1. FTSE ISS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INDEX LAUNCHED
FTSE, an ASrIA member, and ISS have created this new index in response
to investor demand for tools to help assess and manage the impact
on portfolios of corporate governance practices.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1103019926
2. FTSE4GOOD's NEW SUPPLY CHAIN LABOUR
STANDARDS CRITERIA
FTSE, an ASrIA member, announced the details of the tougher new supply
chain labour standards criteria for the FTSE4Good Index Series.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102928220
3. EUROSIF FUNDS DATA PUBLISHED
Eurosif launches 'SRI Funds Service' in association with Avanzi. This
is the first free tool to combine performance and risk measures of
the European SRI fund universe.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102914122
4. UK SRI RETAIL FUNDS SIGN-UP TO EUROSIF'S
TRANSPARENCY GUIDELINES
About 75% of UK SRI retail funds have signed up Eurosif's transparency
guidelines. Paul Hawkens has endorsed the guidelines and challenged
US practitioners to follow suit.
Eurosif Press Release: http://www.asria.org/news/press/1103103278
Hawkins response: http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102587553
5. ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE LAUNCHED BY
KATOOMBA GROUP
The Ecosystem Marketplace has been launched to provide news and analysis
on emerging markets in ecosystem services. The Katoomba Group is a
group of forest industry representatives, donors and environmental
groups who also founded Forest Trends.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1103175253/
6. ONLINE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AND
ANALYSIS TOOL LAUNCHED
A tool to help companies collect, report and analyze sustainability
performance data has been launched online, by doCOUNT, a Switzerland-based
provider of environmental, health & safety (EHS) performance management
software.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102044530
7. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
DRAFT APPROVED
The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has approved an
exposure draft on Environmental Management Accounting.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102913695
8. RAINFOREST ACTION
NETWORK WINS THE 5TH TBLI AWARD 2004
Rainforest Action Network received the award for their leading
role in pressuring project financing banks to embrace sustainable
criteria in their project financing for emerging markets. This ultimately
led to the creation of the Equator Principles.
http://asp.sriworld.com/asria/press_releases/article.cgi/3236.html
9. BLOOD AND GORE
David Blood and Al Gore launch their new firm, Generation Investment
Management to invest in long-only global equities and will integrate
traditional equity analysis with sustainability research.
http://asp.sriworld.com/asria/press_releases/article.cgi/3250.html
10.
GAP-VERITE COLLABORATION WINS AWARD
Verite wins a Social Capitalist Award for labor standards monitoring
such as its work with the Gap, whose Social Responsibility Report
also earns a Social Reporting Award.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102405115
11. €1
MILLION FOR RENEWABLE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT PROJECTS
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is
to make €1 million available to fund renewable energy projects
internationally.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102047168
12. CSR SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE
The International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nottingham
University has six scholarships available for MBA and MA in corporate
social responsibility.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102587258
13.
PAY WITHOUT PERFORMANCE: THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Pay without Performance, by authors Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried,
presents a disconcerting portrait of executives' power to influence
their own pay, and of the structural defects in corporate governance
that give them this power.
http://www.asria.org/sri/resources/books/
14.
CAN SUSTAINABILITY FORM THE BASIS OF A MARKETING PLATFORM?
A report from a project sponsored by UNEP and Esomar evaluates how
the objectives of sustainability can be aligned with the needs of
marketers.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102926263
15.
TOP 20 CORPORATE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS
A new section of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's website
that includes "good practice" company reports with substantive
coverage of human rights issues.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102913238
16.
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY SCENARIO PLANNING PROJECT REPORT
Pharma Futures is a scenario planning exercise, designed to permit
industry and its investors to assess and successfully act on the long-term
risks & opportunities facing the pharmaceutical industry, while
responding positively and in an economically viable way to the demand
for health as global public good.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102927761
17.
PENSION FUND 'BEST PRACTICE' GUIDE ON SHAREHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum report finds that most investment
committees are at an early stage of evaluating the effectiveness of
engagement.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102928515
18.
BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS: VIEWS, EXPERIENCE AND THE BUSINESS CASE
The biodiversity report, prepared jointly by Insight and IUCN, explores
the potential and limitations of biodiversity offsets as a tool for
conservation, including the business case.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102928040
19.
INVESTOR NETWORK ON CLIMATE RISK RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
"Questions and Answers for Investors on Climate Risk" aims
to help investors respond to the financial risks and investment opportunities
posed by climate change.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102650689
20.
A CALL FOR GLOBALLY ACCOUNTABLE BUSINESS
At the European Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility government
officials, companies, NGOs and trade union organisations came together
to discuss CSR issues.
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1102911329
21.
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE CONFERENCE IN BRAZIL
International Conference on Sustainable Finance in Emerging
Markets, Brazil, launches Brazilian 'Centre for Sustainability Studies'.
Presentations including a keynote by Tessa Tennant, Chair of ASrIA.
http://ces.fgvsp.br
http://www.asria.org/news/events/1093834657
22.
12th ANNUAL NET IMPACT CONFERENCE, COLUMBIA BUSINESS
SCHOOL, NEW YORK
Event summary and presentations available
http://www.net-impact.org/index.php?id=435
