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EPA: Power plants fuel global warming
(Thursday - January 12, 2012)
Source: Tennessean - WASHINGTON — The most detailed data yet on emissions of heat-trapping gases show that U.S. power plants are responsible for the bulk of the pollution blamed for global warming. Power plants released 72 percent of the greenhouse... Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff
(Thursday - January 12, 2012) Associated Profiles : Verité
Source: AP - Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over jobs that was defused but highlights growing labor unrest as China's ... Brazilian Stock Exchange Nudges Companies Toward CSR Reporting
(Wednesday - January 11, 2012) Associated Profiles : MSCI Group (NYSE: MDX)
Source: Green Biz - FBOVESPA , the Brazilian Stock Exchange, announced this week that it will now recommend that its listed companies either state that they publish a regular sustainability report and where it can be accessed, or explain why ... Commentary An Oil Strategy in Case Iran's Navy Shuts Down the Strait of Hormuz: View
(Thursday - January 12, 2012)
Source: Bloomberg - Let's just say Iran makes good on its recent threats to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. And let's say that with one-fifth of the world's oil supply bottled up, the price of a barrel of oil then almost doubles, as some analysts...
Sovereign Wealth Funds Libya approves appointment of SWF board of trustees
(Thursday - January 12, 2012) Associated Profiles : Libyan Investment Authority
Source: Reuters - TRIPOLI - Libya's interim government has approved the appointment of a board of trustees for the $65 billion Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), the state news agency reported on Wednesday, paving the way for ... UAE's oil pipeline bypassing Strait of Hormuz ready by mid-2012
(Tuesday - January 10, 2012) Associated Profiles : International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC)
Source: Menafn Arab News - UAE Minister for Energy, Mohammad Bin Dha'en Al Hameli, said that by mid-2012, the oil export pipeline which would bypass the strategic Strait of Hormuz, would be completed and operational ... Davos: 10 power brokers to watch at the World Economic Forum
(Sunday - January 08, 2012) Associated Profiles : Canadian Pension Plan (SPF)
Source: Telegraph - The key people who are aiming to pull the eurozone back from the brink. World waits for China to open up
(Friday - January 06, 2012) Associated Profiles : China Investment Corporation
Source: eFinancial News - China is holding its once-every-five-year state meeting on the direction of its financial markets today and tomorrow, and the decisions the country's leaders take is set to have a large impact not only on the domestic... Asset Managers Emerging Market Stocks: Can Emerging Markets Make a Comeback in 2012'
(Thursday - January 12, 2012) Associated Profiles : BlackRock Investment Management
Source: The Motley Fool - Interested in giving your portfolio an exposure to 2012 emerging markets'.., How India, China still contribute half of world's growth
(Wednesday - January 11, 2012) Associated Profiles : BlackRock Investment Management
Source: Rediff.com - Despite slowing down, China and India continue to contribute more than half of the world's economic growth, a new report by an investment management and advisory services firm has claimed. Thomas Kostigen's Impact Investor: Trust but verify companies' sustainability claims
(Friday - January 06, 2012) Associated Profiles : MSCI Group (NYSE: MDX)
Source: MarketWatch - A new policy on environmental and sustainable trust but verify needs to be born, writes Thomas Kostigen. US Pension Funds Hatch says he will introduce bill to reduce local government pension costs
(Thursday - January 12, 2012)
Source: American City and County - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, says he will introduce legislation this year that will seek to reduce the costs of local and state government employees' retirement benefits. According to Bloomberg News, Hatch made the... Company stands by benefits of its foreign currency trades
(Sunday - January 08, 2012) Associated Profiles : New York City Comptroller's Office: Bureau of Asset Management
Source: Pittsburghlive.com - The list includes agencies that represent retirees in half of the 50 states, familiar companies such as Walt Disney, General Motors and Best Buy. They are among about 160 clients that the New York attorney general's office says... Pennsylvania considers joining wave of suits against BNY Mellon
(Friday - January 06, 2012) Associated Profiles : Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - The Pennsylvania Treasury Department plans to decide this month whether it will take legal action against Bank of New York Mellon and join a list of litigants claiming the bank overcharged pension funds and other large investors... | Corporate ESG Performance Factors are important to financial analysts, asset owners and managers, and many stakeholders. The ESG framework or approach considers environmental and energy issues and impacts, the company's positioning and actions on social/societal issues, and corporate governance. ESG key performance indicators are also considered proxies for effective governance and management of corporations by investors. Dozens of independent research and financial analysis firms are monitoring and measuring these and advising investors. The Sustainability HQ™ platform is an important profiling and monitoring resource for the G&A team, and for our clients and subscribers. Many of the ESG market players and corporate reputation influencers are profiled by G&A Institute. In these Highlights we offer a few of the results of our continuous global scanning for ESG, sustainability and corporate responsibility news, commentary and research from thousands of global sources. The Associated Profiles indicated are contained in our platforms. For more information, email us atinfo@sustainabilityhq.com. _______________________________
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Watching the Watchers  EUROSIF – European Social Investment Forum
Headquarters: Paris, France
Established: 2001
KEY PARTNERS
Vigeo/Avanzi and Morningstar Europe collaborate with Eurosif on the "SRI Funds Service."
OVERVIEW / MISSION
"Eurosif, European Social Investment Forum, was created in 2001 to serve as an umbrella association to cover socially responsible investment issues at the European level." Eurosif notes that, "The approach to SRI has specific national characteristics linked to the particularities of the structure of financial markets and the legislative and cultural environments of each country. Eurosif takes these factors into account and addresses SRI issues with the European scope in mind."
Forum members are pension funds, financial service providers, academic and research institutions, and NGOs. Members' collective assets total more than 1 trillion Euros. Eurosif assists members through four activities:
• European Union lobbying;
• Research related to socially responsible investment (SRI);
• Pan-European initiatives; and
• Events. News Sweeps
AXA IM calls for responsible investment standards
(Monday - December 05, 2011) - Money Management - Nov 20 03:21pm - With responsible investing shaping as a big growth market, global investment manager AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is leading the way in the sector with its focus on transparency. AXA IM to expand responsible investment focus
(Tuesday - November 22, 2011) - Figures from Eurosif, a European think tank on RI issues, have already revealed global funds invested in RI strategies grew from US$3.6 trillion in 2006 to US$11 trillion in 2010, AXA said. New RI initiatives planned ... [more] Eurosif to reconsider market survey methodology
(Tuesday - October 25, 2011) Source: Environmetal Finance - The European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif) is to reconsider the methodology that underpins its benchmark survey of the size of the European responsible investment market. The Brussels-based association has established a... |
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