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Engagement
Exclusions, engagements and tax evasions top Norwegian Govt fund review
Ministry of Finance formally launches consultation and outlines debate for future responsible investment strategy.
June 2008
Half of UK’s biggest pension funds have no ESG policy
UK lobby group FairPensions says lack of voting disclosure could prompt government action.
December 2007
European funds join US shareholder proxy battle
Letters sent to SEC challenging regulator’s plans on independent board nominees.
October 2007
$100bn investor coalition fights SEC on shareholder resolutions
Group aims to galvanise 500 institutional investors and thousands of retail investors and flood the SEC with e-mails
September 2007
NYCERS in hunt for responsible asset managers
New York scheme broadens its activist investment approach
September 2007
KPA liquidates tyre and mining stocks over alleged abuses.
Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone and mining group Freeport-McMoRan sold in protest.
September 2007
Hermes fund chief Anson quits
Former CalPERS CIO returns to the US after 18 months at UK activist manager
July 2007
Investor collaboration on the rise - UN PRI
Clearinghouse has helped investors join forces to engage with Walmart and car manufacturers
July 2007
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?
July 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
Investor appeal for ‘packaged’ sustainability products: TBLI Asia report
Investors, entrepreneurs and NGOs converge on Bangkok for TBLI Asia 2008.
June 2008
Asia’s state pension funds: en route to better governance
Funds in China, Korea and Thailand break ground on voting and corporate accountability, but there are still areas to develop.
May 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
Dutch transport funds lay SRI tracks
SPF Beheer outlines move from best-in-class to engagement.
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
EIRIS: Peter Webster looks back at 25 years of responsible research
UK research company celebrates 25th year of corporate and SRI scrutiny.
May 2008
Why sovereign wealth funds have provoked schizophrenia in western markets
Market saviours or dangerous political investors? Sovereign wealth funds have got governments in a funk.
April 2008
Foundations: $600bn of assets that need to get active
Why foundations should use the markets to support their philanthropic work.
March 2008
Canada needs a “say on pay”
Canadian shareholders are weary of the “huge disconnect” between what many executives earn and how the companies they run perform.
February 2008
US Special: Investors rally on say-on-pay and sub-prime votes
Compensation concerns in focus as US meeting season looms.
February 2008
US Special: TIAA-CREF, head of the SRI class
Company plans new SRI strategy to add to microfinance, sustainable real estate and community banking.
February 2008
UN PRI cuts its teeth with first public investor campaign
Supporters say boost to Global Compact points the way to more sophisticated collaborations.
January 2008
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.
January 2008
How a TV documentary on cluster bombs became an ESG benchmark
New ranking compares Dutch pension funds on pollution and human rights issues.
January 2008
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?
January 2008
Darfur: The economic lifeline to genocide
How can institutional investors ensure they are not supporting death in Sudan?
December 2007
Measuring asset managers for responsible investment
How can investors gauge whether their fund managers practice what they preach on RI?
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
The lobby group fighting to make pensions fair
Alex van der Velden, executive director of FairPensions talks disinvestment, defined contribution, and benchmarking pension funds and asset managers for sustainability.
November 2007
Why are corporate pension funds hiding from SRI?
Corporate social responsibility is everywhere, but companies are failing to spot the potential for their pension funds.
October 2007
Getting alpha from activism
Can pension funds profit from increasingly aggressive hedge fund strategies?
October 2007
Sweden’s AP funds’ ethical umbrella
Council gives Swedish state funds responsible investment muscle.
October 2007
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.
October 2007
The Janus-faced foreign investors in China
Greenpeace says investors in China must act responsibly before we all pay the price.
September 2007
The rising sun of institutional SRI in Asia
The SE Asia market for responsible investment is growing, but could be tested in a market downturn.
September 2007
Why being responsible does not mean underperforming in SE Asia
Investment opportunities are ripe, but it pays to know the CSR terrain.
September 2007
NYCERS: walkin’ the activist walk
Michael Musuraca explains how the New York City Employees fund got active.
September 2007
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.
September 2007
Can ‘Made in China’ be responsible?
Theme of the month: Why investors must help clean up South East Asia’s companies.
September 2007
UN PRI adds competitive edge to responsible investing
Can scoring move SRI to the mainstream?
July 2007
Putting faith in engagement
3iG, the global interfaith movement, says it must do more than just exclude companies.
July 2007
What difference will the UN Principles on Responsible Investment make?
Winning hearts and minds for sustainable prosperity.
July 2007
SRI and performance: Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water
Analysts, investors and financial markets are developing a dangerous obsession in expecting corporations demonstrating best practice in corporate and social responsibility to provide better returns.
July 2007
The RI interview: Bob Monks
One of the world’s most prominent corporate governance activists since the 1970s, Bob Monks talks about engagement, hedge fund activists, private equity and why ‘discouraged’ is not part of his vocabulary.
July 2007