Legal and Regulatory Arguments for SRI
UNEP Finance Initiative - Freshfields Report
This report deals with the legal aspect of SRI and concludes that "integrating ESG considerations into an investment analysis so as to more reliably predict financial performance is clearly permissible and is arguably required in all jurisdictions."
October 2005 | Read more »
Institutional Shareholder Committee - The responsibilities of institutional shareholders and agents: Statement of Principles
This Statement of Principles sets out best practices for institutional shareholders and their agents...
2005 | Read more »
Chapter 5 of Myners Principles and the proposed revisions of 2004
Chapter 5 of the Myners Principles deals with the role and functions of fund managers, particularly shareholder activism and reporting...
2001 & 2004 | Read more »
The Combined Code on Corporate Governance
This code brings together best practice principles for institutional shareholders, dealing with dialogue with companies, disclosure and voting...
June 2006 | Read more »
The SRI Pensions Disclosure Regulation 2000 (Amendment to the 1995 Pensions Act)
This regulation helped SRI to move into the financial mainstream, requiring pension schemes to disclose their policy on SRI in their Statement of Investment Principles...
3 July 2000 | Read more »
