UN PRI publishes reports on integration of ESG factors into equity valuation
Last week the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) released two reports, investigating how investors are integrating environmental, social…
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Policy, Governance and Sustainability News
Global Sustainable Investment Review 2012 finds ESG investing dominated by Europe
The newly formed Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, consisting of a number of regional sustainable investment associations, published its first Global…
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Nigeria moves towards a National Corporate Governance Code
A new unified national corporate governance code is in the making, although Nigeria has not been suffering from a shortage…
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Moscow Stock Exchange to Launch Corporate Governance Segment in Q3 of 2013
This has developed over the course of 2012, but we have not had the opportunity to cover it. The Moscow…
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Chilean Listed Companies Required to Disclose Corporate Governance Compliance by June 2013
In part as a reaction to a number of highly visible Chilean corporate governance scandals occurring in the recent past…
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Majority of S&P 500 companies now reporting on ESG Issues
According to a new study of reporting on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues by the Governance & Accountability Institute,…
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More Survey data on Relevance of ESG
And even more survey data on the growing importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors for investment decisions: SustainAbility,…
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What motivates CSR Reporting?
A survey of Adam Friedman Associates “Corporate Social Responsibility: Who’s Responsible? Finding an Organizational Home for an Increasingly Critical Function”…
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Companies’ ESG Performance of Growing Importance to Investors
Aviva Investors published a survey of global equity and fixed income managers with combined assets under management of circa US$…
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Turkey’s New Company Law paves way for mandatory electronic proxy voting
A new Company Law came into force in Turkey in August 2012. The new law introduces a host of new…
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