The environment, intergenerational equity & long-term investment

Thesis

This thesis brings together two responses to the question ‘how can the law extend the timeframe for environmentally relevant decision-making?’ The first response is drawn from the context of institutional investment, and addresses the timeframe and breadth of environmental considerations in pension fund investment decision-making. The second response is related to the context of public environmental decision-making by legislators, the judiciary, and administrators. Three themes underlie an...

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Authors: Molinari, C; Claire Molinari

• Publication date: 2011
• DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0631-x
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: fiduciary duty; pension fund; essentially contested concept; responsible investment; institutional investor; climate change; investment beliefs; sustainable investment; SRI; institutional investment; Fiduciary obligation; investment strategy; intergenerational equity; global financial crisis; socially responsible investment; pension fund governance; trustee; Murray Darling River Basin
• Subjects: Finance; Environmental change; Public policy; Law; Pensions; Retirement; Governance and ethics; Socio-legal studies; Public international law; Organisational behaviour; Equity and the law of trusts; Intergenerational relationships; Geography; Environment