Sustainable Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : Investment Practitioner Views of Sustainable Investment in Private Equity and Asset Management in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya

Sustainable Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : Investment Practitioner Views of Sustainable Investment in Private Equity and Asset Management in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya

Sustainable investment (SI) has a strong niche foothold in Sub-Saharan Africa, anchored in the region's largest investment market, South Africa. Yet more work is needed, at policy and portfolio levels, to grow this investment theme. This repor...

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Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Nairobi 2017
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AUDIT COMMITTEE BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BEST PRACTICE BOARD MEETINGS BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBERSHIP BRAND RECOGNITION BRIBERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS CASE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PERFORMANCE BUSINESS PRACTICES CAPITAL FLOWS CAREER DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATION STANDARDS CHARTER CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CIVIL SOCIETY CLIENT COUNTRIES CODES OF CONDUCT COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY LIAISON COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPANY COMPENSATION PACKAGES COMPLIANCE OFFICER CONFIDENTIALITY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST CONSULTATION PROCESSES CONSUMER CONSUMER DEMAND CONTRIBUTION CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STANDARDS CORPORATE PERFORMANCE COST REDUCTION COUNTRY DATA CREATION OF JOBS CREDIT RISK CREDIT RISK ASSESSMENTS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING VALUE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS DISCLOSURE STANDARDS DIVERSIFICATION E-COMMERCE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET BUSINESSES EMISSIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS ETHICAL BEHAVIOR EXTERNAL COSTS FAMILY BUSINESSES FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL REPORTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT GENERAL PUBLIC GLOBAL COMPACT GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GLOBAL LEADER GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES GOVERNANCE PROCESSES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS INCENTIVE STRUCTURE INCORPORATED INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS INDIVIDUALS INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INFORMATION DISSEMINATION INSURANCE INTERNAL CONTROL INTERNAL CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTING INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR FORCE LABOR STANDARDS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LIABILITY LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL COMPANIES LONG TERM FINANCE MANAGERS MARKET ACCESS MEDICAL CARE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCE NEW MARKETS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OTHER ASSETS OUTSOURCING OVERSIGHT DUTIES PARTICULAR COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP PENSION PENSION PLANS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PORTFOLIO POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC COMPANIES PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC OFFERING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS QUALITY STANDARDS RATES OF RETURN RECYCLING REGULATORS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REPUTATION RESOURCE CONSERVATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RESPONSIBILITIES RISK MANAGEMENT RISK PROFILE SENIOR SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS SHAREHOLDER VALUE SHAREHOLDERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL PERFORMANCE SOCIAL RISKS SOCIAL STANDARDS SOCIAL VALUE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPONSOR STAKEHOLDER STOCK MARKET SUPPORT PROGRAMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TOTAL COST TOXIC SUBSTANCES TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY TRUSTS VALUABLE WAGES WEAK CORPORATE GOVERNANCE WORK FORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540881468008097624/Sustainable-investment-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27446

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Summary:	Sustainable investment (SI) has a strong niche foothold in Sub-Saharan Africa, anchored in the region's largest investment market, South Africa. Yet more work is needed, at policy and portfolio levels, to grow this investment theme. This report recommends measures to expand SI in Sub-Saharan Africa. It forecasts that over the next five years there will be considerable growth of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations applied to investment in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. While these three countries form the basis of the study, the lion's share of data and observations emerged from South Africa, which is home to the continent's most developed capital markets.

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