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06 Socially Responsible Investment
Socially Responsible Investment means investing in stock market listed companies following strict criteria on environmental, social and governance issues, as well as investing directly in sustainable businesses.
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4 Funds
Triodos Investment Management manages four funds investing in the stock market or in bonds
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22% Companies selected
The proportion of all the companies we research found eligible for investment.This results into an investment universe of 341 companies
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128 Pioneer companies
From our list of eligible businesses, 128 are rated "pioneer companies" for their products, services or business processes
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Stimulate change
In 2011, we had over 600 contacts with companies in order to improve their sustainability
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220 Feedback letters
We sent almost 220 feedback letters to companies last year, suggesting ways of improving their performance
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Stakeholder panel
We have set up an international advisory panel, consisting of ten experts representing various interest groups for a regular dialogue on our sustainable criteria
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Strict investment criteria
Triodos Bank's research team monitors developments, trends and behaviour to ensure that the criteria are aligned with the latest developments in our society and the real pioneers are selected
Networks and Partners
UNPRI
Triodos Bank is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, which provide a framework for investment professionals to incorporate the environmental, social and corporate governance issues into mainstream investment decision-making and ownership. Click here for PRI Executive Summary survey 2011. We are pleased that based on our feedback, UNPRI rated us in the highest quartile with a score between 83% and 100% for each of the six principles.
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Triodos Bank in action
Although a healthy performance is important, Triodos Investment Management does not reward its asset manager based on performance. Triodos Investment Management does not want financial performance to prevail sustainability performance.