HSBC have written a set of guidelines that set standards for responsible/sustainable investment in five major sectors.

The UN has created an tool that will allow decision makers to incorporate an assessment of the impact on biodiversity.

Date: June 2008A report and interactive webtool that rates and ranks the efforts of 20 of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies to increase universal access to medicine

In a new Wiki Book (www.citizenrenaissance.com), authors Robert Phillips and Jules Peck explore the potential of a new Tripartite Contract between Business, Politics and Citizenship; a Contract built and conducted in the spirit of openness, transparency and real engagement; one designed to deliver the common good and safeguard the future of the planet.

In this speech, delivered to the Meeting of the Experts Group on Disclosure of Non-Financial Information by Companies, Dr. Steve Waygood discusses the need for greater levels, and uniformity, of discloure by companies on non-financial issues in order to better ensure long-term, sustainable, value creation for both investors and their investee companies. Dr. Waygood goes on to address four key questions regarding how and why to proceed with this aim, and sets out Aviva Investors' position.