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CommInsure signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
CommInsure has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). A Commonwealth Bank of Australia spokesperson said the investment team within the insurer is working on implementing the principles into the firm's process now. ...

St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... diversifying member funds into alternative assets such as infrastructure and private equity; signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and established a robust investment governance framework. But developing one of the ...

Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... According to Perennial chief executive Anthony Patterson, the fund manager had taken an interest in the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment "for some time". "In late 2007 we commenced a process to consider how Perennial as an enterprise ...

UniSuper wins Investment Stewardship award

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... John. The 2009 award criteria also gave special recognition to responsible investment practices and the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment - of which UniSuper was an early signatory. The fund also recently signed up to participate in ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... member of the Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI), whose efforts have since been amalgamated into the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. The ESG RA seeks to pick up where the EAI left off, maintaining the impetus for investment research ...

Carthona endorses UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... Carthona Agriculture, a green investment consultancy for institutional investors, is incorporating the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment into its services. Charlie Blomfield, managing director of Carthona, said applying these principles ...

Bennelong signs ex-ARIA chief Gibbs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan also invited Gibbs to help formalise what would become the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), which the firm recently signed. Meanwhile, the firm also appointed Jenny Diggle to the ...

PE group adopts ESG

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... PEC and some of the worlds' largest institutional investors. The principles have the backing of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). This means PEC members are required to consider public safety and health issues in target ...

CFS pumps up ESG investing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... 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 need for more ...

VicSuper and HESTA champion ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... 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 to be involved ...