More ESG news – Page 299
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Pension funds drive SRI boom in France
[13:15 CEST 08/06] FRANCE – Socially responsible investment (SRI) by institutions more than doubled in France last year.
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SRI set to change, says SVM
[13:20 CEST 07/06] EUROPE – Socially responsible investment (SRI) will evolve more towards investors wanting to engage in companies rather than disinvest from them, SVM Asset Management is convinced.
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NBIM seeks head for new department
[17:16 CEST 06/06] NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management (NIBM) is looking for its first permanent head of corporate governance and will increase the team in the department by at least three people over the coming months.
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Dutch giants go clean
[16:59 CEST 04/06] NETHERLANDS – The two largest Dutch pension funds, ABP and PGGM, will put €500m in “clean technology”, the funds announced in a joint statement today.
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USS faces pressure over Sudan
[16:27 CEST 01/06] UK - The €44bn UK Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) is facing pressure from campaigners to divest its shareholding in Chinese oil firm Petrochina over its state-owned parent company’s Sudan operations.
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AP-funds join Wal-Mart revolt
[16:33 CEST 01/06] SWEDEN/US – The ethical council for Sweden’s national pension buffer funds supports the filing of a resolution regarding labour issues at US company Wal-Mart.
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PME commits to sustainable trees
[16:31 CEST 31/05] NETHERLANDS – PME, €21bn industry-wide pension fund for the metal and electro-technical engineering industry, and Dutch financials giant ING have agreed to adhere to the international certificate for sustainable forestry.
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DAX blue-chip sets up Pensionsfonds
[13:07 CEST 29/05] GERMANY – Energy giant RWE has set up a Pensionsfonds within its contractual trust agreement (CTA).
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ABP to triple its voting at AGMs
[16:58 CEST 25/05] NETHERLANDS - The giant civil service scheme ABP will drastically increase its voting at shareholders meetings, as a further improvement of its corporate governance policy, officials have announced.
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PPF levy to ignore investment risk
[10:56 CEST 25/05] UK - The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has announced it will not include investment strategy as a separate risk factor when assessing a pension fund’s risk-based levy.
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Holland rules out land mine investment rules
[16:53 CEST 24/05] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government does not intend to introduce new pension fund investment legislation concerning cluster ammunition and anti-personnel mines, Social Affairs minister Piet Hein Donner has announced.
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Ethos steps up remuneration discussion
[16:47 CEST 23/05] SWITZERLAND – Swiss shareholders should have direct competence concerning remuneration policy, says Ethos, the socially-responsible asset manager created by two Geneva-based pension funds.
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ASIP mulls quality label for trustee education
[10:51 CEST 21/05] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss pension fund association ASIP is considering the introduction of quality screening for education institutes offering training for trustees and pension managers.
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Employee power "creates pension fund conflict"
[16:52 CEST 18/05] SWEDEN – The governance structure of institutions potentially causes a conflict of interest between pensioners and active employees, says Peter Lindblad, managing director of Stockholm-based FPG-AMFK Pensionsgaranti.
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Final module completes trustee toolkit
[16:50 CEST 18/05] UK – Information on 'Running your scheme' is the final module of the trustee toolkit assembled by The Pensions Regulator.
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M&A research still fails to reach target
[17:06 CEST 17/05] EUROPE - A lack of investment research on mergers and acquisitions is hampering European pension funds’ ability to assess whether deals carry any risks on non-financial grounds, according to a study.
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ABP heads for PUB
[16:46 CEST 15/05] NETHERLANDS – The board of Europe's largest pension fund is close to implementing fundamental changes to its structure, to stave off regulatory pressure on its additional insurance products, Jaap Maassen said today.
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Replace SRI with sustainable approach - Watson Wyatt
[16:45 CEST 15/05] UK – Pension fund managers may be able to meet their fiduciary duty and engage with companies on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues if they opt for sustainable investment strategies, suggests Watson Wyatt.
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Tyco pays $3bn in settlement
[16:45 CEST 15/05] US – Electronics company Tyco International agreed to pay shareholders $2.975bn (€2.2bn) to settle accounting fraud claims.
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Lewisham seeks member thoughts on SRI
UK – The £600m (€878m) Lewisham council pension fund has plans to send out a questionnaire to pensioners and active members to gauge their thoughts on ethical investment issues.
