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HESTA takes stand against thermal coal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... activities." HESTA's decision follows UniSuper's policy of screening fossil fuel investments for its socially responsible investment option. It is so far the only mega fund to introduce fossil fuel screening across all its options. Local Government Super ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... investments from members, regulators and activists, according to New Zealand Superannuation Fund manager for responsible investment Anne-Maree O'Connor. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference in Alice ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... global research group Carbon Tracker and James Their, founder of Australian Ethical Investment and the Responsible Investment Association of Australia to the leadership team. Aside from fossil fuels, the fund also screens out companies related to tobacco ...

ANU enlists CAER for ESG research

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... social and governance (ESG) criteria. The announcement comes 10 months after the ANU announced its socially responsible investment policy, based on what it called a ""substantial social injury" model. The model aims to "avoid investment opportunities ...

AMP remains top dog on RI mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
AMP Capital remains Australia's largest manager of responsible investment (RI) mandates, according to the Responsible Investment Association of Australia's (RIAA) Benchmark Report 2014. AMP Capital added an extra $800 million in assets under management ...

ASX200 companies 'poor' on gender diversity disclosure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... minimal standard mindset to the reporting of their diversity obligations," BlackRock corporate governance and responsible investment director in Asia Pacific Pru Bennett said. This is the third year that BlackRock has reported on gender diversity in ...

ASX meets with PRI to discuss sustainability reporting

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) managing director Fiona Reynolds has met with the Australian Securities Exchange this week to urge them to sign up to the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative. The initiative, which aims to 'educate' exchanges ...

Mercer grows ESG team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Mercer has added to its team of responsible investment (RI) experts with the appointment of Alexis Cheang to the role of senior responsible investment consultant. Working within Mercer's Responsible Investment team, Cheang will help clients implement ...

Majority of Australians say 'no' to fossil fuel investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... fuels, and recommends action to reduce this exposure. It also comes a week after both AMP Capital, in its Responsible Investment Leaders funds, and Hunter Hall announced fossil fuel screening policies. The survey, with a sample of the survey questions ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... universe'. Yesterday AMP Capital announced it had introduced new fossil fuel screening criteria for its Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) funds that would result in the exclusion of 56 companies from its investible universe, only one of which was ...