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Directors' blackout period in Hong Kong |
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ASrIA provides a guide to responding on the HKSE proposal to increase the time during which a director is prohibited from dealing in securities of a listed issuer
and ASrIA's background analysis. |
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CDP7, 2009 Forums
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ASrIA is once again organising workshops in Hong Kong and Taiwan for companies receiving this years CDP questionnaires. Details will be published shortly. The ASrIA CDP portal has been updated with this year’s timeline, and resources including the CDP questionnaire.
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FT Sustainable Banking Awards |
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Now in their fourth year, the awards-organised by the FT in partnership with IFC have been launched. A new category, the Award for Achievement in Basic Need Financing has been introduced. Tessa Tennant, an ASrIA director will again join the judging panel. |
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Finance Leaders Launch Climate Change Principles |
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A group of major international financial institutions, including ASrIA member HSBC, has joined with The Climate Group to launch a new code to guide best practice across the sector |
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'Good COP or Bad COP' - Institutional Investors send a Powerful Message to
Corporate Leaders |
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A coalition of investors worth over USD 3 trillion, including ASrIA members Calpers and Aviva launched an initiative to encourage the CEOs of 130 major listed companies signed up to the Global Compact to commit to producing an annual corporate responsibility report known as a Communication on Progress (COP). |
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Who Cares Wins: Integrating Sustainable Investing Principles |
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New report by ASrIA member IFC, the United Nations Global Compact, and the Swiss Government urges financial industry to advance efforts to integrate ESG issues in mainstream investment decision-making and
ownership practices.
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F&C report: How Factory Labour Standards Can Drive Profits |
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ASrIA member, F&C’s new report ‘Factory labour standards in emerging markets: An investor perspective’ finds that whilst health and safety improvements have been recognised to boost productivity, trickier systemic problems, such as wage levels and child labour, remain unresolved. |
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US SIF & Domini Release Report on ESG Disclosure Outside the USA |
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ASrIA member Domini Social Investments and the Social Investment Forum release the report ‘Innovations in Social and Environmental Disclosure Outside the United States’, which presents case studies of five countries, including Malaysia, where governments and stock exchanges have taken the lead over the US in social and environmental disclosure. |
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Mercer Offers 'Carbon Footprint' Analysis of Client Portfolios |
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ASrIA member Mercer announced it can now provide clients with a ‘carbon footprint’ analysis of their portfolio/s, and compare it to a chosen benchmark. |
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TIAA-CREF Answers Questions About Engaging With Asian Companies Involved In Sudan |
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ASrIA member TIAA-CREF released the following press release detailing its investment policy in Sudan. |
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EIRIS Celebrates 25 years of Responsible Investment Leadership |
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ASrIA congratulates our member Eiris on its 25th Anniversary. EIRIS have also launched a PRI toolkit to assist both asset owners and fund managers. |
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| SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT NEWS |
For a comprehensive news listing visit: http://www.asria.org/news |
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US SIF Open Letter to President Obama |
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The Letter provides constructive suggestions for advancing shareholder rights, increased disclosure & corporate responsibility. |
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Cluster Weapons Manufacturer and Mining Company Excluded From the Government Pension Fund |
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Norway's state investment fund has blacklisted a US firm for production of cluster bombs and a Canadian mining company due to environmental concerns. |
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China Sustainable Growth Fund To Be Launched |
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Jupiter to launch China Sustainable Growth Limited in the UK to benefit from strong secular growth trends expected in Chinese economy. |
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SRI ETFs Await Regulatory Approval |
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Among the busiest areas of the exchange-traded-fund business in 2009 could be socially responsible investing, judging by the crop of ETFs that are awaiting clearance by the U.S. SEC. |
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New Pax World SRI ETF’s include Asian Focus |
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Despite a growing number of mutual funds taking a socially minded theme, few options exist for exchange-traded fund investors in the field. Pax World Management Corp. has filed to enter the ETF market. |
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Conflicting Signals on Funding for Asian Microfinance |
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Recent article indicates that as the global financial system buckles, microfinance institutions continue to grow on the back of their record for low risk and solid returns, but other evidence indicates many small and medium size microfinance institutions are gasping for funds. |
