Ethical finance
- Fiduciary responsibility. Legal and practical aspects of integrating environmental, social and governance issues into institutional investment
- S. Waygood (ed);B. Bacani (ed);P. Hilton (ed) / United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2009
- This report is about identifying future challenges within the financial system in order to reduce further crises like the Natural Resources Crisis. The authors integrate environmental, social and g...
- Towards triple impact - toolbox for analysing sustainable ventures in developing countries
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2009
- Sustainable ventures are business initiatives and activities that improve human wellbeing and the environment on a profitable basis in ways that are scalable and replicable. They are initiatives on th...
- Insuring for sustainability: why and how the leaders are doing it
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
- This paper argues that as the insurance industry interacts with every part of the economy it has tremendous scope to encourage sustainable behaviour. It is in insurers’ interests to reduce ri...
- Demystifying responsible investment performance
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
- This report features a diverse set of academic and broker studies that analyse responsible investment performance at both the company/stock and fund/portfolio level, including thematic studies which b...
- Half full or half empty? a set of indicative guidelines for water-related risks and an overview of emerging opportunities for financial institutions
- O. Jensen;C. Namazie / United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
- Water related risks (WWR) and water related opportunities are gaining importance as drivers of financial behaviour. This is the result of a number of factors, includingclimate change, the related rise...
- The state of responsible investment in South Africa
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
- How does the South African investment community integrate sustainable development and particularly environment, social and governance (ESG) issues in investment decision-making? This paper assesses...
- CEO briefing - responsible property investing: what the leaders are doing
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
- What emerging opportunities exist in responsible property investment? This paper collates examples of how existing property investors are meeting their social and fiduciary responsibilities simulta...
- CEO briefing - biodiversity and ecosystem services: bloom or bust?
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
- It is becoming an issue of global policy that the benefits provided by biodiversity are valued and accounted for within traditional business risk frameworks. This paper highlights that the finance ...
- Banking on Value: A New Approach to Credit Risk in Africa
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
- This document assesses the extent to which environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues feature in South African and Nigerian credit risk assessment policies. It also provides guidance for imp...
- Responsible investment in focus: how leading public pension funds are meeting the challenge
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
- This report highlights responsible investment strategies being employed by some of the world’s leading public pension funds. It contains 15 case studies offering a snapshot of some of the mos...
