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Giant Japanese investor seeks environmental social and governance managers for passive equities
Candidates must be signatories to the UN PRI
February 2012
Olympus scandal highlights need for tighter focus on corporate governance in Japan
Increased levels of accountability and transparency are needed if Japanese companies are to attract long-term shareholders.
December 2011
RI Governance & Engagement, Dec. 1: Class action lawyers looking at Olympus
RI’s regular round-up of governance and engagement news
December 2011
Clean Investor, September 20: New Japan carbon efficient index launched
RI’s regular round-up of clean investing news
September 2011
RI Briefing, August 17: Japan’s SRI market now worth €7.8bn - SIF-Japan
RI’s regular round-up of responsible investment news
August 2011
Japan nuclear crisis firm TEPCO removed from sustainability indices
Deleted over environmental management and health & safety failings
May 2011
Implications of the Japanese nuclear disaster: An ESG research perspective
Financial pressure and public scrutiny on companies who build and operate nuclear plants.
March 2011
Powerful Japanese union, RENGO, issues formal guidelines to pension funds and managers to adopt ESG
Union-linked pension plans account for almost half of the schemes in Japan’s corporate pensions sector.
February 2011
OECD calls on Japan’s giant Government pension fund to integrate ESG
Report suggests world’s largest asset pool should sign up to UN PRI
January 2011
The rising wave of investor/corporate engagement in Japan
How the debate and practice of engagement in Japan has developed.
July 2010
Powerful Japanese trades union body prepares major ESG recommendation for its pension funds
Union confederation says ESG is a way of ‘regaining trust’ in investment.
June 2010
RI round up: Apr 09
RI’s regular round-up of the most important responsible investment news.
April 2010
Sweden’s AP funds shift Grupo Ferrovial, PetroChina and Thales on international convention breaches
Corporate engagements ongoing with Wal-Mart, Toyota and Freeport-McMoRan
May 2009