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ACSI urges investor action on slavery, warns of financial risks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... board are likely to be judged by our members as less attractive investments." ACSI notes that slavery, like other environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, can materially impact a company's reputation, disrupt operations, divert management and ...

Industry super fund grows ESG team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Industry super fund Vision Super is expanding its environmental, social and governance division with the help of a climate expert. Vision Super is recruiting for an environmental activist who will join the climate action team and help promote the super ...

NAB collaborates on responsible investment bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... considerations can be incorporated into business decision-making. "Growing numbers of investors want to act on social and environmental issues, and are looking for options that demonstrate impact; we are developing ways to make that happen," Baird said. ...

Global reinsurer adopts ESG framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... switched to track ethical indices by 2018. Since the beginning of the year, Swiss Re has been consistently integrating environmental, social and governance criteria into its investment decisions through the use of the equity MSCI ESG Index and the fixed ...

Super system needs work on environmental and governance factors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... the top 10 for this sub-index. Despite significant improvements Australia still has the ninth-lowest score in the environmental indicator, Natixis said. "Australia's mandatory superannuation policies are lauded by policy-makers around the world in terms ...

Investment purpose critical to advice: Nikko AM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
Advisers need to be clear on the key differences between environmental, social and governance (ESG) factor based investing and socially responsible investing (SRI) if they are going to remain helpful to clients. Speaking to Financial Standard, Nikko ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... emissions, a policy and a target. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson explained that the banks high exposure to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks through their investment portfolios has overtime encouraged them to become better at assessing ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... presented to institutional investors at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees CIO Forum, said the environmental, social and governance (ESG) ecosystem had expanded significantly and enabled growth in adoption of responsible investment (RI) ...

Cameron Hume hires fixed income expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... Zealand institutional market. Most recently, co-founder Guy Cameron urged investment managers to carefully consider environmental, social and governance issues with respect to strategies. "A point worth making at the outset is that not all investment ...

Goodments outshines at WAMTech PitchFest

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... executive and co-founder of Goodments, was named the winner of the inaugural EY WAMTech PitchFest. Goodments, which uses environmental, social and governance data to help retail investors screen for stocks based on sustainability factors, impressed judges ...