The Australian Senate has passed a Democrat amendment to the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) to require super funds and investment managers to disclose their policy on ethical investment. The amendment, which passed with the support of the Labor Party […] lees meer

Dow Jones Indexes, STOXX Limited and SAM Group today announce the launch of a new set of sustainability indexes for European portfolios. The Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Indexes will track the leading European companies in terms of economic, environmental and […] lees meer

Dow Jones Indexes and SAM Group today announced the results of the Annual Review 2001 for the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World). Effective October 5, 2001, the DJSI World will include 312 companies from 62 industries in 26 […] lees meer

Environment Australia published this month 2 reports about sustainability: * The role of Australia’s financial sector in sustainability * A Capital Idea: Realising Value from Environmental and Social Performance The role of Australia’s financial sector in sustainability: Recognising the growing […] lees meer

Friends of the Earth U.K. survey reveals that over half of the largest pension funds either are not taking steps to implement their social investing policy or they have no social investing policy. It was a little over a year […] lees meer

"Green" mutual funds have flourished in the three decades since the August 8, 1971 launch of the Pax World Balanced Fund, the first mutual fund in the United States to use broad-based social and financial criteria for screening purposes. A […] lees meer

ASPI Eurozone is the first of a family of indexes that will include companies based solely on their sustainability performance. ARESE, a Paris-based firm that conducts research on corporate social, environmental and sustainability performance, recently announced the introduction of the […] lees meer

Final details including criteria and constituents for FTSE4Good, the new index series for socially responsible investors, were revealed today. A greater percentage of UK companies qualify for inclusion in FTSE4Good than companies from any other country, reflecting the high standards […] lees meer

Companies to be included in the new UK and European tradable FTSE4Good index series will be named by FTSE on Tuesday July 10. On the same day Close Fund Management will also launch the FTSE4Good UK Fund , the first […] lees meer

A new toolkit for pension fund trustees and fund managers is being launched today, May 26, to provide essential advice on how to improve the impact of pension fund investment on people in the poorest countries in the world. The […] lees meer

(Published in The Financial Times of 26 june 2001) Investors are behind an upsurge in auditing for ethics, says Alison Maitland The UK-based chip designer ARM Holdings thinks it is doing pretty well by its shareholders, staff, customers and local […] lees meer