Acuity Funds joins United Nations program to improve sustainability of financial sector

Acuity Funds Ltd., sponsor of the Clean Environment Funds and Acuity Social Values Funds, has joined the United Nations Environment Program Financial Initiative (UNEP FI).

UNEP FI is directed at engaging the financial community around issues of sustainability. The UN has recognized through decades of project implementation that true environmental sustainability can only be accomplished if institutional lenders and investors are active supporters of sustainability principles.

To date, close to 200 financial institutions, including banks, investment firms and insurance companies have signed on to the UNEP FI Statement, which commits them to upholding principles of sustainability.

According to a recent Acuity newsletter: “Acuity is pleased to have joined this group of signatories and will also be the Canadian representative on the UNEP FI Asset Management Working Group. This group will attempt to bridge the gap between sustainability analysis and traditional financial analysis through targeted research.”

Other Canadian signatories include: Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,  Desjardins Group, Export Development Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotia Bank and Toronto-Dominion Bank.

For more information, visit www.enep.org.

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