Ever improving and widening our net, the Sustainability HQ™ team is updating its current organizations’ profiles and adding new profiled organizations -- watching the watchers for you. Here are the latest listings with information compiled, organized and written by S HQ staff -- each one providing insight and information reflecting the group’s role in the overall Sustainability and ESG Framework. Track the trends, the news, updates, and the important developments – make Sustainability HQ™ your headquarters for ESG knowledge management. Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)
The Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) invests monies contributed by state and public sector employees for the long-term. Paul Matson is the Director of the ASRS funds, and a nine-member Board of Trustees appoints the director and executive staff which oversees the day-to-day operations. - News Sweeps:House speaker scraps plan to end pensions for elected officials (Thursday - February 10, 2011) Associated Profiles : Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) - The Arizona State Retirement System covers not only state workers but also employees of counties, many cities, as well as those who work for public schools, ...
IDEAM Asset Management
IDEAM describes itself as “Amundi's core sustainability research centre. [IDEAM] is composed of two teams: sustainability analysis and quantitative research.” IDEAM sees SRI as “the financial dimension of sustainable development. Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Kroll Bond Rating Agency describes itself as “a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO), [that] was established by Jules Kroll to restore trust in credit ratings by establishing new standards for assessing risk and by offering accurate, clear and transparent ratings…” - News Sweeps: Kroll Bond Ratings Makes Official Debut With Multi-Media Marketing Campaign (Tuesday - February 08, 2011) Associated Profiles : Kroll Bond Rating Agency(Source: PR Newswire) - With the goal of bringing increased accuracy, accountability and trust to the financial markets, Kroll Bond Ratings (www.krollbondratings.com) today officially launched its credit rating agency with a multi-media marketing... [more]
Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)
The Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) invests monies contributed by state public sector employees for the long-term. The system actually administers ten (10) different plans: six (6) defined benefit plans and four (4) defined contribution plans. - News Sweeps: Dayton opposes use of bankruptcy to avoid pension payments(Monday - February 07, 2011) Associated Profiles : Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) - At the end of FY2010, the Minnesota State Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement Association and the Teachers Retirement Association combined ...
Missouri State Employees Retirement System
The Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS) invests monies contributed by state public sector employees for the long-term. The system administers retirement, life insurance, and long-term disability benefits to most state employees, including members of the Missouri General Assembly, elected state officials, judges, and administrative law judges and legal advisors. - News Sweeps:MOSERS returns 16% in 2010 (Monday - February 07, 2011) Associated Profiles : Missouri State Employees Retirement System - US - The Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) posted returns of 16% in 2010, ending the year with nearly $7.7bn in assets. ... [more]
Schroders
Uses ESG principles in its investment activity. UN PRI signatory. Also emphasizes community involvement and environmental standards within the company. - News Sweeps: Sustainability solutions from Seventeen Events(Thursday - February 10, 2011) Associated Profiles : Schroders - Schroders is one of the companies using Eventberry and they first used the tool at the Schroders Investment Conference, held at the Balmoral in Edinburgh in ...
 Thomson Reuters
The company planned to introduce an environmental, health and safety policy in 2009. It conducts environmental programs through its Thomson Reuters Foundation. Thomson Reuters’s acquisition of Asset4, a prominent ESG research and data company, in late 2009 enables it to expand its business information offerings.
- News Sweeps: Portugal buys time with 3.5 bln euro bond deal-UPDATE 4 (Monday - February 07, 2011) Associated Profiles : Thomson Reuters - The issue, at 360 basis points over mid-swaps according to Thomson Reuters service IFR, translates into a yield of around 6.4 percent -- a hefty cost for ...
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