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Environmental & Social Risk Analysis E-Learning Programme

3-24 November, 2008
Latin America
 
     
 Events
  UNEP FI and WBCSD address the ESG inefficiency of Capital Markets in Emerging Economies – Part 3: South Africa
4 November, 2008
Johannesburg, South Africa
 
     
  Making it happen: Implementing the Principles for Responsible Investment
31 October, 2008
London, UK
 
     
  UNEP FI and WBCSD address the ESG inefficiency of Capital Markets in Emerging Economies – Part 2: Central and Eastern Europe
30 October, 2008
Vienna, Austria
 
     
  Integrating ESG Issues Into Investment Analysis
1-3 October, 2008
Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen
 
     
  Bringing the Universal Owner Rationale to Life – All you Need is Water.
8 September, 2008
London, UK
 
     
  Becoming Bankable - Experiences and Challenges in Market-Based Finance in the Water Sector
20 August, 2008
World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden
 
     
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Making it happen: Implementing the Principles for Responsible Investment

31 October, 2008

During this seminar, EIRIS will be presenting the key findings from its 2008 report on the State of CSR, looking in particular at how well companies are reporting on key ESG questions, an issue highlighted in Principle 3 of the PRI. EIRIS will be introducing its PRI toolkit designed to help signatories integrate ESG data into their analysis process, identify priorities and goals for engagement, and monitor companies' reporting practices.

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UNEP FI and WBCSD address the ESG inefficiency of Capital Markets in Emerging Economies
Part 2: Central and Eastern Europe, 30 October 2008
Part 3: South Africa, 4 November 2008

8 October, 2008

Are capital market makers still not convinced of the financial relevance of corporate sustainability issues or do they simply lack the information and instruments needed to truly act ESG inclusively? Is the sustainability-related information delivered to the capital markets appropriate and provided in the right format?

Having successfully conducted pilot and scaled-up workshops in London, Montreux, New York and Kuala Lumpur, this workshop brings these questions to the quickly emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe and South Africa. We invite regional investment firms to come to Vienna or Johannesburg to participate in this newly initiated global dialogue with multinational 'investee' companies.

Details on the Workshop in Vienna on 30 October 2008.

Details on the Workshop in Johannesburg on 4 November 2008.

 

Bringing the Universal Owner Rationale to Life – All you Need is Water.

8 September, 2008

UNEP FI's Water & Finance Workstream is currently undertaking a project to explore how the universal ownership hypothesis might be applied to the issue of water in a portfolio management context.

An upcoming workshop in London, hosted by UNEP FI Signatory Insight Investment on 08 September, will inform the production of a subsequent report by soliciting ideas, comments and suggestions from asset owners, asset managers, consultants, brokers and water specialists.

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Bankable Water Sustainable - Sustainable Water Bankable ?

20 August, 2008

‘Water is a human right and not a business’. ‘Water is a strategic investment area and a product to pay for.’

Through co-convening a high level side-event at World Water Week the World Bank’s Water & Sanitation Program and UNEP FI’s Water & Finance Workstream will display that these two usually diametrically opposed ideological approaches can be mutually supportive in achieving satisfactory results: socially, environmentally, financially. Just how?

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Responsible property investment: Ten strategies for increasing the environmental and financial performance of your property portfolios

31 July, 2008

This new report of the UNEP FI Property Working Group aims to help those making investment decisions on existing commercial real estate portfolios to understand how environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues impact upon the current value and prospective investment performance of the assets they own and manage. The report presents 10 strategies for responsible property investment, each demonstrated by a collection of case studies that explain the financial and environmental value of responsible property investment. The report is now available in its full version, complementing the summary CEO Briefing, which the group launched earlier this year.

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Featured Publications
  PDF Responsible Property Investing – What the leaders are doing
(2.3 MB | 93 pages)
 
    
  This report presents a collection of case studies that demonstrate the financial and environmental value of responsible property investment and shows best practice with demonstrated financial return.  
     
  PDF CEO Briefing on Human Rights
(552 KB | 12 pages)
 
    
  This Briefing clarifies how human rights relate to the activities of financial institutions and develops practical tools and guidance that can be used by the sector to better assess and manage its human rights-related risks.  
     
  PDF Building Responsible Property Portfolios
(416 KB | 16 pages)
 
    
  International best practice examples of leading UNEP FI and PRI signatories on how to apply the Principles for Responsible Investment to property assets.
Contributors and Resources
 
     
  PDF Innovative financing for sustainable small and medium enterprises in Africa
(546 KB | 28 pages)
 
    
  In many emerging markets, the SME sector is one of the principal driving forces for economic growth and job creation  
     
  PDF Narrowing the gap: A survey of the barriers and drivers to commercial microfinance in Africa
(1.3 MB | 32 pages)
 
    
  Commercial microfinance in Africa can play a critical role in sustainable growth.  
     
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