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UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... 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 and social ...

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 has ...

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 ...

Aviva pushes PRI cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... practices will now extend to all global holdings on the MSCI World Index. The firm is also including the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) in its contracts with other firms to assess and compare global best practice. "Aviva ...

AusSuper appoints Comms GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... advocate, he was heavily involved in developing the HESTA Eco Pool and Telstra Super's signing of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Ian Silk, AustralianSuper chief executive, said Coyle will drive AustralianSuper's responsible ...

PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatories are using their collective $6 trillion investment might to persuade around 9,000 companies to sign a set of corporate social responsibility standards. The 52 strong group wrote ...

First State Super joins UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... State Superannuation Scheme, representing more than $15.4 billion in funds under management, signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The super fund joins other New South Wales government affiliated fund, Local Government ...

UN launches PRI think tank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) initiative has taken another step to bridge the gap between research and integration by creating a global network of PRI experts. The PRI Academic Network was launched at the European ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... fund will look towards increasing its ability to monitor investment activities and working with the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing on responsible investment guidance for all asset classes.