The Convention on Cluster Munitions opens for signature today, December 3, 2008 in Oslo. Ethix SRI Advisors' analyst Eamon Surry is attending the signing conference and meeting investors to discuss implications of the new convention.
Ethix SRI Advisors has followed the process leading up to today’s signing event since late 2004. Senior analyst and arms industry expert Reinhilde Weidacher has actively participated in discussions with expert organizations and investors throughout Europe as these assumed an increasingly important role in the process.
Ethix SRI Advisors helps investors to integrate environmental, social and governance factors into the investment policy. Corporate involvement in cluster munitions is covered within Ethix SRI Advisors’ Norms-Based Screening©, a service used by numerous institutional investors in the Nordic countries, in Belgium, the Netherlands and France.
Please find background information about the cluster munitions convention process here.
As an active signatory of the UN PRI, Ethix SRI Advisors participates in the upcoming UN PRI Clearinghouse webinar on controversial weapons to discuss products and sectors involved, the recent policy and strategy development by governments and civil society, and the institutional investors’ perspective. The webinar takes place on 10 December at 11 PM (CET/Amsterdam) and 11 December at 4 PM (CET/Amsterdam). For more information http://www.unpri.org/
For more information contact Senior Analyst Reinhilde Weidacher.
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