Indeed calls from investors for increased ESG disclosure have been growing louder. In April 2009 Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, issued a public policy position paper to recommend the European Commission encourage greater corporate transparency on ESG issues including a call for European institutions to mandate disclosure of ESG data by publicly traded, large corporations5 . Such reporting would be principles-based and use a limited number of standardised Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), some of which would be sector specific. In July 2009 more than 50 major investment firms and professionals joined the Social Investment Forum (SIF) in calling on the.
