All Special Report articles – Page 124
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Guiding light of shareholder value
When you think of Sweden, you think ‘green’ – environmentally friendly, clean and responsible. The Swedish pension fund world is no exception. Consider AP7’s high profile stock-screening policy based on international corporate social responsibility (CSR) guidelines. At the root, however, the debate between CSR, shareholder value and the role of ...
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Vigilante armed with a torch
Pension funds in the UK are battling to deal with a public loss of confidence in them. Not only are asset values dwindling for the third year in a row, but high profile cases of excessive pay for top executives at some of the country’s biggest corporations has led to ...
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First UK SRI index
There are some perhaps unexpected names – including oil, chemicals and mining companies – topping the first UK corporate social responsibility index launched in March. Among the top ranking companies in the new index are Shell International, BP, Dow Chemical and Rio Tinto. They are alongside names such as retailers ...
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Up to trustees to make system work
Pension funds, as quintessential long term investors, can be a world force for corporate governance reform. This is the long-held creed of Robert Monks, one of the founding fathers of corporate activism in the US and the UK. For two decades, Monks has argued that investors should take a more ...
