NDLI: Putting Sustainable Investing into Practice: A Governance Framework for Pension Funds

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Woods, Claire Urwin, Roger
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	This article presents a framework intended to provide pension funds with practical guidance for the successful implementation of a sustainable investing strategy. The framework is developed with respect to the UK and US pension funds (as these share certain common legal characteristics) and focuses on the changes that pension funds adopting such a strategy should make to their investment strategies and governance (particularly through the formulation and articulation of clear investment mission and strong investment beliefs). The article proceeds with a review of socially responsible investment (SRI) and more recent responsible investment (RI) literature, in the context of growing public awareness (but not necessarily understanding) of the concept of sustainability (“Literature review of SRI field: SRI, RI and sustainable investing” section). It then examines the literature on pension fund governance, arguing the need for more detailed practical guidance for funds moving towards sustainable investing, especially for those implementing a sustainable investing strategy (“Anglo-American pension fund governance” section). It presents the framework for the practical implementation of sustainable investing in the “Sustainable investing framework” section. Finally, we review the relevant Anglo-American legal backdrop, outlining how pension funds adopting our framework should approach their fiduciary obligations, and then discussing potential regulatory enablers of sustainable investment (“Legal context: barriers to and enablers of sustainable investing” section).
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	19
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01674544
Journal	Journal of Business Ethics
Volume Number	92
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15730697
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-08-26
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	fiduciary duty institutional investment intergenerational equity investment beliefs investment strategy pension fund governance Quality of Life Research Management/Business for Professionals Economic Growth Ethics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Business and International Management Law Economics and Econometrics

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