The research, Broadening horizons for responsible investment: an analysis of 50 emerging market companies, assessed companies against a variety of investor styles to determine trends or patterns which might provide insight into ways of approaching investment in emerging markets. It showed that a majority of the companies studied made some attempt to address environmental, social and governance issues, with some giving ESG issues significant consideration.

The report also found that, overall, emerging market companies reporting on ESG issues were not as advanced as their developed market peers, but there were some exceptions to this. Telecommunication companies, oil and gas producers and banks, for example, compared favourably with large developed market companies.

To view the full report visit www.eiris.org/files/research%20publications/emergingmarketseep06.pdf

The report comes on the back of a guide produced by EIRIS earlier this month, Responsible Investment Approaches to Non-equity Investments, which was published to help charities take advantage of the range of non-equity responsible investments available including property, bonds and hedge funds.