2009-10-22

CDP: 80 Percent of Companies Want to Reduce their Carbon Dioxide Emissions

On Tuesday, October 20th, the 2009 Carbon Disclosure Project was made public. Mistra's research program Sustainable Investments has prepared this key report for the Nordic countries’ companies and...

2009-09-14

Lars Hassel Elected to PRI’s Academic Network Committee

Lars Hassel, program director of Mistra’s  research program ”Sustainable Investments”, has been elected to serve on the committee of PRI’s Academic Network.

2009-07-08

Al Gore visits Mistra

Last Wednesday Generation IM, the American asset management firm, visited its Swedish clients. Hosted by Mistra, Generation’s team presented its results and future projections. Generation’s...

2009-06-09

Mistra is participating in “The Politicians’ Week” in Almedalen

“The climate and investment capital—how investors contribute to sustainable development” is the headline for Mistra’s first arrangement ever during The Politicians’ Week in Almedalen, Gotland. Three...

2009-04-02

Mistra Evaluates Their Asset Managers

"We are convinced that a long-term and sustainable asset management pays off," says Eva Thörnelöf who is in charge of Mistra’s asset management division.  Her statement was issued as the...

2009-02-12

Mistra adopts UN Principles

Through the research programme Sustainable Investments and through its own asset management, Mistra is working to promote sustainable investing.

2008-12-24

Green bond

For the first time, the World Bank has issued a “green" bond. Through it, the Bank is loaning out money that will be used to finance climate-adapted projects around the world.

2008-09-11

A climate index for the world's countries

Mistra has initiated a collaboration with AccountAbility — an independent organization that works to develop new ideas, tools and collaboration to help individuals, institutions and organizations...

2008-08-20

Sustainable buildings

A new report summarises key findings of a workshop on environmental and social issues in real estate investments that took place on 12 June 2008.

2007-12-12

Environmental, social and governance issues in emerging markets investments

For the third time, Mistra invited a select group of asset managers, investors, academics and independent researchers to discuss environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues relevant to...

2007-06-21

Mistra invests in a new etichal fund for growth markets

As the first investor in a new ethical fund, Mistra (the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research) is once more taking the initiative. BankInvest, the Danish company, has started a new...

2007-05-04

Asset managers given the thumbs up

Mistra has for the second time carried out an evaluation of its success in achieving what is known as sustainable asset management.