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APG, PGGM and USS create index of greenest property companies
Launch follows disappointing environmental reporting levels found by survey.
January 2010
ATP seeds €400m sustainable forestry investment programme
Fund to buy FSC certified timberland in North America, Australia, New Zealand and EU.
March 2009
Multi trillion dollar investor coalition unites to lobby governments on emissions targets
Call comes ahead of major Poznan and Copenhagen climate change summits.
November 2008
World Bank aims to structure joint climate change products with pension funds
Bank examines asset allocation with pension funds to find appropriate products.
November 2008
Fund managers predict $700bn rise in RI assets by 2010: RI landscape report
98 fund managers running $19.4 trillion in assets predict responsible investment market will jump by 35% in next two years.
June 2008
RI Landscape 2008 asset owners survey hits $1.5 trillion
Second part of RI Landscape 2008 for asset managers now open.
March 2008
Investors push politicians for Bali post-2012 climate action
Letter urges Bali delegates to outline framework for reducing carbon and promoting future greenhouse gas solutions.
December 2007
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.
February 2009
Why the fund management ownership model has failed
If pension funds want good governance they will have to invest in it.
February 2009
From crisis to catalyst
How ESG implementation could be the beginning of a solution to the market meltdown.
October 2008
RI interview: Global Compact chief points the way for UNPRI
Georg Kell, executive director of the corporate forerunner of the UNPRI talks about the issues the $14 trillion investor initiative may have to face.
July 2008
UN PRI Seoul special: interview with Donald Macdonald, PRI chair
PRI signatories gather in Seoul for the annual progress meeting of the huge investor initiative.
June 2008
The importance of responsible investment: Views from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund
How New Zealand runs its NZ$13.5 bn (€6.8bn) national pension fund to protect the country’s reputation.
May 2008
Mainstreaming RI: The Enhanced Analytics Initiative needs you!
Why the biggest challenge now is to get relevant extra-financial analysis direct to mainstream analysts.
May 2008
Changing the system: why sell side research must improve
The sub-prime crisis has re-opened questions about the quality and independence of sell side research.
May 2008
EIRIS: Peter Webster looks back at 25 years of responsible research
UK research company celebrates 25th year of corporate and SRI scrutiny.
May 2008
Australian super funds get rated on climate change
SuperRatings launches ‘Infinity Award’ to rate funds taking climate change seriously.
April 2008
Sub-prime and carbon: an eerie similarity
Supporting renewable energy is a first step, but banks must also come clean about fossil fuel financing.
March 2008
RI Interview: Paul McNamara, co-chair, UNEP FI Property Working Group
Why sustainability has an impact on real estate value and should play a central role in investment decisions.
February 2008
Davos review: investor sustainability anyone?
Why was the potential role of investors virtually absent from Davos when it has been leading the way on many of the issues?
February 2008
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?
January 2008
Carbon: a new asset class?
Investors are already testing the potential of markets in greenhouse gas emissions, but what are the risks and how can they be avoided?
December 2007
Should pension funds be investing in companies with links to brutal governments?
Isn’t it time pension funds asked their members about their morals?
November 2007
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.
November 2007