Sustainable Investing and Finance

Meet ... Corli le Roux, Head of SRI @ JSE
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7 May — added by Mike Tyrrell, www.sri-connect.com
Tell us about your work for the JSE & its SRI index. How good are S. African companies at communicating with investors on sustainability? What sustainability themes are …
European Union ‘backs corporate sustainability reporting push for Rio+20’
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30 March 2012 — written by daniel brooksbank, Responsible Investor
EU backs investor coalition put together by Aviva Investors. This article originally appeared on Responsible-Investor.com. The European Union has come out in support of the …
SAM Broadens Annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment to Emerging Markets
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12 April 2012 — written by daniel brooksbank, Responsible Investor
Extra 800 companies are invited to participate. This article originally appeared on Responsible-Investor.com. Zurich-based sustainability boutique SAM has broadened its …
Presentation slides - The Future Climate for Development
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23 Sept. 2010 — added by Roz Curzon Lewis, 2degrees
How might low income countries respond to climate change by 2030? Read the presentation slides by Jemima Jewell, Forum for the Future and Phil Lewis, DFID for their webinar: …
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Disclosure of long-term business value: What matters?
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30 March 2012 — added by Stephen Nemeth, Reindeer
This research takes an in-depth look at how companies determine materiality in the ESG context, and discusses the challenges managers face and how these impact what type of …
Going Green: Market Reaction to CSR Newswire Releases
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18 April 2012 — added by Stephen Nemeth, Reindeer
From the Abstract: Voluntary disclosure theory predicts that an optimal disclosure decision should produce an overall net benefit for shareholders, and that such net benefit …
Do Investors Care About Sustainability?
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20 April 2012 — added by Stephen Nemeth, Reindeer
A new report by PwC examines 7 trends for clues to answering the question plaguing many investor relations departments and CEOs--do investors really care about …
UN Outlines for Rio +20 Could Have Major Impact on Corporate ESG Reporting and Responsible Investing
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14 March 2012 — written by Hugh Wheelan, Responsible Investor
Preparation docs suggest major sustainability reforms. This article originally appeared on Responsible-Investor.com. The United Nations (UN) has put forward proposed measures …
World Economic Forum: Accelerating the Transition towards Sustainable Investing
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22 Feb. 2011 — added by Stephen Nemeth, Reindeer
Accelerating the Transition towards Sustainable Investing, a whitepaper from the World Economic Forum, examines the barriers at the systemic and stakeholder level for …
Investing for sustainable development? A review of investment principles – trends and impacts
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20 Sept. 2011 — added by Izabela Stacewicz, 2degrees
This paper aims to take a first step in assessing the content, take-up, implementation and impact of investment principles. We focus on the UN Principles for Responsible …