Sustainability newsletter: Working towards a Sustainable Future

The newsletter provides an insight into AMP Capital's constructive engagement and our own research. It covers information on social and environmental trends around the world, stock stories and a brief summary of how our Sustainable Alpha research team engages with companies we invest in.

2008

Issue 17, November 2008 (PDF 540Kb)

• When a supplier doesn’t deliver: The sour taste behind melamine in milk
• Corporate governance
• Profile: Ian Woods, Senior Research Analyst
• Research and engagement
• Stock story - Sunshine Gas Limited
• Latest fund performance

Issue 16, May 2008 (PDF 540Kb)

• Climate change and your investments
• Corporate governance
• Profile: Molly Harriss Olson, Advisory Committee Member
• Research and engagement
• Stock story - CSL Limited
• Latest fund performance

2007

Issue 15, Spring/Summer 2007 (PDF 308Kb)

• Stock story: Nomad Building Solutions
• And the winner is.....Microfinance
• Corporate governance
• Profile: David Boyle, Assistant Portfolio Manager/Analyst
• Latest fund performance

Issue 14, March 2007 (PDF 308Kb)

• Stock story: Tassal Group
• Investing in an intangible world
• Corporate Governance
• Profile: Michael Anderson, Director, Sustainable Alpha Funds
• Latest fund performance

2006

Issue 13, October 2006 (PDF 328Kb)

• Stock story: Lend Lease Corporation
• Update on our latest research and corporate engagement
• Corporate Governance Summary
• Profile: Karin Halliday, Manager Corporate Governance
• Latest fund performance

Issue 12, April 2006 (PDF 327Kb)

• Government Corporate Social Responsibility Inquiry
• Stock story: Babcock & Brown
• Update on our latest research and corporate engagement
• Corporate Governance Summary
• Profile: Nick Edgerton, Research Analyst
• Latest fund performance
  

2005

Issue 11, March 2005 (PDF 794Kb)

• Microcredit - a hands up, not a handout!
• Stock story: Gale Pacific Limited
• Stress: An epidemic in the UK workplace?
• Profile: Will Riggall, Asst Portfolio Manager
• Your say: Sustainable reporting
• News: SRI investment performance

2004

Issue 10, October 2004 (PDF 389Kb)

• Product liability, where does the buck stop?
• Stock story: CSR - Building for the future
• Changes to Henderson Global Investors' SRI team
• Profile: Matthew Rey, Portfolio Manager
• Your say: Geosequestration and carbon emissions
• News: Alternative motor vehicle technology

Issue 9, May 2004 (PDF 830Kb)

• More than hot air: Carbon trading – a market solution
• Stock story: Sigma in fine health
• What's new? Trends in company compliance
• Profile: Helga Birden, Chair of Christian Centre for Socially Responsible Investment
• Your say: Fertiliser use in sugar farming

Issue 8, February 2004 (PDF 272Kb)

• The link between sustainability and corporate success
• Stock story: Solar energy systems
• Profile: Mark Wooton, Director of the Poola Foundation
• Your say: Sustainable Future Funds' exposure to smaller companies