Sustainable
Investment Solutions
The committee is made up of the following individuals:
- Prof Karl-Henrik Robert, Chair, Founder of The Natural Step
- Raymond Van Ermen, Executive Director of European Partners for the Environment
- Dr Maritta Koch-Weser, CEO, The Global Exchange of Social Investment
- Prof Ethan Kapstein, Professor of Sustainable Development, INSEAD
- Robert Rubinstein, CEO, Brooklyn Bridge
The SRI team is supported by an independent SRI Committee which is made up of five international experts in key areas of sustainability. The role of the SRI Advisory Committee is:
To advise upon the SRI framework and the relative importance given to specific social, environmental and governance factors within this framework; To validate, or otherwise, the robustness, appropriateness and integrity of the SRI framework and research methodology for the SRI products at Fortis Investments that fall within its scope.
To provide a forum for debate and to advise the SRI team on trends in the corporate responsibility and wider sustainable development agenda relevant to the SRI funds.