Responsible Investor

Institutional asset owners, mostly pension funds and investment foundations, managing over $1.5 trillion in assets say they plan to increase their commitment to responsible investment by $137bn before the end of 2010, according to responses to the first RI Landscape 2008 Asset Owners survey

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The RI Landscape 2008 research, conducted jointly by IPE and Responsible-Investor.com in Q1 2008, has produced invaluable market insights into how the world’s major asset owners and fund managers are investing and expect to invest in light of increased pressure and financial opportunity regarding Read More »

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, a member of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has built up a wealth of investment skills over 40 years in the asset management business. Around 200 investment professionals with an average of 10 years of investment experience, cover all the major asset classes. As Read More »

Founded in 1841, Bank Sarasin is today one of Switzerland’s leading private banking institutions. Its sustainable success is based on trust, confidentiality, expertise and dedication. Bank Sarasin’s core activities include investment advisory and asset management services for private and Read More »

THEMATIC FULL REPORT: The Thematic Investment report pulls together the latest thinking on responsible thematic investing covering clean energy, clean technology, climate change, infrastructure, timber & forestry, and water. Each set of chapters is written by product providers offering specific Read More »

THEMATIC CHAPTER: Clean energy companies focus on innovative technology and services for the generation and use of cleaner energy sources, conservation and efficiency; their objective is to advance renewable energy in general. A sign of the dynamism of the clean energy business are the Read More »

THEMATIC CHAPTER: Climate change has moved to the top of the agenda as one of the most important long-term risks (and opportunities) facing investors. But greenhouse gases are far from the sole sustainable development challenges with massive economic impacts. Closely related issues such as growing Read More »

THEMATIC CHAPTER: In 1972, a report by three renowned scientists from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) shocked the world. The report ‘The Limits to Growth’, alternatively known as the Meadows Report after the main authors, basically stated that mankind was on an unsustainable course. Read More »

THEMATIC CHAPTER: On a daily basis we are bombarded with news on climate change. While a few sceptics remain, it is now accepted by the majority that we are experiencing global warming and human activity is, at the very least, a contributing factor. Many regard it as the single most serious issue Read More »

THEMATIC CHAPTER: Infrastructure assets represent a broad mix of businesses that provide essential service to society. They include transportation, utility and energy related hard assets. Publicly listed infrastructure assets include toll roads and bridge operators, airport and port operators, Read More »

THEMATIC CHAPTER: Timber and forestry assets include a broad range of forest and paper products companies who have significant amount of forestland under management, timber investment management organizations, and real estate investment trusts which invest solely in timber. Investments in timber Read More »

THEMATIC CHAPTER: On the surface, investing in water should be relatively straightforward. But the choices for investors continue to grow through expansion of index-based-products including listed instruments, such as ETFs. It is becoming critical to investigate specific index methodologies to Read More »