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February 2010
New Africa ESG focused boutique pledges 25% of revenues to charities
Firm says donations could create 100,000 African jobs by 2012.
Asia sustainable investments could jump from $20bn to $4 trillion by 2015: Vontobel report
ESG uncertainty holding back investors from bigger allocations.
UK trades unions and NGOs unite for pension fund e-mail campaign over BP/Shell tar sands
Website lists pension funds and managers with shares in oil giants.
RI round-up Feb 19
RI’s regular round-up of the most important responsible investment news.
Shell freezes exec salaries and includes sustainability performance after shareholder pressure
Oil giant cites ‘open and constructive’ shareholder dialogue
RIAA seeks manager for Australian RI Academy
Govt backed Academy to push training, education and research.
Private equity push at SAM as Robeco PE chief takes executive position
Andrew Musters steps up to exec committee at Swiss sustainability house.
UNPRI coalition targets 86 major companies on Global Compact failure
Group targets reporting “laggards” that risk ejection.
Myners plans ‘long-only, long-term’ investor governance activist lobby group
NAPF launches governance guidelines in response to governance debate
Towers Watson chief says integrating sustainability could save pension funds 100bps per annum
Long-term investment and ESG integration advocated by influential investment advisor.
Pitt-Watson to advise Kiernan sustainable funds start-up - investment heads named
Inflection Point Capital Management launches with three investment strategies
Church of England funds sell millions in Vedanta shares boycott
Blacklisting follows failed engagement on human rights concerns.
Former Mercer Europe RI head Emma Hunt joins rival consultant Towers Watson
Consultant cites growing RI demand from clients.
Sales of SRI funds drop again, green fund sales hold steady
Monthly retail SRI receipts down, but slowed depression.
TIAA-CREF calls for proactive institutional investors to prevent market crises
Policy paper looks at lessons learned from financial crises.
SAM chief executive steps down over Robeco strategy dispute after just a year in top job
Swiss sustainability manager names interim dual CEOs
Number of Dutch schemes with SRI policies doubles within three years, say pension associations
Survey by Dutch occupational pension umbrella organisations.
Dispelling the myths about Asian corporate governance
By focusing on popularized myths and preconceptions, real underlying issues in Asia will not be addressed.
Why I think the long-term investment debate could finally be moving forward: Raj Thamotheram
Hard-headed empirical research such as Mercer’s latest report is pushing the discussion.
Corporate governance agencies: the need for transparent voting decisions
Shouldn’t proxy voting groups be held to the same accountability as the corporates they challenge?