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January 2008
New legal report dubbed “Freshfields 2” in preparation
Co-author, Carlos Joly, says publication is likely to take at least a year.
Responsible Investor & IPE launch ground-breaking RI Landscape survey
Report to be published in May following high-level round table debate.
RI Global news round-up week 29/01/08
RI’s bite-sized round-up of the week’s responsible investment news.
Sweden’s AP7 outlines $500m clean tech mandate ahead of tender
Fund to open tender next week and shortly announce consultant hire for manager selection.
Agricole broker Cheuvreux wins major SRI research award
French research house picks up second Farsight Award for long-term investment report on carbon and utilities
PGGM pulls €37m from PetroChina and adds to weapons blacklist
Four new companies placed on exclusion over links to nuclear weapons and cluster bombs.
Nordic fund mandates for $60m “anti global warming” investments
Tender for climate change specialist is being run through the IPE-Quest.com mandate tender platform.
RI Global news round-up week 21/01/08
RI’s bite-sized responsible investment news feed.
Norges Bank slammed over pension fund engagement “secrecy”
Bank says it will shortly publish list of company engagements.
Ex US secretary of state Albright hired for Norway fund ethics review
Review of controversial divestment policy scheduled to conclude this summer.
Investors team up for reports on climate change finance danger
Sector reports to emerge on electric utilities, oil & gas, real estate and water utilities.
RI global round-up 15/01/08
RI’s bite-sized round-up of the week’s main responsible investment stories.
Conference to debate Norway’s nuclear/cluster bomb boycott
Three companies added to growing blacklist as Norwegian fund hosts key responsible investment meet in Oslo.
Asset managers trail banks on climate change says investor report
European banks lead peers in the US and Asia on risk and product planning.
Union to challenge UK law on ethical investment
Fight continues over Merseyside pension fund’s investments in companies linked to the arms trade.
RI mandate watch 08/01/2008
Live and recently finished responsible investment mandate searches
New ranking of SRI, renewable energy and social funds launched
RI’s regular ranking of Europe’s largest and best selling SRI, renewable and social funds.
RI Global news round-up 08/01/08
RI’s bite-sized report of the world’s major responsible investment stories
UN PRI cuts its teeth with first public investor campaign
Supporters say boost to Global Compact points the way to more sophisticated collaborations.
Metallrente shows the way on RI in Germany
Country’s fastest growing fund explains why RI is a gradual but growing process amongst German peers.
How a TV documentary on cluster bombs became an ESG benchmark
New ranking compares Dutch pension funds on pollution and human rights issues.
How to solve the paradox of active ownership
Successful equity managers tend to be poor active owners, while active owners tend not to win equity mandates. Could unbundling the activities be the solution?
What does Bali mean for institutional investors?
Agreement on a ‘roadmap’ for a post-Kyoto climate agreement gives carbon trading a longer perspective. How should institutional investors react?