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What do investors need?. Penny Shepherd MBE Chief Executive UKSIF – the sustainable investment and finance association Climate Parliament Forum: The Multiplier Effect 26-27 May 2011. UKSIF: 1991-2011. Supporting the UK finance sector to Advance sustainability through financial services
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What do investors need? Penny Shepherd MBE Chief Executive UKSIF – the sustainable investment and finance association Climate Parliament Forum: The Multiplier Effect 26-27 May 2011
UKSIF: 1991-2011 Supporting the UK finance sector to Advance sustainability through financial services supporting leadership, growing markets
Finance Sector Sustainability Initiatives • Sustainable Investment and Finance Associations (SIF, SIO, UKSIF, ASRIA, RIAA, Eurosif, AfricaSIF & more) • Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) • UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) • Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and its sister organisations • Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) • Equator Principles (for Project Finance)
European SRI: Asset Class Diversification Bonds have replaced Equities as the preferred asset class for SRI investors. ‘Other’ is a growth area that encompasses private equity, commodities, real estate Source: Eurosif
UK Green Investment Bank What do investors need?
UK Green Investment Bank This week’s announcements “The GIB, the first national development bank in the world to be dedicated to the low carbon economy, might just be the turning point in the UK when we leave the dirty old economy behind and start really building the stable, sustainable green economy. That means new jobs, cleaner air, less severe impacts from global warming and more. When we look back, it may truly have started here.” The Guardian, 23 May 2011
Thank You www.uksif.org penny.shepherd@uksif.org