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CFS pumps up ESG investing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... factors to consider," said CFS chief investment officer David Dixon. Colonial First State first signed up to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment in March 2007. According to CFS, the global financial crisis has put into context the ...

VicSuper and HESTA champion ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... It is also committed to collect data to track long-term performance of its research, and work closely with the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment Research Database. HESTA and VicSuper are now looking for fund managers and other funds ...

UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... decisions don't adversely affect the financial markets. The statement also urged institutional investors to sign the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UN PRI) which commits firms to engage with firms on corporate governance and environmental ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort - even greater co-operation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and ...

Time to go green: Tyndall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Tyndall Investment Management has become the latest Australian fund manager to become a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Tyndall signed the dotted line to become a signatory last week, although the fund manager ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... company chief executives to carefully manage their water usage. The CEO Water Mandate initiative was drafted by the United Nations Global Compact to assist companies, such as Carlsberg and Starbucks Coffee, to implement and disclose sustainable water ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... for the global economy. China's diminished export income would show up in reduced demand for products and services other nations are selling. This has already become evident in the massive decline in Chinese imports. And worse, weaker Chinese imports ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... represents the performance of Shari'ah-compliant companies in six of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The index currently includes Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. According ...

UniSuper ramps up Asia corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... institutions to vote in as many jurisdictions as practicable. The move also echoes the fund's commitment to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI), which encourage funds to actively vote their proxies. "Our move into Asia reflects ...

IML signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
Investors Mutual Limited (IML) has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), adding more than $4 billion in funds under management to the burgeoning responsible investment pool of assets. Tony Richard-Preston, IML senior ...