Search For News: New Index Will Track Pure-Play Environmental Companies The Global Environment 60 Index will be available to investors through an exchange-traded fund offered by Claymore Investments. SRI Funds Post Losses, But Hold Their Own in Relative Performance While not immune from the battering endured by investors of all stripes, many SRI funds have outperformed mainstream funds on a relative basis this year. Survey Finds That Corporate Responsibility Professionals Greet an Obama Administration with Optimism Conference attendees believe that better corporate responsibility could have lessened severity of fiscal crisis, and expect increased regulation of CR issues. Report Finds That Most Corporations Fail to Address Risks That Threaten Long-Term Profitability EIRIS report on responsible business practices finds insufficient ESG risk management and inadequate disclosure and advocates PRI involvement for responsible investors. Report on UK Fund Managers Finds Room for Improvement on ESG Issues FairPensions surveys thirty of the largest asset managers and finds relatively strong performance in governance but insufficient attention to climate change and social issues. Institutional Investors Call on SEC to Require Climate Change Disclosure Fourteen large institutional investors join in request for improved ESG reporting as goal of SEC's 21st Century Disclosure Initiative. Corporate Glass Ceiling for Women and Minorities is yet to be Shattered Reports on diversity in the workplace find women and minorities in executive positions remain in short supply, and corporations resistant to sharing data on diversity practices. Climate Change Report Finds Silver Lining for Investors in Renewable Energy Deutsche Bank report on Climate Change emphasizes necessity of carbon pricing, while finding in the economic crisis opportunities for investment in clean technologies.