Press Releases
Today, Eurosif publishes its first-ever Corporate Pension Funds & Sustainable Investment Study. Created with the support of DB Advisors and HSBC Global Asset Management, the study examines to what extent and in what manner European Corporate Pension Funds have adopted sustainable investment practices. Download Press Release (PDF, English).
Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, announces today the appointment of François Passant as the new Executive Director and Anders Nordheim as the new Head of Research. Both Mr Passant and Mr Nordheim are based in Brussels as Eurosif will seek to relocate its headquarters from Paris to the capital of Europe in the coming months. Read Press Release.
Today, Eurosif launches the Executive Director recruitment process, in partnership with a specialist agency to appoint the next Executive Director. Eurosif has plans to open an additional Brussels office to manage its public policy initiatives and to be more accessible to the EU decision-making actors on ESG matters. An Events Management and Administrative Coordinator is also to be recruited by June 2011 to join Eurosif's Paris office.
In early March, the leaders of sustainable and responsible investment associations around the world gathered for an unprecedented two-day strategic summit meeting in New York City. The seven representatives of major financial hubs and regions included Eurosif, UKSIF (United Kingdom), the Social Investment Organisation (Canada), Social Investment Forum (USA), in addition to ASrIA (Asia), RIAA (Australia and NZ), and AfricaSIF.
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Eurosif announced today that Matt Christensen, Executive Director since 2002, has resigned from the organisation effective 1st April 2011, by mutual agreement with the Board of Directors, in order to pursue a new opportunity as Global Head of Responsible Investment at AXA Investment Managers.
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Infrastructure investments lag significantly behind population growth trends. Eurosif launches the Infrastructure Sector Report, with research provided by Dexia Asset Management.
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Eurosif submits Response to EC Consultation on non-financial reporting, reinforcing its lobbying position on ESG data disclosure: large listed and non-listed companies should be required to disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG) data, and investors should disclose how they incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions.
"ESG Reporting, finally poised to become mandatory across Europe?". Download Press Release (English).
Eurosif launches Emerging Markets Sector Report: Companies operating in emerging markets are progressively catching up with their developed market peers in terms of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) transparency and performance, despite significant country variations. Download Press Release (English).
European Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Market almost double since 2008, in spite of the financial crisis, according to Eurosif's 2010 European SRI Study.
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Even though they face various ESG challenges, the extractives industries can adopt sustainability objectives when projects are diligently conducted, according to Eurosif/GES Investment Services Report. Download Press Releas
