Responsible Investor

Themed green funds continue sales boom

Screened ESG fund sales fall during December, however.

British Telecom pension scheme puts £75m into new UK green tech fund

Investment in Hermes-run portion of government innovation fund.

Bloomberg buys New Energy Finance

Prince Charles to propose ‘pension plan for the planet’

Plan follows discussions with institutional investors.

World Bank aims to structure joint climate change products with pension funds

Bank examines asset allocation with pension funds to find appropriate products.

Exclusions, engagements and tax evasions top Norwegian Govt fund review

Ministry of Finance formally launches consultation and outlines debate for future responsible investment strategy.

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.

Time is ripe for institutional carbon investment says major industry report

Reports analyses return prospects for carbon abatement sectors.

Sweden’s AP7 targets €100m clean tech investments

Fund weighs up options for potential returns from renewables.

RI global news round up

The RI news you may have missed this week.

CDP: Investors fail to match corporate carbon interest

Former US President Bill Clinton launches fifth Carbon Disclosure Project survey in New York.

ABP builds in renewable energy infrastructure

Fund continues environmental trail-blazing with commitment to Triodos fund

HSBC hires Henderson SRI head for global eco research hub

Bangalore-based research team will gauge climate change risks and opportunities

Generation targets private equity and small caps

After Live Earth, Al Gore’s fund management firm launches a hybrid climate change solutions fund.

An investor’s look ahead to Copenhagen

Investors need a common playing field with clear long-term rules of the game in terms of greenhouse gases.

Green New Deals for new green investment

What could the various green global economic stimuli mean for institutional investors?

ATP chief outlines appetite for future climate change investments

Giant Danish fund expects to commit more after initial clean tech/renewables and sustainable forestry investments.

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.

From Poznan to Copenhagen: policy makers look to investors on climate change policy

Chance now for investors to feed into the negotiating process.

Crisis to opportunity: policy suggestions for the inauguration of the Obama administration

Stronger governance, investor rights and a green-based economic revival.

Impax: the UK fund manager blazing a green trail

Annual AUM growth of 25% in the last five years as environmental specialism pays off.

Climate change investing for pension funds – commercial decision or altruism?

By acting on climate change, schemes can help to protect returns from existing and future investments.

How to help institutional investors support the UN Green New Deal

Tax breaks and co-investment could really swing investors behind the climate change fight.

Sovereign wealth funds: the future of ESG investing?

Attacked for political investing, could sovereign wealth funds actually be the most important future trend in ESG finance?

Investor appeal for ‘packaged’ sustainability products: TBLI Asia report

Investors, entrepreneurs and NGOs converge on Bangkok for TBLI Asia 2008.

Why investors must examine the $1.75 trillion climate change action plan

$10bn clean tech investment plus real estate goals shows where enlightened investors are heading.

Nest - Swiss RI pension performance in action

After 25 years of solid returns, fund plans to increase risk and looks to private equity and hedge funds.

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.

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.

Clean tech booms despite the bubble talk

Investor allocations soar, but research is key to finding the sectors that will match future political decisions on climate change.

Schroders heralds the changing investment climate

CIO Alan Brown says fund managers will also come under pressure on their own internal environment policy.

How to invest in clean tech

A guide to selecting investment strategies and fund managers in this nascent asset class.

Climate change: mother of invention and investment returns

Why the technological revolution will clean up the planet and drive profits.

Going Green – the investment opportunities

Theme of the month: Finding the new industries that will profit from the drive to a better environment.

ABP’s total responsible investment strategy

Rob Lake, senior portfolio manager for environmental, social and governance at ABP, the €221bn ($311bn) pension fund for Dutch civil servants, talks clean tech, engagement and cluster bombs.

The Janus-faced foreign investors in China

Greenpeace says investors in China must act responsibly before we all pay the price.

Calculating the carbon footprint of Chinese companies

Credible reporting is crucial to solve China’s growing CO2 problem

Rising to the ESG challenge of emerging markets

Are long-term investors fully aware of the growing importance of ESG issues in emerging markets investments?

USS shows enterprise in engagement

David Russell, co-head of Responsible Investment at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the £31bn (€46bn) second largest UK pension fund, explains how its SRI strategy is not just about risk but also reward.

Can ‘Made in China’ be responsible?

Theme of the month: Why investors must help clean up South East Asia’s companies.

Putting faith in engagement

3iG, the global interfaith movement, says it must do more than just exclude companies.

PGGM comes clean on private equity

Fund will increase ‘renewables’ if €500m venture with ABP is successful.

Blood and Gore: talking ‘bout their Generation

Long-term investment performance is the firm’s mantra.