'best-in-class' ...