Events

Global Compact Leaders Summit

The Materiality of Social, Environmental and Corporate Governance Issues to Equity Pricing

24 June, 2004 | New York, USA

The UN Global Compact Leaders Summit was hosted by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to mark the fourth anniversary of the creation of the Compact. The UN Global Compact is a set of voluntary principles, launched in 2000, for business covering environmental, human rights and labour issues. A tenth principle on corruption was added at the Summit.

At the Summit, UNEP FI and a group of 12 fund managers from the UNEP FI Asset Management Working Group launched a new report, "The Materiality of Social, Environmental and Corporate Governance Issues to Equity Pricing" (PDF: 1.1 MB), which calls on investors, government and business leaders to embed environmental, social, and governance best practice at the heart of our markets.

• Learn more about UNEP FI's work on financial materiality

Key documents

• The Materiality of Social, Environmental, and Corporate Governance Issues to Equity Pricing (PDF: 1.1 MB) - UNEP FI
• CEO Briefing: The Materiality of Social, Environmental, and Corporate Governance Issues to Equity Pricing (PDF: 746 KB) - UNEP FI
• Who Cares Wins - Connecting Financial Markets to a Changing World (PDF: 786 KB) - UN Global Compact

Press Releases

• 15 July 2004 - Creating a global alliance of investors: UNEP and investors join forces to launch new Responsible Investment Initiative (PDF: 20 KB)
• 24 June 2004 - Protecting pensions and the planet: New UNEP report warns of threat to stock markets if social and environmental questions ignored (PDF: 182 KB) / Protéger les fonds de retraite et la planète (PDF: 183 KB)