Last updated: 28 June 2011 Issue 18 Contact us Jane Ambachtsheer, Partner and Global Head of Mercer’s Responsible Investment business, has been chosen as the honorary recipient of the Social Investment Organization’s 2011 Canadian SRI Lifetime Achievement Award. The Social Investment Organization (SIO) is a national membership-based organization that includes …
€4.6bn Dutch development bank FMO signs up to UN PRI
April 20th, 2011 RI News Alert: › €4.6bn Dutch development bank FMO signs up to UN PRI › ESG input reduces risk on emerging markets/corporate bond exposure: quant report Click here to read the newsletter
Mercer ramps up responsible investment push with senior ESG hires
RI News Flash: › Mercer ramps up responsible investment push with senior ESG hires Click here to read the newsletter
Shareholder engagement: A promising SRI practice
Paris, 22 February 2011 ? Novethic is releasing a study on shareholder engagement practices. In this approach, investors take position on sustainable development issues (Environmental, Social and Governance: ESG) towards companies in order to require from them to improve their reporting or strategy on these areas. This study surveys shareholder …
Expert Interview with Robert Hassler, CEO, oekom research AG, Munich, Germany – December 17, 2010
oekom research AG has been active in the responsible investment field since 1993. It is now one of the world’s leading providers of information on the social and environmental performance of companies, sectors and countries. In partnership with institutional investor and financial service providers, oekom research AG develops innovative investment strategies that combine sustainability research with a high rate of return. Its r sustainability research covers bond and equity issuers – companies, countries and supra-national institutions. When evaluating securities, oekom research AG places a strong emphasis on quality, independence and transparency.
Emerging Markets ESG: How would you define socially responsible investment (SRI)?
Robert Haßler: SRI is the systematic integration of environmental, social and ethical aspects into investment decisions in order to add the responsibility dimension into the whole decision making process.
Five Questions about SRI – Expert Interview with Hazel Henderson
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Hazel Henderson, Editor-in-Chief, Ethical Markets Media LLC By Geoffrey Mazullo on December 3, 2010 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging markets and through Emerging Markets ESG shares this …