ESG News & CommentaryTuesday 07. of October 2008 EAI AND PRI JOIN FORCES TO INTERNATIONALISE THE CALL FOR BETTER INVESTMENT RESEARCHLondon - - The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI) have today announced that they will join forces under the PRI name to internationalise the call for better investment research. With joint assets under management of more than US$15 trillion, this ... Tuesday 07. of October 2008 Carbon Footprints Wall Street Journal“Everybody is talking about it. But what exactly is a carbon footprint? And how is it calculated?” (And – what is it going to cost your company?) The Wall Street Journal’s special section – Monday, October 6, 2008 – Environment – The Journal Report – is a great read on carbon footprints. “Six P... Wednesday 01. of October 2008 Wells Fargo Advantage Funds Debuts Social Sustainability FundFund Focuses on Companies With Positive Environmental, Social, and Governance PoliciesWells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) today announced the launch of the new Wells Fargo Advantage Social Sustainability FundSM. The Fund will employ a two-pronged approach to its investment strategy: The Fund's managers wil... Thursday 25. of September 2008 New Study Says Mainstream Investors are Assessing Labor and Human Rights Sustainability Risks for the First TimeCambridge, Mass September 25 2008 -- -- Mainstream investors for the first time are beginning to assess labor and human rights factors as a way of increasing returns and lowering risk, according to a study released today by Harvard Law School’s Labor and W... Thursday 11. of September 2008 AEGON Acquires ASSET4’s ESG Information to Better Understand ESG Risks and OpportunitiesEdinburgh, United Kingdom - Zug, Switzerland, September 10, 2008 – AEGON Asset Management (UK), which manages around £40 billion* of assets on behalf of individuals, institutions and insurance companies and ASSET4 AG, the leading provider of objective and measurable environmental, social and corpora... Thursday 04. of September 2008 SAM, DOW JONES INDEXES AND STO XX LTD. ANNOUNCESAM, DOW JONES INDEXES AND STO XX LTD. ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF DOW JONES SUSTAINABILITY INDEXES REVIEW 33 Companies Identified As New Global Sustainability Leaders A webcast and further information about the new index constituents and the 19 super sector leaders is available at www.sustainability-i... Monday 11. of August 2008 Environmental, Social and Governance: Moving to Mainstream Investing?The topic of incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria as part of long-term company valuation by financial institutions has been entering mainstream debate in recent years. Although many mainstream financial institutions, such as ABN AMRO and Goldman Sachs, have begun conside... Friday 08. of August 2008 KLD, Ryan ALM and Mergent Launch Family of U.S. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Corporate Bond IndexesBoston, MA and New York, NY, – KLD Research & Analytics, Inc, Ryan ALM, Inc. and Mergent, Inc. announced today the August 1, 2008 launch of the KLD U.S. Corporate Bond (USCB) Index series. These investable indexes are the first to apply environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance factors ... Tuesday 29. of July 2008 Investment Professionals vote ‘ESG’ and ‘Sustainability’ as top descriptions; With 16 descriptions, surely it’s time to agree what to call it?A recent survey of more than 350 global investment professions on the preferred terminology for the SRI /ESG / Responsible Investment etc. sector yields important results: ESG and Sustainability are the preferred terms. Displaying results 31 to 39 out of 39 |
Your Company's ESG - Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors Are Mattering More Now to Institutional Investors (By Hank Boerner, CEO - Governance & Accountability Institute) - Published September/October 2007 in Corporate Finance ReviewPopular Movements: A Challenge for Institutions and Managers (By Hank Boerner, CEO - Governance & Accountability Institute) - Published March/April 2005 in Corporate Finance ReviewEnvironmental, Social, and Governance Concerns Converging on The Corporate World (By Hank Boerner, CEO - Governance & Accountability Institute) - Published July/August 2008 in Corporate Finance Review |
