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Eurosif responds to EU’s consultation on investor duty
On the 13th of November 2017, the European Commission launched a public consultation on institutional investors and asset managers' duties regarding sustainability. Its primary aim was to gather and...
Read moreEurosif contributes to Global Climate Finance’s COP23 magazine
In Global Climate Finance's COP23 Magazine, Eurosif's Executive Director, Flavia Micilotta,provides a brief outline and update on the state of SRI in Europe. The magazine is available...
Read moreCandriam awarded the first French government-backed SRI label for a High Yield fund
Candriam Investors Group, a leading European multi-specialist asset manager, with €111 billion of AUM and owned by New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), has been awarded the first ever label...
Read moreIreland’s Year of Sustainable Business 2018
Ireland’s Year of Sustainable Business 2018, an initiative of Sustainable Nation Ireland, a Eurosif member, was included in the National Mitigation Plan, the Government’s climate action strategy...
Read moreClimate Action interview with Eurosif’s Flavia Micilotta
Climate Action caught up with Flavia Micilotta, Executive Director, Eurosif, on scaling up low carbon investment and her participation in the first Sustainable Investment Forum Europe. Flavia will be...
Read moreAlecta’s Magnus Billing interview with the FT
Magnus Billing, the head of Alecta, Sweden’s biggest pension fund discusses how his scheme holds companies to account, discusses how his scheme holds companies to account in an interview with the F...
Read moreWhat we learned at the One Planet Summit
On Tuesday the 12th of December, Eurosif attended the One Planet Summit - a gathering in Paris, two years on from the Paris Agreement. Convened by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, over 50 hea...
Read moreThe EU publishes its blacklist of 17 tax havens
Today, the EU finance ministers have adopted a blacklist of 17 countries and territories that do not cooperate in the fight against tax evasion and tax avoidance. A second, so-called 'grey list' of 47...
Read moreNew binding targets for energy efficiency and use of renewables from the European Parliament
Today, the European Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee have agreed to a binding target to reduce energy consumption by 40% by 2030 at EU level. Each EU country will have to set its own corr...
Read moreHow to integrate sustainability into financial markets? The Italian SRI community meets Europe
On the 13th of November, a consultation meeting was held at Borsa Italiana in Milan between representatives of the Italian financial industry and some members of High-Level Expert Group on Sustainabl...
Read moreThe European Commission launches a fiduciary duty consultation
The European Commission steps up Today, the 13th of November, the European Commission launched a public consultation on providing legal clarification that the legal duties (sometimes referred to as f...
Read moreFNG publishes 1st edition of Guidelines for Institutional Investors – an easy entry
For the first time, FNG has launched a Guide for Institutional Investors. The target group are small and medium-sized institutional investors. The aim of this publication is to give institutional inve...
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