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Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... voted down shareholder resolutions on climate change despite signing up to the Investor Group on Climate Change. The Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) found that eight members of the Investor Group on Climate Change supported less ...

ACSI calls for ESG, stronger stewardship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... code that could apply to all institutional investors. This comes after ACSI developed the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code in 2018, which it says many investors have volunteered to adopt and ACSI members have been broadly supportive of. That code ...

Industry fund signs stewardship code

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... the latest asset owner to sign up to Australia's new stewardship code. VicSuper is the latest signatory to the Australian Asset Owners Stewardship Code, which is set to play a key role in influencing the behaviour of asset managers in Australia and overseas. ...

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... Australia's first asset owner stewardship code. AustralianSuper and HESTA have committed to the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code, a 14-page document developed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI launched the ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... decision making. The second recommendation calls for the Financial Services Council (FSC) to continue its work with Australian asset managers to strengthen stewardship expectations, including engaging companies on ESG issues. This would be formalised ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... ask the signatories to report their ESG activities and the non-signatories to explain the reason for not signing." Australian-based Challenger Limited, with about $60 billion in assets under management, is also among the PRI's top 20 most recent signatories. ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... average of 2.76. Norway tops the table with 3.73, followed by the Netherlands and Sweden. New Zealand is fifth. Two Australian companies are in the top 12 global firms. Westpac Banking Corp has an overall rating of 5, while Insurance Australia Group ...
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