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October 2007
Total hit as investors pull millions over Burma links
Human rights campaigners list other companies with business in the military-led country.
PGGM makes ESG part of €5bn emerging markets investments
Fund hires Mercer for landmark manager search.
Majority of academic and broker research supports ESG performance link
Review of current research concludes that performance will not be affected and could be enhanced.
RI Global news round-up week end 26/10/07
The global RI news round-up.
Fund managers fail to practice what they preach on SRI
Debate called for on ‘responibility’ of environmental themed funds.
RI global news round up
All the week’s RI news you might have missed.
European investors take action against Burma
Engagement precursor to divestment if companies don’t take action, say funds.
Sweden’s AP7 targets €100m clean tech investments
Fund weighs up options for potential returns from renewables.
ABP and PGGM confirm major renewable infrastructure investment
Delta Lloyd and Rabobank join €500m commitment to Triodos managed fund
Trustees increasingly convinced of ESG investment impact
Survey says alignment of pension fund and company CSR policy growing
RI global news round up
The RI news you may have missed this week.
European funds join US shareholder proxy battle
Letters sent to SEC challenging regulator’s plans on independent board nominees.
Crédit Agricole buys 100% control of SRI subsidiary
Banks and fund managers building stakes in responsible investment
RI global news round up
The RI news you may have missed this week.
RI mandate watch
Live and recently finished responsible investment mandate hires.
Clean tech booms despite the bubble talk
Investor allocations soar, but research is key to finding the sectors that will match future political decisions on climate change.
Why are corporate pension funds hiding from SRI?
Corporate social responsibility is everywhere, but companies are failing to spot the potential for their pension funds.
Schroders heralds the changing investment climate
CIO Alan Brown says fund managers will also come under pressure on their own internal environment policy.
How to invest in clean tech
A guide to selecting investment strategies and fund managers in this nascent asset class.
Climate change: mother of invention and investment returns
Why the technological revolution will clean up the planet and drive profits.
Getting alpha from activism
Can pension funds profit from increasingly aggressive hedge fund strategies?
Sweden’s AP funds’ ethical umbrella
Council gives Swedish state funds responsible investment muscle.
Leveraging the Carbon Disclosure Project
Corporates are doing well in carbon disclosure, so why are investors lagging?
Going Green – the investment opportunities
Theme of the month: Finding the new industries that will profit from the drive to a better environment.
ABP’s total responsible investment strategy
Rob Lake, senior portfolio manager for environmental, social and governance at ABP, the €221bn ($311bn) pension fund for Dutch civil servants, talks clean tech, engagement and cluster bombs.