Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 807. Corporate engagement and shareholder ac- tion: the use of shareholder power to influ- ence corporate behavior, including influence through direct corporate engagement (i.e., communicating with senior management or boards of companies or both), filing or co-fil- ing shareholder proposals, and proxy voting guided by comprehensive ESG guidelines. – From: 2014 Global Sustainable Invest- ment Review, Page 6 They describe global sustainable assets as rising from “$13.3 trillion in 2012 to $21.4 trillion at the start of 2014.” By their classification system, the proportion of such investments has grown to 30.2% of all professionally managed assets in the regions covered: Source: 2014 Global Sustainable Investment Review Source: 2014 Global Sustainable Investment Review Source: 2014 Global Sustainable Investment Review European investors are the leaders in incorporat- ing ESG criteria. Negative screening and integra- tion of some ESG criteria into traditional analysis represent the predominant ESG global strategies. Source: 2014 Global Sustainable Investment Review In 2014, the Forum for Sustainable and Respon- sible Investment and the US SIF Foundation also published its report for the United States, “Report on US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends 2014” Their report includes a wealth of documentation regarding socially responsible investment in the U.S. They document SRI-managed asset growth in the U.S. as follows: Source: US SIF Foundation A birds-eye view of the screening universe indi- cates that attention to ESG criteria was growing as of 2014. The Forum for Sustainable and Re- sponsible Investment plans to publish their “Re- port on US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact 10 I. Investment Screening: Can We Filter for Productive Comapnies?