Institutional
investors
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More
and more institutional investors expect the companies in which they
invest to adopt best practice in the environmental area.
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For
example, some of the largest fund managers say they will vote against
the report of any company not producing an environmental report.
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The
Association of British Insurers (whose members control one quarter
of the UK stock market) has urged companies to follow its guidelines
on corporate social responsibility if they want to avoid compulsory
government requirements. The ABI has identified environmental risks
as among “the most significant risks that companies face”.
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Pension
fund managers are increasingly calling for action in specific areas
such as climate change
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New
stock exchange indices have been set up to reflect companies’
performance in this area, notably the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
and the FTSE4Good index. These are likely to be developed and refined
to take closer account of companies' performance in specific areas.
Cambrensis
aims to put companies in the best position to meet the concerns of institutional
investors, and to have their shares taken up by the new ‘ethical
investment’ indices.
Credible and effective environmental reporting and practices, which
Cambrensis helps deliver, are likely to play an increasingly important
part in this.
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