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HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... Dow Jones Indices, has released its 2015 review. The equity indices are limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively called the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). RobecoSAM's ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... University's top international shareholdings in emerging markets as a balance is being sought in the university's environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment framework. Sydney University recently released its top shareholdings for its $1.4 ...

The $17trn infra opportunity investors have overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Super funds that want to increase their allocation to infrastructure assets without compromising their environmental, social and governance criteria should consider an investment in water equities. That's the opinion of Kleinwort Benson Investors, a ...

Future Super launches fossil free index

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... aiming to serve growing demand for ethical investment as investors see potential high returns combined with lower environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. The Thomson Reuters/Future Super Australia Fossil Free Index and Thomson Reuters/Future ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Activism from fund members and social media users concerned about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues could end up hurting superannuation returns. The recent campaign against HESTA's exposure to Transfield has highlighted the risks that ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... Super uses reports from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) as a source of information for environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues of the companies that it invests in through fund managers. ACSI chief executive Louise ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... Through ACSI the institutional asset owners exercise their collective ownership rights to improve the management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment risks and opportunities by Australian listed companies.

Australian managers most focused on ESG

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Australian professional investors are the world's most concerned about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when it comes to making investment decisions. A global CFA survey of investment professionals found that 78% of CFA Institute members ...

HESTA divests from Transfield

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... centres "breaches the fundamental principles of international human rights law." The findings do not fit with HESTA's environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy. "As a responsible owner of the companies we invest in, the decision to divest involved ...