Investor Statement re: Green Bonds & Climate Bonds

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

UN CLIMATE SUMMIT 23 SEPTEMBER 2014 We, the undersigned signatories to this statement, represent asset owners, investment managers and individual funds managing a combined Two Trillion Dollars of assets. We are substantial investors in the $100 trillion  global bond market. We understand: That climate change poses a significant risk to …

Long-term investment beliefs are focus of P&I-Oxford survey – a few days left to participate!

kristySRI/ESG News

Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘Long-term investment beliefs are focus of P&I-Oxford survey – a few days left to participate!’ Pensions & Investments and Oxford University launched a survey on May 23 exploring long-term investment beliefs. Institutional investors ? including executives at pension funds, foundations, …

Kiernan: RI’s reactions to the Generation Sustainable Capitalism paper were dispiriting..and wrong!

kristySRI/ESG News, Advisors' Forum

Kiernan: RI’s reactions to the Generation Sustainable Capitalism paper were dispiriting..and wrong! That old canard ‘excuse’ of fiduciary responsibility…. by Matt Kiernan | March 23rd, 2012 I have a number of observations to make regarding RI’s March 19 account of some of the initial reaction to Generation’s latest think piece …