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Ministry of Finance formally launches consultation and outlines debate for future responsible investment strategy.
98 fund managers running $19.4 trillion in assets predict responsible investment market will jump by 35% in next two years.
Second part of RI Landscape 2008 for asset managers now open.
Letter urges Bali delegates to outline framework for reducing carbon and promoting future greenhouse gas solutions.
UK lobby group FairPensions says lack of voting disclosure could prompt government action.
Morley and Sarasin win out for European equities as fund pledges more SRI research for 2008.
Report highlights major responsible developments amongst institutional investors worldwide.
Human rights campaigners list other companies with business in the military-led country.
Letters sent to SEC challenging regulator’s plans on independent board nominees.
Banks and fund managers building stakes in responsible investment
Fund continues environmental trail-blazing with commitment to Triodos fund
Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone and mining group Freeport-McMoRan sold in protest.
Former CalPERS CIO returns to the US after 18 months at UK activist manager
Ethical investment options are proving attractive for Italian employees
Bangalore-based research team will gauge climate change risks and opportunities
After Live Earth, Al Gore’s fund management firm launches a hybrid climate change solutions fund.
Clearinghouse has helped investors join forces to engage with Walmart and car manufacturers
US superfund has Hewlett-Packard and UnitedHealth Group in its sights

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

Georg Kell, executive director of the corporate forerunner of the UNPRI talks about the issues the $14 trillion investor initiative may have to face.

PRI signatories gather in Seoul for the annual progress meeting of the huge investor initiative.

Defined contribution pension savings part of first UK National Ethical Investment Week.

SPF Beheer outlines move from best-in-class to engagement.

Why the biggest challenge now is to get relevant extra-financial analysis direct to mainstream analysts.

The sub-prime crisis has re-opened questions about the quality and independence of sell side research.

UK research company celebrates 25th year of corporate and SRI scrutiny.

Market saviours or dangerous political investors? Sovereign wealth funds have got governments in a funk.
Supporting renewable energy is a first step, but banks must also come clean about fossil fuel financing.

Why sustainability has an impact on real estate value and should play a central role in investment decisions.

Why was the potential role of investors virtually absent from Davos when it has been leading the way on many of the issues?

Country’s fastest growing fund explains why RI is a gradual but growing process amongst German peers.

New ranking compares Dutch pension funds on pollution and human rights issues.

Agreement on a ‘roadmap’ for a post-Kyoto climate agreement gives carbon trading a longer perspective. How should institutional investors react?

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

Investors are already testing the potential of markets in greenhouse gas emissions, but what are the risks and how can they be avoided?

Isn’t it time pension funds asked their members about their morals?
Fund investment committee to consider sweating the assets to take advantage of strong performance at lower risk.

A new breed of indices is being added to the established SRI benchmarks.

Sally Bridgeland, CEO of BT pension trustees explains how the oil and gas company is exploring SRI within the scheme.

Alex van der Velden, executive director of FairPensions talks disinvestment, defined contribution, and benchmarking pension funds and asset managers for sustainability.

Swedish pension fund AP7 says investors have a duty to follow international guidelines for responsible investment.

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

Corporate social responsibility is everywhere, but companies are failing to spot the potential for their pension funds.

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

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

Why the technological revolution will clean up the planet and drive profits.
Can pension funds profit from increasingly aggressive hedge fund strategies?
Council gives Swedish state funds responsible investment muscle.
Corporates are doing well in carbon disclosure, so why are investors lagging?
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 subprime crisis shows the value of extra financial research.

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.
3iG, the global interfaith movement, says it must do more than just exclude companies.
Fund will increase ‘renewables’ if €500m venture with ABP is successful.

Winning hearts and minds for sustainable prosperity.
Long-term investment performance is the firm’s mantra.

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.