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Mellon Capital Management, a multi-asset manager for investment company BNY Mellon, has become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment backed by the United Nations, committing to the inclusion of environmental, social and governance issues into its investment processes.
A new report from the Social Investment Organization has found that socially responsible investment (SRI) assets are climbing in every major market segment and outpacing growth of total assets under management, with the pension fund sector and impact investing showing the most growth. The Canadian SRI Review 2012 found that assets managed under sustainable and […]
Mercer has announced that it will include environmental, social and governance (ESG) in client reports related to manager searches and performance. Mercer assigns ESG ratings across investment styles, asset classes and geographies as part of its manager research process.
On the other side of the argument are those who are proponents of a greater corporate responsibility, the environmental, social and corporate governance policies (often referred to as ESG) that foster sustainability.
Eight sustainable investment organizations from around the world are teaming up to create a report on the global scope of sustainable and responsible investment. The harmonized global “Trends” report—the first joint initiative by the organizations—is scheduled for release in December 2012.
Originally from our sister publication, Advisor.ca. Canadians are increasingly interested in socially responsible investing, but not at the cost of capital gains, according to a study commissioned by Standard Life. An Ipsos Reid survey on attitudes toward socially responsible investing found that Canadians are open to SRI, provided their investment returns are similar to other […]
The Social Investment Organization (SIO) has named Jane Ambachtsheer, partner and global head of Mercer’s responsible investment business as the honourary recipient of the 2011 Canadian SRI Lifetime Achievement Award. The Canadian SRI Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes those committed to the promotion of environmental, social, governance (ESG) in the Canadian investment space. The SIO recognizes […]
Socially responsible assets in Canada dropped marginally to $531 billion as of June 30, 2010, compared with $579 billion in 2008, according to the biennial SRI review, released today by the Social Investment Organization. However, SRI still represents about one-fifth of total Canadian assets under management, about the same level as 2008. “SRI has held […]
The World Wildlife Federation-Canada (WWF-Canada) has released a report highlighting climate change as a new risk for institutional investors and providing insights into carbon risk assessment of an investment portfolio. The report Carbon Counts: Assessing the Carbon Exposure of Canadian Institutional Investment Portfolios, prepared for WWF-Canada by Mercer and Trucost, identifies the carbon exposure of […]