In the run to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, latest research from EIRIS focuses on 300 of the world's largest companies (listed on the FTSE All World Index), to examine the progress they have made over the last 12 months in responding th the challenges of climate change. Main conclusion is that some improvements have been made, but further momentum is needed. Investors are invited to integrate climate change into their engagement strategies or when exercising voting rights.

Dans le document publié mardi par le Vatican, le Pape condamne les excès du capitalisme financier et voit dans la crise l'occasion de réorganiser l'économie mondiale.