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. 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)
Complete Brokerage House Analyst Reports
| Report | Sector | Country Focus |
| Beyond the Numbers: Corporate Governance – Implication for Investors (PDF: 687 KB) Deutsche Bank Global Equity Research |
Multiple | Global |
| The Global Environment and Socially Responsible Investment Environmental Technologies Fuelling Zones of Growth (PDF: 524 KB) Nikko Citigroup |
Power Technologies, Chemicals, Consumer Electronics, Pharmaceuticals | Japan |
| Introducing the Goldman Sachs Energy Environmental and Social Index (PDF: 3 MB) Goldman Sachs Global Energy Research |
Oil and Gas | Global |
| Pharmaceuticals (PDF: 286 KB) ABN AMRO Equities UK |
Pharmaceuticals | Global |
| Insurance and Sustainability: Playing with Fire (PDF: 2 MB) West LB Equity Research |
Insurance | EU |
| CSR in the Non Life Insurance Sector (PDF: 211 KB) Nomura Japanese Equity Markets |
Insurance | Japan |
| European Utilities II (PDF: 1.5 MB) HSBC |
Utilities | EU |
| European Emissions Trading Scheme – Bonanza or Bust? (PDF: 1.6 MB) UBS |
Utilities | EU |
| Utilities: Emission Trading – Carbon Derby Part II: And They’re Off (PDF: 1.6 MB) Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein |
Utilities | EU |
| Transport: Aviation Emissions: Another Cost to Bear (PDF: 1.1 MB) Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein |
Aviation | UK and EU |
| No Evidence to Link Share Ratings with Good Corporate Citizenship…Yet (PDF: 403 KB) Deutsche Bank Securities South Africa |
Apparel | South Africa |