Fund EcoMarket
the sustainable, responsible and ethical investment information hub
the sustainable, responsible and ethical investment information hub
On 1 May UKSIF celebrated its annual ‘Ownership Day’ with an event at the London Stock Exchange and the publication of a fund manager survey that looks into how different managers view the oil industry ‘Oil Pressure Gauge’ .
Its focus is around ‘responsible ownership’ or what many now call ‘stewardship’ and the role it can play in effecting change.
Responses were anonymous and I rather like their honesty. To precis – clearly much absolutely essential engagement work is being done, but managers appear to be strategically light in places.
(For all reports go to http://ownershipday.co.uk/resources/ )
The report was produced with the help of ‘the Climate Change Collaboration’ a group of charities who operate in this area.
In a month when climate change was constantly in the news it will surprise few to see that Fund EcoMarket users regularly searched for fund options listed as: ‘sustainability themed’, ‘environmentally themed’, ‘environmental policy’, ‘climate change policy’, ‘avoids coal, oil & gas majors’, ‘invests in clean energy / renewables’ . The high ranking of ‘animal […]
For a quick round up of our activity (Feb – April 2019) and other SRI related news (that will hopefully be of use to financial services intermediaries!) here is a link to our latest ‘inSRI’ Newsletter. This includes a big ‘welcome’ to EdenTree our most recent sponsoring partner! https://mailchi.mp/c28ca44c4068/sri-services-and-fund-ecomarket-news-april-2019
On 1 May UKSIF celebrated its annual ‘Ownership Day’ with an event at the London Stock Exchange and the publication of a fund manager survey that looks into how different managers view the oil industry ‘Oil Pressure Gauge’ . Its focus is around ‘responsible ownership’ or what many now call ‘stewardship’ and the role it […]