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LGS and VFMC join 'green' property movement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... property portfolio benchmarking foundation. The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assesses the environmental performance of individual property investments with their environmental real estate targets. The appeal for institutional investors ...

Mercer invests in consulting business

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Mercer has brought in six new faces to its investment consulting business in Australia and New Zealand, including an environmental, social and governance specialist. Environmental expert Dr Richard Fuller joins Mercer from HESTA super fund where he managed ...

ASFA gains new strategy director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... will lead the organisation's strategy on climate change and infrastructure. He has brought a strong grounding in environmental, social and governance issues to the job, having formerly worked with the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. ...

CREATE predicts golden age for stockpickers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... a 'bucket approach', with up to 50 per cent investment in beta products such as ETFs and specific themes such as environmental funds. However, Professor Amin, Rajan, chief executive of the Centre for Research in Employment and Technology in Europe (CREATE) ...

ACFS names award finalists

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... Management Professor Deborah Ralston, director of ACFS, said all the finalists were assessed on their application of environmental, social and governance factors in the areas of investment process, fund governance, risk management, investment philosophy ...

ARIA boosts property sustainability

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... include installing sub-metering within buildings, obtaining national energy and water ratings, and a specialist environmental sustainability consultant to assess each building. "ARIA believes that over our investment horizon, an increasingly fragmented ...

Developed nations raise funds for ADB

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Governments of developed countries are pouring millions of dollars into development funds to help strengthen the financial systems of developing countries in Asia. The Government of Luxembourg has committed a further a,-1.5 million ($2 million) to an ...

Super funds still lag in understanding ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... duties to properly implementing ESG practices, super funds still have a fair way to go in properly incorporating environmental, social and governance factors in their investments, a new report found. New research by Corporate Analysis, Enhanced Responsibility ...

Mercer outlines top trends for 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... outlines overlap with its predictions from this time last year. The asset consultant reiterated its prediction that environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will gain increasing attention, and reaffirmed its view that there will be greater acceptance ...

VicSuper wins sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... Chartered Certified Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (ACCA), are based on the level of on transparency in environmental, social and sustainability reporting and how well they communicate their corporate performance with stakeholders. Last year ...