Corporate Engagement RSS http://www.corporate-engagement.com/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:16:09 +0100 info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) en <![CDATA[The diminishing alpha potential of ESG]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/79 A significant number of institutional investors publicly express the belief that corporate stakeholder relations are associated with (intangible) firm value in a manner that the financial marke...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:16:09 +0100 <![CDATA[SIRP/Mistra seminar for researchers and practitioners on March 27 in Paris]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/event/13 Sustainable Investment Research Platform (SIRP) is an international and interdisciplinary research programme that involves 50 researchers in Europe. Mistra, the Swedisch Foundation of Strategic...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Value Added From Money Managers in Private Markets? An Examination of Pension Fund Investments in Real Estate]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/78 Real estate is the most important alternative asset class for pension funds and represents on aver- age more than five percent of their total holdings. We employ a previously unexplored interna...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:46:55 +0100 <![CDATA[A Manifesto for Sustainable Capitalism]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/25 Dr Daniel Hann (FINANCE) and Prof. Dr Rob Bauer (FINANCE; Corporate Environmental Management and Credit Risk)...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:49:45 +0100 <![CDATA[Rob Bauer comments on Blacklist ABP on Radio1]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/24 Rob Bauer, Professor of Institutional Investors, has appeared in an interview by Goedemorgen Nederland of Rad...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:43:49 +0100 <![CDATA[New professional education programme “Investing for Environmental and Social Impact” ]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/23 On 28-30 March 2012, Duisenberg school of Finance and Maastricht University - together with NYU Stern School of Business - organizes a professional education programme on Impact Investing.
 info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:51:27 +0100 <![CDATA[Project finance as a driver of economic growth in low-income countries]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/74 This paper, coauthored by Stefanie Kleimeier and Roald Versteeg, investigates the role of project finance as a driver of economic growth. The authors hypothesize that project finance is benefic...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:16:08 +0100 <![CDATA[Interview Nils Kok @Greenbuild Next, Toronto]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/22 Short, high-paced interview on "what's next" in green building -- about the finance performance of LEED-certified buildings, the current crisis and future trends.

]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:52:07 +0100 <![CDATA[Finance and Responsibility Business Practices: Research, Practice and Policy conference (3-4 Nov 2011) videos and presentations available now]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/21 ECCE and Haas-CRB brought together leading academic researchers and practitioners from across the globe to discuss the financial implications of a firm’s corporate social responsibility s...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:14:15 +0100 <![CDATA[The Market for Independent Directors]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/72 We study the market for independent directors in the United States during the 1996-2006 period within a supply-demand framework. We find that, in parallel with new governance reforms and escala...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:25:32 +0100 <![CDATA[Residential Energy Literacy and Capitalization ]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/77 With the residential sector accounting for some one-fifth of global energy consumption -- resulting from the requirements to heat, cool, and light residential dwellings -- energy efficiency in ...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:18:31 +0100 <![CDATA[Portfolio Greenness and the Financial Performance of REITs]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/75 There is an increasing body of evidence on the financial performance of “green” commercial properties, but not much is known about the implications of investments in such buildings ...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:18:31 +0100 <![CDATA[Supply, Demand, and the Value of Green Buildings]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/76 Attention to “sustainability” and energy efficiency rating schemes in the commercial property market has increased rapidly during the past decade. In the UK, commercial properties h...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:10:56 +0100 <![CDATA[Investors have more than just voting in their engagement armoury, study finds]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/19 Rob Bauer, Frank Moers, and Michael Viehs have appeared on top1000funds.com on October 12, 2011, “Investors have more than just voting in their engagement armoury, study finds”...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:58:16 +0200 <![CDATA[Rob Bauer and Nils Kok in Swedish newspaper "Dagens Industri"]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/17 Rob Bauer and Nils Kok were interviewed by Swedish newspaper "Dagens Industri" after giving speeches at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Academic Network Meeti...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:28:45 +0200 <![CDATA[Save the Date! Finance and Responsible Business: Research, Practice and Policy]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/event/9 Save the Date! November 3-4, 2011

The Berkeley-Haas Center for Responsible Business and The European Center for Corporate Engagement (ECCE) at Maastricht University present the conferenc...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Andrea Chegut talks Green Real Estate in the Norwegian Financial Daily]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/14  

Andrea Chegut presented at the IPD - KTI Nordic Property Briefing where she spoke with Christopher Sandøy of the ...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:38:29 +0200 <![CDATA[Assurance on Sustainability Reports: An International Comparison]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/70 In this paper, co-authored with Roger Simnet and Wai Fong Chua, we study general purpose, non-financial (sustainability) reports.Globally, companies increasingly publish these reports. Some of ...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:14:55 +0200 <![CDATA[Investors Stimulate Property Sector to Disclose Environmental Performance ]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/12 Investors stimulate property sector to disclose environmental performance
Commercial property sector improves energy efficiency
Amsterdam, September 1, 201...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:11:08 +0200 <![CDATA[PhD Defense Daniel Hann]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/news/11 On June 30th, Daniel Hann successfully defended his PhD thesis: "Stakeholder Theory in Finance". Rob Bauer and Jeroen Derwall are his supervisors. 

]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:01:41 +0200 <![CDATA[Values-Driven and Profit-Seeking SRI]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/53 A segmentation of the socially responsible investing (SRI) movement by values-versus-profit orientation solves the puzzling evidence that both socially responsible and controversial stocks prod...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:59:56 +0200 <![CDATA[Energy Efficiency in the Residential Sector: Practice, Policy, Prospects]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/event/12 Energy Efficiency In the Residential Sector:
Practice, Policy, Prospects

A UC Berkeley Policy & Research Conference

Thursday, Sep...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 <![CDATA[GRESB Research Report 2011]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/research/44 At the request of a global consortium of institutional investors, 340 of the worldʼs largest property funds have disclosed detailed data on the environmental performance of their portfolio. A r...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:02:11 +0200 <![CDATA[Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/event/11 Call for proposals at Harvard Kennedy School of Management

 

The Initiative for Responsible Investment is soliciting proposals for academic papers on the relationship between...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200 <![CDATA[2011 Moskowitz seminar for SRI research: Call]]> http://www.corporate-engagement.com/event/1 PURPOSE: The annual Moskowitz Prize is the only global award recognizing outstanding quantitative research in the field of socially responsible investing (SRI). First presented in 1996 by the S...]]> info@corporate-engagement.com (Corporate Engagement) Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200