ShareAction (formerly FairPensions) welcomes the announcement of the terms of reference of the Law Commission’s review into fiduciary duty.

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

ShareAction: Review of investors’ duties a ‘major step forward’ ShareAction has welcomed Vince Cable’s announcement of the terms of reference for the Law Commission’s review of investors’ fiduciary duties. The announcement, made as the Secretary of State appeared before a Select Committee inquiry into the Kay Review, represents the implementation …

Greentech Media’s Solar Newsletter | Mar 18, 2013

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

March 18, 2013 LATEST NEWS: Abengoa Solar, BrightSource Partner on World’s Biggest CSP Power Tower Project  Herman K. Trabish – March 18, 2013 Provided financing can be arranged Suntech Update: Huge Chinese Solar Firm Defaults  Eric Wesoff – March 18, 2013 Once the world’s largest solar manufacturer, now just one …

The Challenge of Institutional Investment in Renewable Energy

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance

David Nelson and Brendan Pierpont, Climate Policy Initiative, March 2013             Available via Creative Commons A move toward renewable energy sources will require significant long-term, low-cost investment. Policymakers, faced with fiscal constraints and a still-recovering financial system, have begun to look to institutional investors – principally pension funds and insurance …

Green Transition Scoreboard® Finds Over $4.1 T in Private Green Investments

Jay OwenTV Series, Poetry by Hazel Henderson

St. Augustine, FL, March 4, 2013 –  The year 2013 promises long strides away from the fossil-fueled Industrial Era as illuminated by the Ethical Markets Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) which tracks private investments growing the green economy worldwide since 2007, finding $4.1 trillion invested or committed as of Q4 2012. …

A Bonding Experience

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Bond risk Our thinking about the role of future environmental politics on capital markets has extended to another asset class – fixed income. Carbon Tracker recently collaborated with global credit-ratings agency Standard & Poors to publish ‘What a carbon-constrained future could mean for oil companies’ creditworthiness’.  This report assesses the …

Sustainability in Korea – Performance & Trends 2013

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Sustainability in Korea 2013   Corporate Sustainability Korea: Performance & Trends 2013 The results of the 6th annual Korean ESG review show that management awareness for sustainability management has been further increasing, accelerated strongly since the financial crises of 2008/2009. However, certain areas remain challenging, with little improvement made over recent years. This …

Novethic Research: Looking for measuring ESG investment performance

Jay OwenTV Series

Looking for measuring ESG investment performance 18 February 2013. For the first time, Novethic has analysed the SRI performance indicators developed by some asset managers and a handful of asset owners. The aim is to measure, for example, whether socially responsible investment contributes to generating fewer carbon emissions, creating more …

Four Sustainability Leaders Selected to Join International Society of Sustainability Professionals Sustainability Hall of Fame™

Jay OwenSustainability News, Advisors' Forum

Congratulations to Hazel Henderson as one of this year’s inductees to the ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame.  We thank you for your unfailing faith in the work we do.  ~ Ethical Markets TeamPls post to Sust News and advisors forum with the extra text below.   Hello all – Our …

LP-GP Forum: Clean Energy & Sustainability

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  The most active investors in renewable energy, cleantech and sustainability will be gathering in London on 12 February at the 5th annual LP-GP Forum: Clean Energy & Sustainability The Forum, which is hosted by New Energy World Network and AltAssets, has effectively established itself as a pre-eminent ‘networking club’ for the …

Strategic allocations to factor premiums: the next big thing?

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

10-07-2012 | Insight | David Blitz, PhD “Why limit yourself to the equity premium,” asks David Blitz, Head, Robeco Quantitative Equity Research, “when there are systematic factor strategies that outperform market-cap-weighted benchmarks?” Recent research from Robeco looks at how to translate the theory of factor premium investing into practice. Innovative …