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2007-05-22
Report on Shareholder activism among institutional investors
A new academic study, performed at RSM Erasmus University, concludes that shareholder activities of institutional investors often have a local and ceremonial character, while remaining focused on corporate governance changes that have proven not to enhance firm value.
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2007-05-21
Various reports
If you want to read more about how investors are working with ESG issues, here are some suggestions:
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2007-05-21
Investing in sustainability
Al Gore and David Blood argue that sustainability investing is essential to creating long-term shareholder value in an interview in McKinsey Quarterly (web)
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2007-05-21
More than $8 trillions
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative is an investor collaboration in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the UN Global Compact. It has in one year increased from 20 mainstream institutional asset owners representing USD 2 trillion signed, to 187 signatories managing US $8 trillion in assets. The full list of signatories can be found here: http://www.unpri.org/signatories
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2007-05-21
UNEP FI
GRI Working Group seeking public feedback on the social indicators of the GRI Financial Services Sector Supplement.
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