sustainability

Investor Profile

PGGM goes one step further

The €109-billion PGGM has been one of the global leaders in allocating assets according to ESG criteria. Now it is taking the philosophy one step further and aims to measure how all of its investments have a positive influence on the state of the world by measuring “sustainable returns”. The Dutch pension-fund service provider claims […]

SAM RILEYMay 2, 2012

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Sustainability boosts company performance

A study of the performance of companies over an 18-year period has found that high-sustainability companies out perform low-sustainability companies and have lower volatility.

SAM RILEYNovember 30, 2011

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Union leader calls for investors to drive new green future

Institutional investors need to move beyond “bombastic support” of ESG issues, says the head of the world’s peak trade union organisation.

Amanda WhiteSeptember 21, 2011

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Towers Watson and Oxford Uni team up to uncover sustainability impediments

Towers Watson and Oxford University have launched a collaborative research effort to examine the impediments to progress in sustainability integration, with changes to mandate design one of the expected practical solutions. The project is spearheaded by thought-leaders Roger Urwin and Professor Gordon Clark.

Amanda WhiteSeptember 7, 2011

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Nasty surprises on the rise for investors, says ESG expert

Corporate disasters such as the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the Fukushima nuclear disaster will be more prevalent and pose a greater risk to investors unless they act to comprehensively change the way they invest, a sustainability expert has warned.

SAM RILEYJuly 13, 2011

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The China Miracle 3.0

A gradual appreciation of the Chinese currency, although probably too gradual for some in the west, signals a far more fundamental evolutionary phase for this nation than currency management.

GREG BRIGHTAugust 11, 2010