NEWS STORY:
CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY: INVESTMENT RESEARCH
European Sustainability Research Association Develops Standards of Performance
The Association of Independent Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Research releases a
Voluntary Quality Standard to ensure that the work of investment research providers is transparent
and has verifiable quality.
NEWS BRIEF:
SUSTAINABLE INVESTING: STOCK INDEXES
S&P Adds Carbon Index to Its Family of Environmental Indices
Index will rely on research provided by Trucost to determine large cap US constituents of the S&P
500 with the lowest carbon footprints.
NEWS BRIEF:
ACQUISITIONS: SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT RESEARCH
Riskmetrics to Acquire Innovest
RiskMetrics cites expansion of research on environmental, social, and strategic governance issues
as major reason for purchase.