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Partnerships

"We hope to make sustainable investing mainstream and encourage businesses around the world to be more responsible, ethical and sustainable."
—David Blood

Generation is proud of its close relationship with a number of leading organizations working towards a more sustainable future:

Memberships and Initiatives

To support Generation's commitment to strengthening the field of sustainability research, we participate in the following initiatives:

Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI)

The EITI has designed principles to promote the use of natural resource wealth to create positive economic and social impacts. The principles were designed primarily for companies in the extractive industry however investors and governments also support them and their transparency. Generation endorses the initiative and views adoption of the principles as an indication of management quality for firms in the extractive industry. www.eitransparency.org

Asian SRI Association (ASriA)

ASrIA is a not for profit, membership association dedicated to promoting corporate responsibility and sustainable investment practice in the Asia Pacific region. ASrIA's members include investment institutions managing over US$2 trillion in assets, however membership is open to any organisation which has an interest in sustainable investment. www.asria.org

Carbon Disclosure Project

The Carbon Disclosure Project provides a secretariat for the world's largest institutional investor collaboration on the business implications of climate change, now representing $31 trillion of assets under management. CDP represents a process whereby institutional investors collectively sign a single global request for disclosure of information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Chairman Al Gore spoke at the launch of CDP4 in New York in September, 2006. www.cdproject.net

Enhanced Analytics Initiative

The EAI is a group of institutional investors and fund managers who have decided to allocate individually a minimum of 5% of their respective brokerage commission to sell-side researchers who are effective at analysing material extra-financial issues and intangibles. www.enhanced-analytics.com

European SRI Association

The European Social Investment Forum is the pan-European stakeholder network whose mission is to encourage and develop sustainable and responsible investment and better corporate governance. www.eurosif.org

Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS

The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS is the pre-eminent organization leading the business fight against HIV/AIDS. Generation participates in the Coalition's finance working group. www.businessfightsaids.org

Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change is a UK based collaborative organisation of institutional investors focused on helping investors to better understand the implications of climate change and of climate change policy for investment portfolios. www.iigcc.org

International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)

The ICGN is the leading investor-led authority on corporate governance and a network for the exchange of views and information about corporate governance issues internationally. www.icgn.org

UK Social Investment Forum

Part of the broader Social Investment Forum network, UKSIF promotes Socially Responsible Investment in the UK. www.uksif.org

UN Global Compact

The Global Compact is a voluntary international corporate citizenship network initiated to support the participation of both the private sector and other social actors to advance responsible corporate citizenship and universal social and environmental principles to meet the challenges of globalization. www.un.org/Depts/ptd/global.htm

United Nations Environment Programme, Finance Initiative—Principles for Responsible Investment (UNEP FI)

UNEP FI is a global partnership between UNEP and the financial sector to understand the impacts of environmental and social considerations on financial performance. Generation is a signatory of the Principles of Responsible Investment and David Blood participated in its Paris launch. www.unepfi.org

US Social Investment Forum

The US Social Investment Forum is a national non-profit membership organization promoting the concept, practice and growth of socially responsible investing. www.socialinvest.org