“Five more stock exchanges join global campaign for ESG disclosure” –...
On February 4, 2016 the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative announced that the following stock exchanges signed a voluntary commitment with the SSE to promote sustainable business practices...
View Article“World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Plant Opened in Morocco” – The World Bank...
In a press release published on February 4, 2016 The World Bank announced that Morocco launched the first phase of what will become the world’s largest concentrated solar plant. The three-plant...
View Article“H&M makes a stand against underage cotton cultivation” – Retail Gazette –...
On February 18, 2016 Retail Gazette reported that “(f)ast-fashion retailer H&M announced its decision to stop using cotton from Syria and Turkmenistan due to underage workers being involved in...
View Article“Time for a new plastics economy” – Eco-Business – February 9, 2016
An article published on Eco-Business on February 9, 2016 describes a recent report that chronicles the scope of plastics pollution across Asia and calls for “a new way to look at the plastics economy.”...
View Article“2015 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money now available” – GSMA –...
On February 25, 2016 GSMA issued the fifth edition of its State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money. According to a press release issued by GSMA, “(t)his report focuses on the state of the mobile...
View Article“Palm oil giant completes extensive supplier maps for sustainable palm oil” –...
On February 25, 2016 the sustainability portal edie.com reported that “Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), which manages more than 480,000 hectares of plantation, has completed the mapping of its supply chain...
View ArticleOnline Directory of Chinese CSR Reports Launched – Globethics.net and SynTao...
On February 26, 2016 Globethics.net and the Beijing-based sustainability consultancy SynTao announced the launch of an English-language online directory of Chinese CSR reports. The directory contains...
View Article“Seven Nasdaq Exchanges Join Global Campaign for ESG Disclosure” –...
In a press release published on the internet site of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative on March 7, 2016 Nasdaq announced “that its Nordic and Baltic exchanges in...
View Article“oekom Country Rating 2016: sustainability assessment of 56 countries and the...
In its February 2016 newsletter, the German sustainability rating company oekom research AG announced the publication of its latest Country Rating. “In its latest Country Rating, oekom research...
View Article“Corporate Governance Scorecard for India being developed” – Manifest – March...
On March 9, 2016 Manifest reported that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the BSE (formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange, Ltd.) are developing a corporate governance scorecard for...
View Article“Extractive sector ownership transparency, but not yet” – Innovation Forum –...
On March 17, 2016 the editorial team at Innovation Forum opined that “(t)he new EITI standard on resource exploitation transparency is welcome – if a little slow in implementation.” You may read the...
View Article“Seven charts show how renewable investment broke records in 2015” –...
An article published on CarbonBrief on March 24, 2016 highlights findings from a recent United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance report about global renewable energy...
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Inaugural Responsible Finance Summit – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – March 30-31,...
The Responsible Finance Summit was hosted by Bank Negara Malaysia at Sasana kijang, the iconic center of thought and leadership in Islamic finance. Organized by the RFI Foundation and (co-organized by)...
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2nd Annual ESG, SRI & Impact Investing Summit – New York, New York – March...
Crafting a portfolio of investments that gives solid returns while helping your fund meet social, environmental, governmental, or any socially responsible goals is no easy task. As you increase your...
View Article“Unilever, Kellogg, Mars Drop Major Palm Oil Supplier After RSPO Revokes Its...
On April 4, 2016 Sustainable Brands reported that the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has suspended the Indonesian company IOI Group’s certification, six years after NGOs published a critical...
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Five Questions about Assurance – Special Interview with Paul Wenman, Founder,...
On occasion, Emerging Markets ESG publishes a special interview with an academic, expert or practitioner about a specific topic with relevance to environmental, social and/or governance (ESG) issues....
View ArticleESG Risk Alert – “‘Panama Papers’ Scandal – Banks’ governance practices need...
On April 7, 2016 Solaron Sustainability Services issued an ESG risk alert, highlighting the role banks played in the “inception of offshore tax havens” in Panama. “Nearly 15,600 shell companies have...
View Article“New responsible investing index outperforms ALSI SWIX” – Moneyweb – April...
An article published on Moneyweb on April 14, 2016 profiles the Old Mutual Responsible Investment Equity Index in South Africa. “It achieved cumulative returns of 70.8% over the period, while the...
View ArticleTraining Course on Best Practice in Corporate Governance Reporting – Egyptian...
On April 26-27, 2016 the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) will hold at its headquarters in Nasr City a training course on Best Practice in Corporate Governance Reporting. The training course will be...
View Article“Quantitative investing for the sustainability set” – Bloomberg – April 28, 2016
On April 28, 2016 Bloomberg published an interview with Andreas Feiner, Head of ESG Research at Arabesque Asset Management about the firms “ESG Quant” strategy “to apply quantitative investment models...
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