“The interest among responsible investors in
the ‘real economy’ is typically linked with the
need for longer term time horizons. But it is
also closely tied with a belief about the
health of funds, over the long term, being
necessarily tied to the health of the economy
itself. This may involve rethinking how funds
measure their contribution to real economic
activity, and how large-scale social and
environmental changes will affect long-term
performance.”
David Wood and
Jay Youngdahl
Mapping the Role of Pension Fund Trustees in
Building Responsible Investment
Strategy
Director,
Initiative for Responsible Investment
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS
Office Address
Belfer-102
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 143
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-384-8322
Fax: 617-495-0996
Email: david_wood@hks.harvard.edu
HKS Directory Info
Profile
David Wood is
the director of the Initiative for Responsible
Investment (IRI) at the Hauser Center for
Nonprofit Organizations. Current projects range
from work with pension fund trustees on
responsible investment policies, mission
investment by foundation endowments, research
on the changing nature of the supply for and
capacity to receive capital for community
investment in the US, and a global survey of
the relationship between public policy and
impact investment. Recent work has included the
publication of the Handbook on Responsible
Investment Across Asset Classes (Boston
College, 2007); the development of a
Responsible Property Investing Center; field
definition in sustainable emerging market SME
investment; and research into the investor use
of corporate reporting on non-financial
information. He was elected in 2008 to the
Board of the Social Investment Forum. Before he
came to the IRI, he taught the history of
ethics, including the history of economic
thought at Boston University. He received his
Ph.D. in History from the Johns Hopkins
University.
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