Robeco, ardent défenseur de l’investissement responsable | |
Robeco initie une démarche globale et structurée en matière d’investissement responsable. Les facteurs environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance (ESG) seront à l’avenir intégralement pris en compte dans les décisions d’investissement. Depuis plusieurs années, Robeco fait une utilisation active de son droit de vote lors des assemblées générales d’actionnaires des sociétés dans lesquelles elle investit ; [...] |
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Most Socially Responsible Mutual Funds Outperformed Benchmarks in 2009 | |
A study of mutual funds managed by members of the Social Investment Forum finds that two-thirds outperformed their benchmarks across nearly all asset classes in 2009, and most large cap funds outperformed the S&P 500 over three and 10 years. If there was any air left in the old arguments against socially responsible investing (SRI)—primarily, [...] |
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Roles, rights and powers of shareholders | |
The banking crisis and the furore about bonuses have sparked two major debates. The first concerns how the company profits pie should be divided between employees and shareholders. The second has to do with the latter’s role in corporate governance, given perceived shareholder failure to reign in bank excesses. This debate has led to radical [...] |
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Remuneration – Eurosif Theme Report – 3rd in a series | |
The aim of executive remuneration is to incentivise and reward appropriate performance, risk management and behaviour. A welldefined remuneration policy will clearly link the terms of performance and behaviour to the company’s strategy, continuity and long-term stable value creation.Given the strategic role of the board in ensuring the long-term sustainability of a company for its [...] |
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SD-KPI Standard 2010 – 2014 | |
The financial crisis has made clear how non-sustainable economic activity could destroy values. With investor protection as its primary target, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently discussing the implementation of mandatory disclosure requirements for companies regarding Sustainable Development (SD)1. Such a duty to report has existed in the European Union for [...] |
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Sustainable remuneration: “Remuneration reveals true mission” – A guide for linking sustainable goals to executive incentives | |
In 2006, under the auspices of VBDO, Hay Group and DHV Sustainability Consultants investigated whether sustainability indicators were included in the performance indicators within incentive schemes of executives of Dutch listed companies. The 2006 study pointed out that sustainability indicators were still hardly linked to incentive schemes. More… Source: The Dutch Association of Investors for [...] |
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SRI – an animal that may become extinct | |
Green, social and ethical funds in Europe have grown considerably in number and size over the past year, in spite of the fallout from the financial crisis. Assets under management rose by 9 per cent a year to €53bn (£47bn, $77bn) by the end of June. Some say this proves socially responsible investing (SRI) is [...] |
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2010 Investor Statement on Catalyzing Investment in a Low-Carbon Economy | |
Despite the clear policy recommendations in the 2009 Investor Statement on the Urgent Need for a Global Agreement on Climate Change,1 policymakers made only incremental progress in Copenhagen, leaving a great deal of work to be done to address the risks that climate change presents to the global economy and to investments. Meaningful policy progress [...] |
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Gore and Soros lead post Copenhagen investor gathering | |
Hundreds of institutional investors, Wall Street and corporate leaders, controlling trillions in capital, will gather today (January 14) at the United Nations in New York at the first high-level investor forum following December’s Copenhagen COP15 climate negotiations. Speakers include George Soros, chairman, Soros Fund Management, Al Gore, former US Vice President and chairman of Generation [...] |
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Investment Consultants & Responsible Investment Study | |
The study found that 89% of investment consultants anticipate an increase of client interest when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The demand for investment consultants to take into account ESG issues is driven by a mixture of investor reputation, beneficiary pressure and an evolving view on fiduciary duty. All of these [...] |
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