Monday, 25 January 2010, open 17h00, conference 17h45, end 19h00, Les Salons, Geneva / Public event. Matthew Bateson, Managing Director, Energy and Climate (WBCSD) and Alfred Evans, CEO of Islan Asset Management. This SFG conference will explore the impact of environmental issues on investments, in the light of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Your are invited to Dalbert Drinks January 20, 2010, 17h30-20h00. Please join us for light refreshments to discuss Innovative Financing for Development. More…
Source: Dalberg Global Development Advisors

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Sustainable [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]