Social Investment News:
Sweden’s AP national pension buffer funds (AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4) have sold shares worth tens of millions euros in nine companies that sell cluster bombs. The AP funds, which have excluded US companies Alliant Techsystems, GenCorp, General Dynamics, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Textron, as well as South Korean groups Hanwha Corporation and Poongsan from their investment portfolios....
12.12.2008 | 10:31:41
Henderson Global Investors, Insight Investment, Jupiter Asset Management and Standard Life Investments achieved a Gold ranking in the first EIA Transparency Awards which were presented at the September EIA Training Day hosted by Henderson....
12.12.2008 | 10:28:21
‘CDP6 Global 500 Report’ and ‘CDP6 S&P 500 Report’ include data from 1550 major companies on their climate change issues and strategies. Although results found that the majority of global companies are reducing their emissions, regulatory uncertainty was cited as a major hindering factor....
12.12.2008 | 10:20:21
The SRI team at Henderson Global Investors has published the latest annual carbon audits for two of its retail funds, as part of its ongoing commitment to transparency about the extra-financial performance of its investments....
12.12.2008 | 10:10:56
KBC AM uses a decision-making matrix to judge which companies with operations in controversial countries may be included in a sustainable selection. The matrix sets the controversial character of a regime against the relevant commercial activity....
12.09.2008 | 11:13:26
MACIF Gestion has recently launched: MACIF SELECTION DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE. Since 1998, MACIF Gestion is dedicated to managing SRI funds invested in all asset classes. MACIF Gestion has decided at the end of 2007 to apply its long term expertise of fund selection to SRI funds....
12.09.2008 | 11:11:46
The ESPA VINIS STOCK EUROPE EMERGING invests in 75 companies in Central and Eastern Europe, which show above average socially and environmentally awareness. The fund is managed by ERSTE-SPARINVEST, the asset management company of Erste Bank....
12.09.2008 | 11:04:48
The CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity, the global policy authority on professional and performance standards, financial reporting, and capital markets, recently launched “Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors at Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors” to assist investors i...
12.09.2008 | 11:02:13
The global Reporting Initiative is calling on multinational firms to promote sustainability in their supply chains through greater transparency in disclosing their economic, environmental and social performance....
12.09.2008 | 10:57:38
In response to unprecedented interest and demand, FTSE Group has launched the FTSE ET50 (Environmental Technology) Index in collaboration with the environmental technology specialist, Impax Asset Management.www.ftse.com...
26.02.2008 | 10:18:11
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