News

  • FTSE4Good and DJSI review index components

    01 October 2006

    Two socially responsible investment (SRI) index families, FTSE4Good and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), have implemented the latest annual reviews of the companies they track.

  • Chemical industry sets out sustainability plan

    01 October 2006

    The European chemicals industry has developed a 20-year strategy to focus R&D spending on improving the sustainability of the sector.

  • Market seen beating US renewable fuels standard

    01 October 2006

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set out its plans for a Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), with credit trading, to increase the proportion of biofuels used in the US. However, analysts say market forces will create more demand than the RFS mandates.

  • People moves this month

    01 October 2006

    The Social Investment Forum, the US trade association for socially responsible investing, has appointed its first ever chief executive officer, LISA WOLL.