Mercer advocates massive institutional shift to climate sensitive assets | |
A major new study by consulting firm Mercer in collaboration with a group of 14 leading global investors with around $2trn (€1.37trn) in assets has recommended that institutional investors shift up to 40% of their assets into “climate sensitive” assets in order to mitigate environmental costs, which it says could increase portfolio risk by 10% [...] |
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Growing the Social Investment Market: A vision and strategy | |
This document sets out the Government’s vision of a thriving social investment market where social ventures can access the capital they need to grow, allowing them to do more to help build a bigger, stronger society. We also set out a strategy for achieving the vision, explaining how Government and others can act, including the [...] |
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New research maps UK venture philanthropy, revealing huge growth in funds | |
A new report that maps the UK venture philanthropy (VP) industry is a response to the increased interest and influence of this new approach, says author Chris Carnie of Factary, a research consultancy specialising in strategic philanthropy and fundraising. The review reveals the UK VP industry, now nine years old, is worth more than £1.5bn [...] |
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The Energy Report | |
2 years in preparation, The Energy Report is a provocative vision of a world run entirely on renewable energy by 2050.The world needs to transition from its current unsustainable energy paradigm to a future powered by entirely renewable energy supply. Only by making such a transition will we be able to avoid the very worst [...] |
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Engagement actionnarial : une pratique ISR prometteuse | |
Novethic publie une étude sur les pratiques d’engagement actionnarial, qui désigne le fait pour un investisseur de prendre position sur des enjeux de développement durable (Environnementaux, Sociaux et de Gouvernance : ESG) auprès des entreprises pour exiger d’elles un meilleur reporting, voire une stratégie plus avisée dans ce domaine. Cette étude s’intéresse aux pratiques d’engagement [...] |
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Making History: Investors in Microfinance Agree on Principles of Conduct | |
Last week witnessed a historic step forward for microfinance — perhaps not quite on the scale of Pocantico, but earth-shaking nonetheless. Forty investors signed the new Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance, which were launched at the second annual Responsible Finance Forum in The Hague. “Investors in microfinance can’t act like absentee landlords, enjoying the [...] |
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Cedrus Sustainable Funds Market report: number 1, Q1 2011 | |
This quarterly publication is a synthesis of Cedrus Partners’ Sustainable Investments (SI) proprietary database, called ‘Cedrus Sustainable Funds Market’. This quantitative overview aims at giving an outline of the performance of each type of SI funds. Therefore, it is a complement to more academic studies on the subject. More… Source: Cedrus Partners |
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Shareholders drop resolution on BP’s Gulf oil spill | |
The shareholder resolution calling for BP to assess its operations in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last year has been dropped. Instead the investors hope to engage with the company – using “tried and tested local stewardship approaches” – in the hope that the company demonstrates it is systematically addressing its [...] |
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Un tiers des principales sociétés cotées en Suisse acceptent le vote consultatif sur les rémunérations | |
En 2011, au moins 33 des cent plus grandes sociétés cotées en Suisse proposeront le vote consultatif du rapport ou du système de rémunération lors de leur assemblée générale. Ce sont treize sociétés de plus que l’année précédente. Cette progression est notamment due aux efforts de sensibilisation menés par la Fondation Ethos, elle démontre un [...] |
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Biofuel “wonder-crop” jatropha fails to deliver | |
The much-touted biofuel crop jatropha is neither a profitable nor a sustainable investment, according to a new report released by Friends of the EarthInternational today. Jatropha: money doesn’t grow on trees warns investors away from jatropha – a shrub being increasingly planted for its oil-producing fruits and ability to survive in arid conditions – stating [...] |
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