Selected news
The following news have been selected due to their relevance for SFG members and sustainable finance professionals active in Geneva and Switzerland.
Forget Cancún. What we need are Unreasonable CEOs. | |
As I left last year’s failed Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, it dawned on me that the search for a new global agreement on climate change under the auspices of the UN is providing perfect cover for inaction by business leaders. Take BP’s then CEO, Tony Hayward who, to paraphrase his words from the Copenhagen [...] |
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Impact Investments – An emerging asset class | |
Investments intended to create positive impact beyond financial return Impact investments are investments intended to create positive impact beyond financial return. This definition captures the key themes characterizing impact investments as illustrated in Figure 1: impact investments provide capital, expecting financial returns, to businesses (fund managers or companies) designed with the intent to generate positive [...] |
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Could fixed income be the future of SRI investing? | |
A surge of interest in fixed income within the SRI space has divided industry experts. While latest figures show investors increasingly looking to bonds for SRI portfolios, some specialists play down the significance of this move. A recent report by Eurosif, a leading European sustainable investment forum, found that bonds are now the favoured asset [...] |
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5 Gigatonnes – the gap between climate science and current climate cuts after Copenhagen? | |
Nations have the chance to deliver almost 60 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to keep global temperatures under a 2 degrees Celsius rise. But only if the pledges made last year in Copenhagen are fully met. These are among the findings of a new report compiled by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and [...] |
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Les dons de demain | |
Savoir à quoi servira son argent, rendre ses dons les plus efficaces possibles ou encore aller sur place pour constater le résultat, ces préoccupations sont devenues monnaie courante pour les donateurs en ce début de XXIe siècle. Adieu donc, cette époque du chèque en blanc offert nonchalamment par un riche nabab à une fondation quelconque [...] |
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Report on Socially Responsible Investing Trends in the United States | |
Sustainable and socially responsible investing (SRI) in the United States has continued to grow at a faster pace than the broader universe of conventional investment assets under professional management. At the start of 2010, professionally managed assets following SRI strategies stood at $3.07 trillion, a rise of more than 380 percent from $639 billion in [...] |
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Pricing environmental damage | |
A study released by PRI and UNEP Finance Initiative calculated that global environmental damage caused by human activity in 2008 represented a monetary value of $ 6.6 trillion, equivalent to 11% of global GDP. Those global costs are 20% larger than the $ 5.4 trillion decline in the value of pension funds in developed countries [...] |
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Report Finds Rapid Expansion in Markets for Sustainable Products | |
Markets for sustainable products have expanded significantly over the last five years, growing much faster than those for conventional products, according to the State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review 2010, published today. The SSI Review 2010 is a collaborative effort by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the International Institute for Environment and Development, Aidenvironment, [...] |
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Investors Representing More Than $15 Trillion Call for U.S., International Action on Climate Change | |
The world’s largest global investors have a powerful message for climate negotiators in Cancun and the new U.S. Congress: take action now in the fight against global warming or risk economic disruptions far more severe than the recent financial crisis. Citing potential climate-related GDP losses of up to 20 percent by 2050 and the economic [...] |
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Disillusionment with traditional investment practices results in increased support for responsible investment | |
Responsible investment is the preferred approach for an increasing number of institutional and individual investors as an alternative to conventional investment practices evidenced by: a 10% increase in managed responsible investment portfolios a 50% increase in responsibly invested financial adviser portfolios a 29% increase in Australian signatories to the Principles of Responsible Investment SYDNEY Released [...] |
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