Archive

  • Building transparency in SRI

    19 February 2018

    The recommendations of the HLEG highlighted an urgent need to engage Europe's citizens on sustainable finance. Eurosif's updated Transparency Code should help, argues Flavia Micilotta

  • Final HLEG report marks giant strides for sustainable finance globally

    31 January 2018

    The final High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG) report was released today, marking a landmark moment for the EU that will also reverberate around the rest of the world.

  • PRI, Eurosif urge EU to enshrine sustainability in fiduciary duty law

    24 January 2018

    The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and Eurosif have urged the EU to formally recognise sustainability as part of large investors' fiduciary duty, saying that such a definition would remove a key barrier to responsible investment.

  • Responsible investment grows 25% in two years

    28 March 2017

    The value of assets managed under responsible investment strategies have ballooned 25% over the past two years, thanks to rapid growth in countries such as Japan and the US, according to a report.

  • Eurosif revises mission under new head

    15 June 2016

    The pan-European sustainable investment forum, Eurosif, has revised its strategy under its recently appointed head Flavia Micilotta.

  • Eurosif hires new executive director

    01 December 2015

    Eurosif has hired Flavia Micilotta as its new executive director following a three month search to replace its outgoing chief, François Passant.

  • People moves

    24 September 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at HSBC, CDP, RobecoSAM, Impax, MSCI and the World Bank.

  • Passant to leave Eurosif

    17 August 2015

    Eurosif executive director François Passant is to leave the organisation, and a hunt for his successor is underway.

  • Eurosif proposes sustainability as 6th pillar of EU Capital Markets Union

    13 May 2015

    Sustainability should be added to the proposed principals behind the EU's Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative.

  • Development banks urged to help boost clean infrastructure investments

    30 September 2013

    Multilateral development banks should use their financial muscle to structure investment funds to fit the needs of institutional investors that want to avoid high-carbon infrastructure assets, a conference heard.