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News Headlines: September 8th, 2008

UK Environment Agency awards £185m in RI mandates

UK Environment Agency awards £185m in RI mandates »

Pension fund places UNPRI signatory status at the heart of its manager selection process.

SRI funds sold heavily as equity market falls bite

RI round up: Sept 4

ABP boosts microfinance commitment with new money

Features: September 2008

SNS Asset Management: the growing pains and gains of microfinance

SNS Asset Management: the growing pains and gains of microfinance »

Fund manager raising cash for second microfinance fund as institutional commitments grow and industry debates sharpen.

The Investor

Mn Services: The former Dutch politician now engaging with Wal-Mart

RI talks to Kris Douma, who leads the governance of 2000 companies worldwide for Mn Services, the Dutch pension fund manager.

Spotlight

Sovereign wealth funds: the future of ESG investing?

Attacked for political investing, could sovereign wealth funds actually be the most important future trend in ESG finance?

Interview

RI interview: Global Compact chief points the way for UNPRI

Georg Kell, executive director of the corporate forerunner of the UNPRI talks about the issues the $14 trillion investor initiative may have to face.

The Industry Speaks

Ceres: the US investor coalition advising the UN, lobbying the SEC and investing $10bn in renewables

Ceres President, Mindy Lubber, explains how US policy is coming around to its way of thinking on the environment.

Spotlight: Asia’s state pension funds: en route to better governance

Editor's Comment: Exxon and HSBC: hollow victories on pay and governance

Spotlight: DC pension saving: the next ethical consumer boom?

RI Landscape 2008 Asset Owners

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