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 …
Reimagine Money: August 2012
August 2012 We hope you have time to read this summer, because we’ve just released 2 new reports – one on impact investing within philanthropy, and another on financing a sustainable food system. Additional beach reading includes our summer newsletter, featuring an article on The Economics of Happiness. Also, John …
Which comes first: the finance or the ESG?
Join your fellow professionals from pension funds, investment banking, asset management and research agencies for ESG and financial training organised by Responsible Investor with the University of St. Andrews. Delegates from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK are already confirmed. ESG Finance Week aims to …
ESG and Financial Training Plus the ESG Finance Lab
ESG AND FINANCIAL TRAINING ? PLUS THE ESG FINANCE LAB Join your fellow professionals from investment banking, asset management and research agencies for ESG and financial training organised by Responsible Investor with the University of St. Andrews. Twenty-two delegates from Germany, Switzerland and the UK are already confirmed. ESG Finance …
Climate, Bonds and Standards by Nick Silver
Sustainable Financial Markets Climate, Bonds and Standards by Nick Silver Posted: 27 Nov 2011 05:34 PM PST NSFM director and Climate Bonds Initiative co-founder Nick Silver sets the bar for investors who say they have a long-term investment approach and a commitment to taking inter-generational matters seriously as they discharge …
UK Companies Act Provides Guidance for Investment Fiduciaries
An article from Sustainable Financial Markets Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT Catherine Howarth and Christine Berry write: There’s a fundamental inconsistency at the heart of the UK corporate governance framework. Company directors’ duties under the Companies Act are based on the concept of ‘enlightened shareholder value’: the UK …