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Investors round-up: issue 87
SRI heads for the mainstream as investors worth over $2 trillion sign up to the UN's Principles for Responsible Investment. Good news for shareholders and society, as new research from SAM indicates a correlation between CSR management and the creation of value.
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Investors round-up issue
86 30 UK companies are included in this year's Global Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Listing and Dow Jones has introduced two new sustainability indexes. Elsewhere, the Norwegian government has sold its stake in BAE Systems and six other global arms manufacturers.
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The way the money grows
The majority of banks financing policies do not uphold environmental and social standards developed by UN bodies and other international bodies, finds a new study from campaign groups WWF and Banktrack.
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IFC reviews safeguards
As the IFC publishes its performance standards for public review, the head of environmental and social development, Rachel Kyte, tells Oliver Wagg why they represent a vast improvement on the existing safeguard policies.
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Microfinance gains
momentum
Micro finance is coming of age and with its success comes important lessons. Consumer goods companies are making their products more accessible by the potential three billion who survive on under two dollars a day. However, as micro-finance has found, stripping costs from the distribution process is the key..
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News round-up (Oct/Nov)
Which companies are in and which are out in the reviews of the two major international sustainability indices? Meanwhile research reveals that only 1 in 20 British adults invests in ethical funds, largely because of a lask of awareness and understanding.
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News round-up (Dec/Jan)
Research shows that only half of independent financial advisors ask their clients about "ethical concerns". Meanwhile European financial institutions have been accused of benefitting from corruption and profiting from poverty.
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News round-up (Feb/Mar
05)
Responsible investment would be difficult without a comprehensive set of surveys, guidelines and indices. Briefing highlights some of the recent publications and delves behind the headlines.
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Corporate governance
Does better governance lead to more successful companies? To answer that question, best to wait five years to see if companies included in the new FTSE good governance index outperform the rest of the market.
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Socially responsible
investment
The best established 'ethical' funds are based around London and New York. Indeed ethical investment started in the 1920s in Britain with the Methodist church avoiding so-called 'sin stocks' in alcohol and gambling.
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News round-up (Apr/May)
US companies are facing a record number of shareholder resoluntions on climate change whilst research reveals that responsible outperform less responsible companies by 4.8% over four years.
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