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 …
NSFM participants in action: Raj Thamotheram and John Fullerton on the biggest mistakes of the financial crisis; Jeremy Leggett on the challenges of being a cleantech entrepreneur; Iveta Cherneva edits new book
We at Ethical Markets Agree with our fellow members of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets in these insightful presentations! Hazel Henderson, Editor Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘NSFM participants in action: Raj Thamotheram and John Fullerton on the biggest mistakes of the financial crisis; …
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 …
Press Release – Individual Principles for the Responsible Investor
What is the Responsibility of an Individual when Engaging in Financial Business? Sustainable Finance Geneva is convinced that individual and collective responsibility is essential to influence the financial sector. Therefore SFG has developed actions principles for professionals in sustainable finance. These principles aim at defining and spreading best practices in …
Demographics to Re-shape a Mature Sector
UPCOMING EVENTS UKSIF “The Kay Review – Interim Report” When Thursday 22 March Who John Kay What Professor John Kay will speak about the preliminary results of his review for the UK government of the effect of UK Equity Markets on the competitiveness of UK business. Where FTSE Group, 10 …
Responsible Investor’s Fourth ESG Europe 2011 Conference Report
More than 260 asset owners, asset managers, corporates and service providers attended Responsible Investor’s fourth ESG Europe 2011 conference in Amsterdam on October 4/5. http://www.responsible-investor.com/images/uploads/ESG_Europe_2011_Report.pdf
Australia to set up $10bn Clean Energy Finance Corp
The Australian Government announced on the weekend it will set up a “Clean Energy Finance Corporation” (CEFC) as a statutory body. The initiative is part of a large package of climate change finance measures, including a long-awaited carbon tax. Described by ‘Responsible Investor’ magazine as Australia’s version of a Green …
London mayor accused of dumping pensions liabilities on protection fund
A publication from Investment & Pension Europe London mayor accused of dumping pensions liabilities on protection fund Assembly that oversees Boris Johnson demands investigation into potential breaches in pensions regulations. 21/04/11 Major Dutch pension schemes continue to boost coverage ratios Pension funds take on RWE over nuclear controversy Members of …
EU launches non-financial reporting consultation: UK MPs call to bolster OFR
RI News Flash: › EU launches non-financial reporting consultation: UK MPs call to bolster OFR Click here to read the newsletter…
Responsible Investor Alert: CalPERS shifts $500m into internally-run environmental index strategy
RI News Alert: › CalPERS shifts $500m into internally-run environmental index strategy ESG Headlines from IPE.com: › Investors call for action on climate change ahead of Cancún negotiations › Stewardship Code will fail without active engagement, warns Aviva Investors Click for the newsletter