Although there is overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is underway and governments are imposing regulations to curb greenhouse gases, the vast majority of the world’s largest investment managers are not factoring climate-related trends into their short- and long-term investment […]
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Green, social and ethical funds in Europe have grown considerably in number and size over the past year, in spite of the fall-out from the financial crisis. The number of retail funds increased over the year to the end of […]
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SAM, the investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, has received its individual results of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) Report on Progress 2009. With a score above 95%*, SAM ranks in the first quartile with regard […]
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A leading private equity firm, Global Environment Fund (GEF), has been named the 2009 Sustainable Investor of the Year by the Financial Times. The award was presented at this years Financial Times and IFC Sustainable Banking Conference in London, which […]
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APG Asset Management, the wholly-owned asset manager of the giant 173bn ($231bn) ABP pension fund for Dutch civil servants, is investing $50m (37.5m) in an energy efficiency project in China in one of the most innovative sustainability moves by a […]
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A resounding 95% of real estate fund managers believe there is a relationship between environmental performance and financial returns, according to a survey of UK and European property funds. However, the majority felt this [relationship] was difficult to quantify at […]
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Consumers have been flocking to ethical alternatives in the banking sector in recent months. Ethical investment is on the road to the mainstream. According to the Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS) £9.8bn is now invested in ethical and environmental funds […]
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HSBC plans to integrate sustainability into its insurance business, launching green’ insurance products across its global operations this year. Sunny Sehgal has been appointed as the bank’s first senior manager for sustainable insurance. He was formerly head of environmental risks […]
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Leading corporate sustainability research organisations from across Europe have launched and been certified against a new international Voluntary Quality Standard (VQS) for Corporate Sustainability and Responsible Investment research.
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In the Netherlands, the investors association for sustainable development, the VBDO (Vereniging van Beleggers voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling), is an expert on different themes in the field of sustainable development. It is therefore quite natural that Vigeo, strengthened by its historical […]
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De halfjaarlijkse review van de FTSE4Good indices heeft geen consequenties gehad voor Nederlandse ondernemingen. Er zijn geen Nederlandse ondernemingen toegevoegd maar ook niet verwijderd. In totaal werden er 23 ondernemingen verwijderd uit de samenstelling van de index en 16 ondernemingen […]
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RiskMetrics Group, Inc., a leading provider of risk and corporate governance services to participants in the global financial markets, announced today that it has agreed to acquire Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. Headquartered in New York, Innovest is a leading provider […]
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