국내 기업의 환경, 사회 그리고 지배구조 (ESG)에 대한 분석 및 리서치 회사인 서스틴베스트는 글로벌 ESG리서치사 서스테널리틱스와 M&A를 검토 중이라고 대표이사 류영재가 말했다.“현재 서스틴베스트를 서스테널리틱스에 속할지 전략적으로 고민 중이다”라고 류사장님은 말했다. 그리고 향후 자사의 기업명을 “서스틴베스트 코리아”로 바꿔서 서스테널리틱스의 "한국 플레이어" 될지에 대해서도 고민 중이라고 덧붙였다.서스틴베스트는 국내 최대 ESG 분석 리서치사이며 국민연금의 2조8,000억 규모인 사회책임투자(SRI) 주식자산에 대해 자문을 하고 있다. 네덜란드에 본사를 두고 있는 서스테널리틱스는 서스틴베스트의 전략적 파트너이자 전세계 4,000개 이상의 기업 ESG 정보 데이터베이스를 두고 있다.서스테널리틱스는 모간스탠리캐피탈인터내셔널(MSCI)과 ESG정보업계에서 “양대 산맥”을 형성하고 있다. (코리아 헤럴드 박형기 기자) 　<관련 영문 기사>Sustinvest in talks with

마크 저커버그 페이스북 최고경영자가 기업공개 후 주가하락으로 고전한 페이스북 주식을 꾸준히 사들여 지분이 거의 30%대로 늘었다.저커버그의 페이스북 지분은 6억3천265만 주로 지난해 9월에 보유했던 5억 주이 상에서 다소 늘어났다고 미국 증권거래위원회(SEC)는 13일(현지시간) 밝혔다. SEC는 시장이 페이스북 콘텐츠의 잠재가치를 저평가하며 주가가 하락세를 보이자 저커버그가 주식을 사들인 것으로 풀이했다. 그는 상장 첫날 페이스북 주가가 38 달러를 기록하자 3천만 주를 처분한 바 있다. 페이스북은 지난해 9월 기업공개 이후 나스닥에서 주가가 17.55달러까지 떨어지며 바닥을 쳤다가 이날 28.04달러에 장을 마감했다. 주가가 급락할 당시에 저커버그는 최소 1년간은 주식을 팔지 않겠다고 선언한 바 있다. 그는 지난해 12월에는 보건과 의료 분야에 사용하도록 실리콘밸리 커뮤니티 재단에 1천800만 주를 기부했다.한편 저커버그의 누나 랜디 저커버그는 이날 자신의 온라인 필명을 제목으

The final ruling in a patent suit between South Korea's Samsung Electronics and the U.S.' Apple will likely be made in August, the South Korean company said Wednesday, buying Samsung a significant amount of time to prepare for a possible ban on shipments of its products to the U.S.According to officials from Samsung, the final decision by the U.S.' International Trade Commission will be made Aug. 1, following its preliminary decision on April 1. The upcoming reviews will decide whether to uphold

A district court here on Wednesday gave a U.S. soldier a suspended prison term for using drugs inside his unit.The 23-year-old corporal from the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, whose identity was withheld, was found guilty of smoking a new type of narcotics called "Spice," at Camp Casey on Sept. 3. Camp Casey is the name of the base of the 2nd Infantry Division, located close to the border with North Korea.Spice refers to a wide variety of herbal mixtures that, when smoked, give users a marijuana-li

South Korea's top military commander said Wednesday that his military is ready to make a "pre-emptive strike" against North Korea, even at the risk of a full-scale war, if there are signs that the North may attack using nuclear weapons ahead of its third nuclear test.Gen. Jung Seung-jo, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the remarks during a parliamentary defense meeting convened as tension runs high on the Korean Peninsula after Pyongyang vowed to conduct a nuclear test in retaliat

Incheon Mayor Song Young-gil left for Moscow on Wednesday for a five-day visit, during which he is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit comes at the invitation of Putin, and Song's meeting with the Russian president is scheduled for Friday, city officials said.They said Putin gave no clear reason for inviting the mayor.Incheon city officials said, however, that Putin is expected to award a state medal to Song to recognize the mayor's role in promoting ties between th

South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Friday that it has taken 11 companies off the list that limits mutual investments and loan guarantees.The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said the number of corporate affiliates on the list stood at 1,791 as of end-December, down from1,802 tallied in the previous month.Eighteen companies were newly added to the list, while 29 affiliates were taken off over the past month, the FTC said.The net decline comes as the political community is pushing for a fairer busin

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has pulled out of an upcoming exhibition match in Seoul against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark due to an injury, organizers said Tuesday.The match between the two former No. 1-ranked female players, initially set for this Friday, will not take place after Sharapova ruled herself out of competition with a collarbone injury, organizers added.According to organizers, Sharapova injured herself during a recent practice in the United States and informed organizers of

A man who escaped five days ago from a police station where he was being questioned for rape allegations has been arrested, local police said Tuesday.Noh Young-dae, 32, was found hiding in a residential building in Ansan, Gyeonggi Provice at 4:25 p.m., with his left hand still handcuffed, the police said. Noh, alleged of raping a woman at an Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province apartment earlier this month, had been apprehended for questioning on Dec. 17. He fled the Ilsan police station on Dec. 20 while of

The Choson Sinbo, a Japan-based pro-North Korean newspaper, gave an unusual prediction of improved economic relations with South Korea amid optimism that the re-election of U.S. President Barack Obama and election of a new South Korean president in December may help thaw Pyongyang's relations with the two countries."Domestic (North Korean) economic officials ... are predicting that South-North economic cooperation projects will take off at a high speed only if objective conditions are met," the

South Korea's defense minister said Thursday North Korea has made a rather smooth power transition to young leader Kim Jong-un, but the communist state still faces tough challenges to revive its moribund economy."At present, North Korea's power shift appears to have gone smoothly," Kim Kwan-jin said in a meeting with a group of senior journalists at the defense ministry.The defense chief said the largely untested leader, who took pwer in December following death of his father Kim Jong-il, was ty

North Korea has expressed its hope for friendlier relations with China, its major ally and patron, in a letter sent to mark the neighboring country's congress to usher in a new leadership, the North's state media said Thursday."We will as ever join the Chinese comrades in making positive efforts to put the traditional DPRK-China friendship, the common wealth of the two peoples, on a higher stage," the Workers' Party of (North) Korea was quoted by its Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) as saying i

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged Thursday to cooperate closely to conclude free trade negotiations between the two countries at an early date, the presidential office said.Lee and Yudhoyono reached the agreement when they met bilaterally on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on the sidelines of the Bali Democracy Forum, an annual high-level conference aimed at promoting democracy in the Asia-Pacific region, the office said.In July,

Special prosecutors summoned a former close aide to President Lee Myung-bak for questioning Saturday over alleged irregularities on a deal to purchase land for Lee's now-scrapped retirement home project.Kim Paik-joon, a former senior secretary to the president for administrative affairs, denied any involvement in the controversial project in which critics say taxpayer money was used, as he appeared before prosecutors. "I was not involved," the 72-year-old Kim responded to a reporter who asked ab

Two dozen military aircraft delivered utility bucket trucks, equipment and people from Phoenix to help storm-ravaged New York and New Jersey, officials said.The Friday and Saturday deliveries were part of a massive accelerated U.S. military response to help relieve millions suffering in the devastating destruction Hurricane Sandy left behind, the Defense Department said.The department moved 630 tons of equipment, including 69 Southern California Edison bucket trucks and pickup trucks, to the are