RISK RETURNS AND RESPONSIBILITY

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Contents

Summary

Introduction – the rise of corporate responsibility and its importance to financial markets

Two years of responsibility risk disclosure

- the ABI guidelines and companies’ response

- developments in corporate responsibility

• general trends

• corporate governance and corporate responsibility

• corporate responsibility developments around the world

• company reporting and analysis

• codes and standards

- UK company law and the Operating and Financial Review (OFR)

Corporate responsibility and the City

- pension funds

- fund managers

• collective action

- analysts

The evidence

- investment risk and returns

- bonds and credit ratings

- CSR and shareholder value

• risk and responsibility

• the bottom line

• materiality

Analysing corporate responsibility

- CoreRatings and the financial sector

- Innovest on the computer industry

Conclusion

Appendix – Association of British Insurers: Disclosure Guidelines on Socially Responsible

Investment