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Global Survey of Fund Managers Highlights Potential Positives from Financial Crisis |
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Fund managers emphasize risk controls, portfolio diversification, and active management as the tools to succeed in 2009, finds Watson Wyatt. |
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Investors Still Harbor Serious Concerns about Corporate Governance and Political Risk in China, Study Finds |
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Investors rate China highest for investment opportunities but lowest for corporate governance, according to data from IR magazine's Investor Perception Study, Asia 2008/2009 |
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Australasian Responsible Investment Benchmarking Survey 2008 |
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The RIAA study notes that broad responsible investment grew 8% from $52.8bn to $57.1bn reflecting an increase in the assets of fund managers that have integrated ESG factors into their investment process and institutions that have adopted corporate engagement strategies. |
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The Launch of a 'Japanese Way' of Share Owner Engagement |
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Governance for Owners (GO) and Tokio Marine Asset Management (TMAM) announce the launch of a Japan Engagement Consortium (JEC) which aims to engage with Japanese companies to improve long term shareholder returns. |
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Pioneering Atlas Shows How Investing in Carbon-Rich Ecosystems Can Provide Double Dividend |
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The UNEP Atlas pinpoints where high densities of carbon overlap with high levels of biodiversity and spotlights where governments and investors can gain the double dividend of combating climate change and biodiversity loss. |
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Two Reports Detail Investment Needed to Check Climate Change |
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Two just released reports by McKinsey and the World Economic Forum provide interesting assessments of the amount of investment needed to keep climate change in check. |
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2008 Second-Costliest for Catastrophes |
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Preliminary Swiss Re sigma estimates that over 238 000 people were killed by catastrophes in 2008, insured losses soar to USD 50 billion. |
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SRI in the Rockies Conference Launches Podcast Series |
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Dec. 18 (SRI in the Rockies) - SRI in the Rockies, an annual gathering of the sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) industry in North America, has made the entire portfolio of presentations from its 19th annual conference available to the general public |
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New SRI Book, 'Investing in a Sustainable World, Why Green Is the New Color of Money
on Wall Street' |
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A new book by Matthew J. Kiernan, Ph.D., Founder and CE of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors provides the rational arguments and empirical evidence to convince investors that integrating ESG factors in business practice makes investment sense. |
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| For a comprehensive listing of sustainable finance events in the region & globally, visit www.asria.org/news/conference |
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CSR And Corporate Governance Conference 2009 |
Kuala Lumpur |
Feb 11-12, 2009 |
The conference will cover important issues in
the CSR Agenda which also fall within the ambit of Corporate Governance
disclosure as provided for under the CSR Reporting Requirement for listed
companies on Bursa Malaysia. |
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SRI Summit
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San Francisco |
Feb 23, 2009 |
This private hedge fund conference is for
institutional investors and fund managers focused on SRI, triple bottom
line investing, and corporate social responsibility.
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China Carbon Trade Summit 2009 |
Beijing |
April 1-2, 2009 |
A CDM Bazaar, networking opportunity, and information
exchange with government representatives and industry leaders. ASrIA is a
Supporting Organisation.
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Ceres Conference 2009 |
San Francisco |
April 15-16, 2009 |
It's Ceres 20th anniversary. A special
conferencetocelebrate two decades of success, honor founders, and unveil
Ceres 20•20, a vision for putting the global economy on a truly
sustainable path over the coming decade.
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Carbon Trade China 2009 |
Beijing |
April 21-23, 2009 |
This 2nd annual event will gather different
levels of CDM owners & developers.
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TBLI Asia |
Tokyo |
May 28-29, 2009 |
TBLI is now calling for sponsors and speakers for this
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CSR Asia Summit 2009 |
Kuala Lumpur |
October 27-28, 2009
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An annual CSR event providing a wide range of presentations and networking
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| Event summary and presentations provided, where available. |
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| Acer CSR Forum
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Taiwan |
December 16-17, 2008 |
A range of foreign stakeholders and
representatives of leading NGO's, including ASrIA, engaged with
representatives from the Taiwan electronics industry. |
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| SRI at the Rockies
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Canada |
October 26-28, 2008 |
The 19th annual SRI in the Rockies Conference. Podcasts of presentations
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