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News Headlines: July 24th, 2008

Norway’s biggest investors go direct to companies for ESG data

Norway’s biggest investors go direct to companies for ESG data »

Initiative could prompt European investors to follow suit as ESG template becomes publicly available.

Second F&C RI specialist leaves prior to sale

Myners says SRI doing nothing to change corporate behaviour

RI round-up July 25

Features: July 2008

RI interview: Global Compact chief points the way for UNPRI

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.

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?

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

Funds in China, Korea and Thailand break ground on voting and corporate accountability, but there are still areas to develop.

Editor's Comment

Exxon and HSBC: hollow victories on pay and governance

Why important AGMs this week at ExxonMobil and HSBC will end up asking more questions than answers.

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

The Investor: The importance of responsible investment: Views from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund

The Investor: Dutch transport funds lay SRI tracks

RI Landscape 2008 Asset Owners

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