Extel WeConvene and www.sri-connect.com announce that the IRRI 2014 Survey is now open for voting and that this year’s search for the best SRI & Corporate Governance analysts in the world is now underway. The IRRI 2014 survey (Independent Research in Responsible Investment) identifies and rewards the SRI and Corporate …
18th Update of Emerging Markets ESG Database of Contacts in SRI
Friday, July 25, 2014 Emerging Markets ESG publishes the 18th edition of its Updated Database of Contacts in the Field of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI). The Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program published an inaugural Database of Contacts in the Field of SRI on the capital markets research page of the …
18th Update of Emerging Markets ESG Database of Contacts in SRI
Friday, July 25, 2014 Emerging Markets ESG publishes the 18th edition of its Updated Database of Contacts in the Field of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI). The Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program published an inaugural Database of Contacts in the Field of SRI on the capital markets research page of the …
UN Coalition of Leading Investors Outlines a New Corporate Governance Paradigm for Sustainability
Ethical Markets welcomes this initiative! Hazel Henderson, Editor Media Release UN Coalition of Leading Investors Outlines a New Corporate Governance Paradigm for Sustainability Integrated Governance – A new model of governance for sustainability Geneva, 16 June 2014 – Integrated Governance – A new model of governance for sustainability, a …
CSRwire: The Failure of Fiduciary Duty: A Ready-to-Use Corporate Umbrella?
Daily News Alert The Failure of Fiduciary Duty: A Ready-to-Use Corporate Umbrella? “Companies that use the excuse of “fiduciary duty” to avoid good corporate behavior aren’t serving their investors well.” It used to be that the relationship between a stockowner and a company was clear. You invested money, …
Emerging Markets ESG – Gender Composition of Management Boards and Supervisory Boards of Companies Listed on the Main Index of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the WIG20, as of June 30, 2013
According to the Polish Central Statistical Office, there are currently more women (51.6%) than men (48.4%) in Poland. Despite this, the proportion of women in top management and on the boards of the largest listed companies in Poland remains strikingly low. Agnieszka Ploetzing, graduate of the School of American Law …
Values: Investing to Reduce Returns – Of CO2
Investing to Reduce Returns – Of CO2 On May 9, 2013, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported an ominous milestone from an observatory in Hawaii. Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) had reached 400 parts per million (ppm), nearly 22 ppm above average levels one decade ago and well …
IDB: Latin American public banks show strong potential to help address climate change and foster productive development
June 18, 2013 – Webstories Latin American public banks show strong potential to help address climate change and foster productive development Public development banks represent 10 percent of lending in Latin America and the Caribbean Public Development Banks (PDBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean provide more than $700 billion in …
Mercer’s Responsible Investment Update: Professional Interest Heating Up Around Climate Change
IN ISSUE 23: MAY 2013 Professional Interest Heating Up Around Climate Change Considering ESG Risk in Credit Analysis and Corporate Bond Portfolios International Codes and Conventions: Are Pension Funds Still Missing in Action? Maximizing Investment Outcomes from Indigenous Settlements Inspiration Profile: Jane Ambachtsheer 2013 up in Lights – Team Press …
The Future of Fraud Detection | Event Alerts | Presentations from May 14 Seminar
May 17, 2013 The Future of Fraud Detection: Research Findings on the Prevalence of Accounting Fraud By Lev Janashvili “The probability of a company engaging in a fraud in any given year is 14.5%, and on average, corporate fraud costs investors 22 percent of enterprise value in fraud-committing firms.” Presentations …