As market makers involved in social finance, we know that nothing stays the same and are continuously on the look out for opportunities to report on the changing political and economic landscape.
Responsible Investment
Just as in any industry, the responsible investment (RI) industry is full of jargon, abbreviations and acronyms. This post will familiarize you with common terms we use: Responsible Investing (RI) or Socially Responsible Investing (SRI); Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Shareholder Engagement; ESG Integration; Positive & Negative Screening; Institutional Investors; and Retail Investors.
The fur trade in Canada provides a distant mirror for Social Finance advocates and practitioners on the complex effects of any new technology. It makes us mindful that every intervention has side effects, both positive and negative.
SRI Monitor featured comprehensive coverage of last week's Canadian Responsible Investment Conference 2010. Below are excerpts from the blog's reporting.
Attendees at the Canadian Responsible Investment Conference expect to hear about the hottest trending topics from the panel sessions, with well-known terms and issues: Engaging with the Oilsands Sector, Innovations in Cleantech Investing, The G20 and Financial Re-Regulation, and Divestment and Engagement… and of course, (the obligatory) “SRI: The View From Europe”.
But a panel on impact investing and social finance? That’s probably new ground for many, given the relatively nascent stage of the discussions in Canada. An excellent panel was linked up to provide an introduction to impact investing to those that needed it, and a remainder to the rest of us around the emerging links between the world of responsible investing and social finance.
Jeff Mowatt on Three Business Models for the Bottom Billion
Sep 03, 2010