ESG Special Reports – Page 17
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With pensions in its sights
Mark Nicholls asesses the UK’s Green Investment Bank plans to target the institutional investment community, and pension funds in particular
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Beyond microfinance
Nina Röhrbein finds evidence for a sea-change in impact investing with more varied products in developed as well as emerging economies
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Room for improvement
A new survey reveals that the Dutch private equity sector has yet to fully integrate sustainability, as Nina Röhrbein reports
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Disarming pension funds
Nina Röhrbein finds investors staring down the barrel of a gun when it comes to their investments in controversial weapons
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Green listings
Nina Röhrbein reports on how stock exchanges apply pressure on their listed companies to be more sustainable
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Split over atoms
Nina Röhrbein finds few pension funds have specific policies on nuclear, and reports differing views among funds and managers
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Assessing the Arctic
Nina Röhrbein questions the oil industry’s claims to have cleaned up its act enough after Deepwater Horizon to be trusted in the pristine waters of the Arctic.
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ESG: Sunny side up
Investors in solar power are responding to changes in the markets and finding new ways of gaining exposure, says Nina Röhrbein
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Integrating ESG issues with executive pay
By linking executive pay to transparent and measurable ESG factors, companies can show they take ESG issues seriously. Nina Röhrbein reports on work being done in this area
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Active on governance
Robert Monks tells Nina Röhrbein that institutional investors must get more active in corporate governance
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As safe as houses
The fixed index-linked cashflows provided by social housing and infrastructure investments can be attractive to investors comfortable with long-term investing, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Extracting the true cost of gold
Institutional investors have been integral to the boom in gold prices over the past five years, but are they fully aware of the high-impact nature of their investments? Nina Röhrbein reports
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The trouble with fracking
The full environmental impact of shale gas extraction is not known, so investors must engage with companies to make sure they are acting responsibly, says Nina Röhrbein
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Pay proposals in the shareholder spring
Shareholders are beginning to flex their muscles by voting against inflated executive remuneration packages in listed companies, says Nina Röhrbein
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Moves in microfinance
Despite suffering some negative perceptions, the asset class is cleaning up its act and gaining new fans, says Nina Röhrbein
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Food for thought
Nina Röhrbein asks what pressure investors can put on food companies to improve their products and address health issues
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Sovereign debt in sights of ESG ratings
Nina Röhrbein finds out how the sovereign debt crisis is affecting countries’ ESG rating
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The evolution of corporate reporting
Sustainability reporting has yet to establish its presence but integrated reporting is trying to gain a foothold within the environmental, social and governance (ESG) arena. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Off the starting blocks
Across central and eastern Europe, the extent to which countries have launched themselves off the ESG starting blocks varies greatly. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Great expectations
ESG investing is growing in popularity, as Sofie Gravers Jacobsen analyses the results from Kirstein’s investor survey
