What do investors need?

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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
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UKSIF 1991-2011

• Supporting the UK finance sector to
• Advance sustainability through
• financial services
• supporting leadership, growing markets

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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)

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Financing the Low Carbon Transition
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What do we mean by investors?
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Making it work
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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
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Managing an Investment Mandate
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Managing Risk
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UK Green Investment Bank What do investors need?
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UK Green Investment Bank This weeks 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
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• Thank You
• www.uksif.org
• penny.shepherd_at_uksif.org