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Westpac's Kelly signs UN water mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... could see five billion of the world's 7.9 billion people suffering from water scarcity by 2025, according to the United Nations. Westpac claims to be the first bank globally and the first Australian company to sign the mandate, which was officially launched ...

Africa's investment renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... operations, technology and the business of issuing property rights and land titles have also boosted the economy of African nations in recent years - presenting other areas for investments. Investec's African and Pan African funds invest in listed equities ...

Equator Principles still relevant: CFS GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
The Equator Principles are still relevant and won't be superceded by the rising popularity of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM). Drafted in 2003 and revised ...

CFA launches SRI guidelines

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... management. In addition, 380 institutional investors worldwide, representing $14.6 trillion in assets have signed the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UN PRI), which encourages environmental, social and governance issues in the investment ...

Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... countries normally make fuel prohibitively expensive even though the subsidies place a considerable fiscal drag on many nations and drives up consumption so much it is now a major factor in world oil prices even though Asia accounts for only 20 per cent ...

UN PRI assets reach $15tr

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
The number of signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) doubled in one year to 381 firms representing approximately $14.8 trillion in assets under management. At the UN PRI's annual conference, the PRI Report on ...

ING A rejects munitions claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... the firm said in a statement. While the statement advised that ING Australia was currently not a member of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), they have advised they "intend joining in the near future." But ING Australia ...

UN PRI needs public reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) board should mandate a public reporting system on the adoption of responsible investing policies to avoid the process becoming just another box ticking exercise, according to a leading ...

ABN AMRO launches Altera

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... infrastructure and food and energy globally will also benefit positively from the expansion underway in the four BRIC nations."

GES and Limestone launch Eastern Europe SRI fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... beverages, tobacco, military weapons or gambling related business. However, similar to the philosophy behind the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), the fund does not use a negative qualitative screen and will engage companies ...