SIF News
January 2008
UKSIF (UK Social Investment Forum) - United Kingdom
First ever National Investment Week (NEIW): May 18 – 24, 2008
NEIW is organised by the UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF), with support from gold sponsors Henderson Global Investors and Norwich Union and silver sponsor Friends Provident. It marks the first time that the financial services industry has worked with others under the UKSIF umbrella to encourage consumer awareness of green and ethical investment choices.
VBDO (Dutch Social Investment Forum) – The Netherlands
VBDO produces benchmark report on Dutch Pension Funds
VBDO in cooperation with Profundo and the Consumentenbond developed a benchmark to be able to compare and evaluate the different activities undertaken by Dutch pension funds. This came following public outcry when Zembla made a documentary in March 2007 revealing that some large pension funds invest in companies that pollute heavily, are involved in child labour or produce controversial weapons like landmines or cluster bombs. In response to the societal unrest this broadcast caused, many pension funds used the past six months to develop policies on Responsible Investment or strengthen existing policies.
PGGM, PME and ABP had the highest scores.
Responsible Investment Association Australasia – Australia
RIAA launches Enlightened Self-Interest slide show tool
Enlightened Self-Interest is a dynamic, professionally produced slide show explaining the business case for responsible investment. It is an extensively researched presentation that uses photojournalism, testimonials from some of the world's largest pension fund trustees, cartoons, moving graphs and images and is accompanied by a detailed script. It is free of charge and can be downloaded once you register on the RIAA website.
US Social Investment Forum - United States
Social Investment Forum names Cheryl Smith as New Board Chair
Cheryl Smith, CFA, Ph.D., executive vice president and senior portfolio manager at Trillium Asset Management Corporation, is the new chair of the board of the Social Investment Forum, the national membership association for the social investment industry.
