SRI Initiatives
Major emerging market investors want more disclosure on ESG issues, global survey finds
Seven out of ten major asset managers and institutional investors collectively representing $130 billion of emerging market investments cited lack of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) disclosure as the key challenge to investing in emerging markets. That is the main finding of a new survey from the Emerging Markets Disclosure (EMD) Project, an international coalition of investors and organizations working to improve sustainability disclosure by companies in emerging markets. The survey was analysed by EIRIS and sponsored by the International Working Group of the Social Investment Forum, which provided organizational support for the project. Read report
2009 Investor Statement on the Urgent Need for a Global Agreement on Climate Change
The IIGCC invites institutional investors to sign on to an investor statement on a global agreement climate change. Clear, credible long-term policies are critical for investors to integrate climate change considerations into their decision-making processes and to support investment flows into a low-carbon economy and into measures for adaptation. A timely post-2012 climate change agreement involving all countries and containing appropriate long- and medium-term emission reduction targets is essential to supporting investor confidence. The global agreement must facilitate and encourage strong national action plans in order for us to help meet the climate challenge.
Contact details:
Investors based in Europe and Africa, contact: Stephanie Pfeifer at spfeifer@theclimategroup.org
Investors based in US and Canada, contact: Chris Fox at fox@ceres.org
Investors based in Australia and New Zealand, contact: Nathan Fabian at secretariat@igcc.org.au
Investors based in Asia and Latin America, contact: Remco Fischer at remco.fischer@unep.ch
