Resources
Our Publications
CSR and financial ratings
Publishing House Springer Gabler, 2016, editor Heidrun E. Kopp. Conversation with Reinhard Friesenbichler about Sustainability Ratings in comparison.
CSR and Stakeholder Management
Publishing House Springer Gabler, 2016, editors Reinhard Altenburger, Roman H. Mesicek. Contribution: “Sustainability Research: Requirements for CSR and Stakeholder Management in Companies”.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Publishing House Springer Gabler, 2015, editors Andreas Schneider and Rene Schmidpeter. Contribution: “Socially Responsible Investment”.
Ethics in management
Publishing House Orell Füssli, 2004, editor H. Ruh, M. Leisinger, with contributions by, among others, Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz, our contribution to the topic of Ethical Investment
Free Float and Investment Performance
Bank Archiv No. 5/2006, contribution “Free Float and Investment Performance: Effects of Free Float on the Investment Targets System and the Austrian Free Float Paradoxon”
Articles on Sustainability / Sustainable Investment
Free float and investment performance (PDF)
Pension Funds (PDF)
Insurances (PDF)
Gold investments (PDF)
Investor – personal responsibility (PDF)
Olympic Games (PDF)
Public authorities (PDF)
Psychology of the stock market crash (PDF)
Shareholder Value (PDF)
Investment effects of sustainable investments (PDF)
Money and ethics
Member in the editorial staff “Money and Ethics” of the weekly Börsen-Kurier, Vienna, with many contributions about the topics of Investment and Sustainability / Ethics
Ethical Investments
Publishing House of ÖGB, 2001, editors H. Sallmutter, F. Freyschlag, our contribution about the topic of Criteria of Ethical Investment
Other
Many contributions by us and about us in newspapers, periodicals and journals in German speaking countries: Die Presse, Der Standard, trend, Börsen-Kurier, Finanz und Wirtschaft, Going Public, Wirtschaftsblatt, nachhaltigkeit.at, ÖkoInvest, BörseExpress, Handelsblatt, Format, Privat Magazin, etc.
Studies
Market Overview Europe
The “European SRI Study”, which is published by Eurosif, appears every two years and gives an overview of sustainable investment in the most important European markets.
Market Overview US
The Social Investment Forum regularly publishes an overview of the SRI Market in the US as well as several other studies.
SRI in Emerging Markets
IFC offers a large range of downloadable studies, above all relating to the topic of Sustainability and Sustainable Investment in Asia and Emerging Markets, in general.
Moskowitz Prize
The Moskowitz Prize, which is awarded every year, rewards research work about the topic of SRI. The winning projects are available online.
SRI and Pension Funds
The UNEP Finance Initiative publishes several studies about the status and special responsibility of institutional investors – above all pension funds – in the field of SRI.
SRI and Real Estates
The UNEP Finance Initiative provides some studies about the topic of Sustainability and Sustainable Investment in the Real-Estate Industry.
Overview
An excellent overview is given by the website sristudies.org. For example, the search for topics enables you to find studies about the topic of “SRI and Performance”.
Links
Professional organizations and platforms
Several organizations represent and support the topic of sustainable investment on a national and international scale, promote internal and external dialogue and develop standards, quality requirements and informational bases.
Partners
rfu cooperates with several partner companies and organizations.
Links to Partners
denkstatt GmbH
Hoffmann & Partner GmbH
ÖGUT
Vienna Stock Exchange