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November 2007
Finnish church names managers for initial overseas SRI commitment
Morley and Sarasin win out for European equities as fund pledges more SRI research for 2008.
Germany lags in global SRI adoption comparison
Report highlights major responsible developments amongst institutional investors worldwide.
RI Global news round-up 26/11/07
RI’s bite-sized summary of the week’s responsible investment news.
ESG leaders reveal approaches at TBLI conference
UK’s Environment Agency wins award for best investor at inaugural ESG Leaders Awards.
US investors take climate change challenge to Congress
Institutions appeal to UNPRI signatories to back lobbying on US Energy Bill.
Cluster bomb revelations lead to RI benchmark for Dutch pension funds
Research company behind controversial documentary to start RI ranking in December.
RI Global news round-up 20/11/07
RI’s bite-size summary of responsible investment news.
Environment Agency reviews property, infrastructure, forestry and cleantech
Fund’s tri-annual review could increase risk and broaden its palette of RI asset classes.
Investors to rank big pharma on disease prevention
Index of pharmaceutical companies and their policies on acces to medicines will begin in spring next year.
Church puts investment muscle behind supermarket attack
Church of England calls for debate on retail practices that are squeezing farmers.
Norway fund blacklisted company protests decision
Firm says it was unable to defend itself over €9m Norwegian share boycott.
RI Global news round-up week end 09/11/07
A round-up of the RI news you need to know.
UK public pension funds warm to responsible investment
Mandates could follow increasing number of strategic reviews on ESG issues.
European SRI mutual fund assets jump 43%
Total SRI fund assets rises to €49bn while number of funds grows to 437.
RI Global news round-up week end 02/11/07
Summary of the news stories you need to know about.
Should pension funds be investing in companies with links to brutal governments?
Isn’t it time pension funds asked their members about their morals?
Australia takes a lead on responsible investment
Support for the UNPRI is growing rapidly in Australia as investors use it as their framework for SRI.
Environment Agency plans sequel to £1.5bn SRI success
Fund investment committee to consider sweating the assets to take advantage of strong performance at lower risk.
Indices rise to the sustainability challenge
A new breed of indices is being added to the established SRI benchmarks.
Responsible pensions in BP pipeline
Sally Bridgeland, CEO of BT pension trustees explains how the oil and gas company is exploring SRI within the scheme.
The lobby group fighting to make pensions fair
Alex van der Velden, executive director of FairPensions talks disinvestment, defined contribution, and benchmarking pension funds and asset managers for sustainability.
Why lack of action on SRI is the biggest market failure ever.
Swedish pension fund AP7 says investors have a duty to follow international guidelines for responsible investment.