Time to take stock. From: Investment Adviser | Date: May 29, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 FT Business. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

"Today, it is increasingly clear that UN objectives -" peace, security, and development -" go hand-in-hand with prosperity and growing markets. If societies fail, so will markets." These were the words with which the UN secretary-general Kofi Annan launched the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) at the New York Stock Exchange in April.

The PRI has six main principles (see box-out). These commit signatories to integrating environmental, social and governance issues into conventional investment analysis; to being active, responsible owners by promoting ...

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