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February 2009
SRI fund sales hit 1 billion euro mark in December, green sales positive
RI’s monthly aggregation of European SRI and green fund sales
US pension giant TIAA-CREF attacked over Sudan engagement
Fund says engagement is working and that it is passionate about change in Darfur.
IPE/RI Landscape 2009 survey opens to gauge crisis impact on responsible and sustainable investment
Global survey for 2009 now open to both institutional asset owners and asset managers.
Australian govt backs world’s first RI academy with Aus$2.5m, floats ESG law changes
Training and academic programmes top of academy agenda.
Rules for ‘lemming-like’ pension funds need revising for market recovery, says think-tank
Investor think-tank says short-termist investment culture needs to be broken.
Giant Norway fund to hire web detectives to check for global ethical breaches
Fund tenders for global and Asian corporate surveillance mandates.
RI round up: Feb 13
RI’s regular round-up of the most important responsible investment stories
World’s biggest buyout firms sign RI guidelines
ESG private equity standards endorsed by USS in the UK.
Prince Charles lead ‘P8’ pensions powerhouse heads to Washington for sustainability push
Meeting aims to structure investment products for developing countries and start capital flows.
Danish pension funds join UNPRI en masse following government push
CSR law allows financial institutions to use PRI signatory status as their legal waiver.
Could the crisis become a vintage era for clean tech private equity deals?
Attractively priced deals and long-term ‘green’ stimulus make market look attractive despite the doldrums.
Rachel Kyte, IFC: P8, Who cares wins and green investing in developing countries
IFC leads call for investor action to spur on Copenhagen agreement this year.
Why the fund management ownership model has failed
If pension funds want good governance they will have to invest in it.
RI interview: Amy Domini on Obama, SRI returns and clipping hedge funds
After a decade ‘out-of-kilter’, Domini believes SRI strategies are in tune with the new US regime.
From Poznan to Copenhagen: policy makers look to investors on climate change policy
Chance now for investors to feed into the negotiating process.