Responsible Investor

Clean Investor, January 17: CDP chief named to Clean Development Mechanism panel

RI’s regular round-up of clean investing news

RI Governance & Engagement, Dec. 8: Australian govt looks at role of AGMs

RI’s regular round-up of governance and engagement news

RI People & Appointments, Dec. 5: Switzerland’s Ethos seeks Enviro & Social Sustainability Head

RI’s regular round-up of people news

Clean Investor, November 29: NYSE and Bloomberg team up on clean energy indices

RI’s regular round-up of clean investing news

Clean Investor, November 8: Clean tech investments by NBIM, Generation IM

The round-up of clean investing news

RI People & Appointments, Sept. 19: ICGN names three new board members

RI’s regular Monday round-up of people news

RI Governance & Engagement, August 18: ABP hits snag in Countrywide legal action

RI’s regular review of governance and engagement news

RI People & Appointments, August 15: Generation’s Blood to advise new sustainability partnership

RI’s regular Monday round-up of people and appointments news

RI Governance & Engagement, August 11: Australian super funds release new governance guidelines

RI’s regular review of governance developments

Institutional investor group calls on Shell and Total to cease Syria operations

Co-op invests in West Bank-linked Veolia and Alstom despite misgivings

Investor takes “pragmatic” view of companies’ operations

Swedish AP funds call for Motorola to withdraw from West Bank

AP funds’ Ethical Council also in dialogue with France’s Veolia and Alstom

FTSE4Good deletes software giant Oracle over human and labour rights

South Korea and Israel added to investment universe in review

RI Briefing, March 9: GovernanceMetrics report on women on listed company boards

RI’s regular round-up of sustainable finance news.

Investors call on oil giants to halt cash to Qaddafi’s Libya regime

Proposal to pay oil revenues into Libya Recovery Fund.

RI Briefing, February 2: Ireland starts green financial services centre

RI’s round-up of sustainable finance news.

Norwegian government fund excludes Israel construction firm

Giant fund the latest to exit Africa Israel Investments

Sovereign wealth fund governance forum expands

Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional joins SWF forum

$16trn investor coalition to quiz companies on water

RI round up: Apr 09

RI’s regular round-up of the most important responsible investment news.

Climate investments perform in volatile market: Deutsche report

Simulated portfolio shows performance factor in climate investments.

S&P and Hawkamah combine for first Middle East/North Africa ESG index

IFC backing for ESG methodology.

ESG practices in Africa are improving

Uptake is essential for development and building value, says new PRI signatory, CDC.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

Mainstreaming RI: The Enhanced Analytics Initiative needs you!

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

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?

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?

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?

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?

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

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.

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

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.

Getting alpha from activism

Can pension funds profit from increasingly aggressive hedge fund strategies?

Sweden’s AP funds’ ethical umbrella

Council gives Swedish state funds responsible investment muscle.

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

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

KPA liquidates tyre and mining stocks over alleged abuses.

Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone and mining group Freeport-McMoRan sold in protest.

FREE 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?

Winning hearts and minds for sustainable prosperity.