Eurosif Press Conference for Release of European SRI Study: 9 to 10 am, October 1st, Paris

The moment you have all been waiting for has arrived! Eurosif will present the results of the European SRI Market Study 2008 in Paris on October 1st, 15 quai Anatole France, from 9 to 10am. The press conference will include detailed figures on the SRI market in Europe and per country (13 total this year). This report is sponsored by Eurosif member affiliates Groupama AM, I.D.E.AM, Natixis AM and Highland Good Steward Management.

Contact Sarah Clawson for more details.

Eurosif’s annual member affiliates only Advisory Council Meeting: 11 to 6pm, October 1st, Paris

Eurosif is looking forward to welcoming member affiliates to Paris for our 6th annual meeting. Some highlights of the meeting will include: Details on inaugural EU High Net Worth individuals & Sustainable Investment study; “The Making of” the European SRI Market Study with country experts providing a behind the scenes look at the 13 different European countries included in this years report; An illustrious speaker on Microfinance as an exciting asset class to examine more closely; An EU policy maker’s insights on EU legislative trends regarding commodities and sustainability; Several opportunities to network with other member affiliates and share ideas, thoughts and processes concerning European sustainability and finance.

Contact Sarah Clawson to register or for more details.

High Net Worth Individual and Sustainable Investment Study

Eurosif will release the first-ever study on European High Net Worth Individual (HNWI) investments incorporating Sustainability issues on September 4th. Eurosif member affiliates will receive a hard copy prior to this date. This study is sponsored by Eurosif member affiliates Bank Sarasin and KPMG. There will be a number of events across Europe to present this study. The first of which will take place in London on October 15th in conjunction with UKSIF.

Contact Eurosif for more details.

Eurosif / SWESIF event on Climate Change, What is the Role of Institutional Investors?

15 September 2008, Stockholm, Sweden (Swedbank offices)

Despite progress by Nordic companies, there is growing evidence that the rate at which companies are reducing their GHG emissions falls far short of the emissions reductions that are being called for by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This in turn presents risks for investors, as it means that companies may not be well positioned to respond effectively to future policy and regulation in this area. Hear from Rory Sullivan, Head of Responsible Investment, Insight Investment; Carl Rosén, 2008 Chairman of the Ethical Council, Head of Corporate Governance and Communications at the second AP Fund and Pontus Cerin, Associate Professor, Responsible Investments and Corporate Governance, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute on how to tackle this issue.

Contact event@swesif.org to register (free of charge for Eurosif members).

Contact Sarah Clawson for more details.

ICT event in London on October 16th

In collaboration with West LB and UKSIF, Eurosif will be holding an afternoon conference in London on October 16th entitled “ICT: a clean and sustainable industry?” We will have an illustrious panel of speakers from the industry as well as experts to share their opinions of the risks and opportunities for investors in the ITC sector. This event follows Eurosif’s sector report on ICT Hardware, with research conducted by West LB.

Contact Sarah Clawson for more details.

Water & Shipping sector reports

Eurosif will continue with the sector report series with two more publications for this fall: Water, with research conducted by INrate, to be published towards the end of October 2008; Shipping, with research conducted by Trucost, to be published in December 2008.

Contact Eurosif for more details.

European SRI Transparency Guidelines: New Signatories Update

Since Eurosif launched a logo specific to the European SRI Transparency Guidelines in May 2008, which can be used by signatories effective immediately once their responses to the Transparency Guidelines have been updated and reviewed by their national Social Investment Forum, 5 new fund managers have completed the review process: Dexia Asset Management, Dr. Höller Vermögensverwaltung und Anlageberatung AG, Insight Investment, Zürcher Kantonalbank, VINIS Gesellschaft für nachhaltigen Vermögensaufbau und Innovation mbH (VBV Pension fund).

Read more about the Transparency Guidelines & See list of Signatories

Recent Eurosif speeches & events

Microfinance Roundtable on ResponsibleFinance

19 June 2008, Paris, France

Eurosif provided the keynote speech at an invitation-only discussion entitled, "Meeting Investor Demand for Improved Social Performance Measurement" held at the Maison de L'Amérique Latine. Attendees represented the leading players in microfinance from around the globe and Eurosif’s speech discussed the growth of microfinance as an exciting asset class among SRI investors. Fore more information, please visit

http://www.cgap.org/p/site/c/home

Education session in Spain

10 July, Grenada, Spain

Eurosif provided insight and examples around sustainability to a group of important players in Spain during this one day dedicated seminar. This annual event competitively selects up to fifty of the leading Spanish students interested in building a career in sustainable development for a one week training course with instructors from across the EU. SRI has become one of the leading areas of interest among the students as evidenced by polls after the event.

Upcoming Eurosif speeches & events

• Eurosif will participate in a panel on Responsible Alternative Investments at the Sustainable Development Conference on the HEC campus outside of Paris on September 11th and 12th.
• Eurosif will be speaking on the HNWI study and SRI trends at the upcoming event to be held by Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) in Melbourne, Australia on September 23 and 24.
• Eurosif will present European SRI trends at the upcoming SRI in the Rockies event to be held by the US SIF in Whistler, Canada on October 26-28.