Forum for Sustainable Investments
The Forum for Sustainable Investments e. V. (FNG) is the professional association for sustainable investments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Goal of the association
The association, based in Berlin, has been campaigning for more sustainability in the financial sector since it was founded in 2001 and is working towards improving the legal and political framework for sustainable investments. For example, the association advocates that direct investments by the public sector in companies are tied to the condition of a climate-friendly corporate strategy and that investors receive financial advice about where their money is being invested.
organization
The association consists of the members and the voluntary board, which in turn consists of the chairman, three deputy chairmen and up to eight assessors. The 150 members (as of May 2011) include banks, insurance companies, rating agencies, investment companies, asset managers, financial advisors, non-governmental organizations and interested individuals from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Europe
The FNG founded Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum) together with its counterparts from France, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Italy . Eurosif is the professional association for sustainable investments at European level. The FNG also awards the transparency logo for sustainable retail funds, which is used in a total of twelve European countries.
Sustainable investments
The FNG defines sustainable investments as "a supplement to the classic criteria of profitability, liquidity and security with ecological, social and ethical aspects". In addition, it understands the term "investment processes that include the influence of ESG (environmental, social and governance) criteria in their financial analysis".
The FNG annually surveys the volume of sustainable investments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and publishes the results in a market report. Accordingly, strong growth has recently been recorded after the slump during the financial and economic crisis. Compared to Germany and Austria, Switzerland leads the way in absolute terms. Above all, the low proportion of sustainable investments in the total volume in Germany is criticized. It's less than one percent.
In addition, there are a number of other studies by other institutions that determine the volume of sustainable investments in German-speaking countries or in Europe. With regard to the methodology and the specific object of the survey - for example, the focus is on certain asset classes - these studies and thus their results vary to a considerable extent.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.taz.de/1/archiv/digitaz/artikel/?ressort=wu&dig=2010%2F01%2F26%2Fa0076&cHash=bd432314f7
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.eurosif.org/transparency-code/signatories-and-responses/
- ↑ http://www.forum-ng.org/de/nachhaltige-geldanlagen/nachhaltige-geldanlagen.html
- ↑ Trend towards sustainability. In: nzz.ch. September 6, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Green money as a growth engine ( memento from July 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), Stuttgarter Zeitung from September 28, 2010
- ↑ An overview of the studies can be found in: Oekom Corporate Responsibility Review 2011, page 9 ff. And for Germany in: Financing sustainable development. An overview of the situation of sustainable investments in Germany, p. 12 ff.
