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Fink-backed Earth Capital Partners hires team for sustainable agriculture launches

Fink-backed Earth Capital Partners hires team for sustainable agriculture launches

Managers join from IBIS Asset Management.

Merseyside puts RI at heart of new £500m emerging markets mandate tenders

Merseyside puts RI at heart of new £500m emerging markets mandate tenders

Managers will have to demonstrate understanding of ESG and governance in investment.

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

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

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

Fund managers predict $700bn rise in RI assets by 2010: RI landscape report

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.

RI Landscape 2008 asset owners survey hits $1.5 trillion

RI Landscape 2008 asset owners survey hits $1.5 trillion

Second part of RI Landscape 2008 for asset managers now open.

Green New Deals for new green investment

Green New Deals for new green investment

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

Could the crisis become a vintage era for clean tech private equity deals?

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.

Why the fund management ownership model has failed

Why the fund management ownership model has failed

If pension funds want good governance they will have to invest in it.

Why should investors get involved in the ‘Better returns in a better world’ project?

Why should investors get involved in the ‘Better returns in a better world’ project?

How alleviating poverty can foster better market conditions in developing countries.

From crisis to catalyst

From crisis to catalyst

How ESG implementation could be the beginning of a solution to the market meltdown.

SNS Asset Management: the growing pains and gains of microfinance

SNS Asset Management: the growing pains and gains of microfinance

Fund manager raising cash for second microfinance fund as institutional commitments grow and industry debates sharpen.

RI interview: Global Compact chief points the way for UNPRI

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.

UN PRI Seoul special: interview with Donald Macdonald, PRI chair

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.

Mainstreaming RI: The Enhanced Analytics Initiative needs you!

Mainstreaming RI: The Enhanced Analytics Initiative needs you!

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

Changing the system: why sell side research must improve

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.

EIRIS: Peter Webster looks back at 25 years of responsible research

EIRIS: Peter Webster looks back at 25 years of responsible research

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

Sub-prime and carbon: an eerie similarity

Sub-prime and carbon: an eerie similarity

Supporting renewable energy is a first step, but banks must also come clean about fossil fuel financing.

Davos review: investor sustainability anyone?

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?

What does Bali mean for institutional investors?

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?

Carbon: a new asset class?

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?

Should pension funds be investing in companies with links to brutal governments?

Should pension funds be investing in companies with links to brutal governments?

Isn’t it time pension funds asked their members about their morals?

Responsible pensions in BP pipeline

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.

Why lack of action on SRI is  the biggest market failure ever.

Why lack of action on SRI is the biggest market failure ever.

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

Clean tech booms despite the bubble talk

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.

Why are corporate pension funds hiding from SRI?

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.

Getting alpha from activism

Getting alpha from activism

Can pension funds profit from increasingly aggressive hedge fund strategies?

Sweden’s AP funds’ ethical umbrella

Sweden’s AP funds’ ethical umbrella

Council gives Swedish state funds responsible investment muscle.

Leveraging the Carbon Disclosure Project

Leveraging the Carbon Disclosure Project

Corporates are doing well in carbon disclosure, so why are investors lagging?

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.

Rising to the ESG challenge of emerging markets

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

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.

Putting faith in engagement

Putting faith in engagement

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

What difference will the UN Principles on Responsible Investment make?

What difference will the UN Principles on Responsible Investment make?

Winning hearts and minds for sustainable prosperity.