EcoGEOS > March 29, 2008
Can I interest you in any missile components today?
[CAAT blog] Student campaigners at UCL wearing black suits and sun glasses approached fellow students with the opening line ““Excuse me, can I interest you in any missile components today ?” Many students, staff and prospective students, who had a look around UCL that day, stopped to sign a petition and to talk to campaigners about the continued arms investments.
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Ethical Investing
[Airs - Ian Lance Taylor] Ethical investing is the practice of not investing in companies which engage in ethically reprehensible behaviour. There are many varieties, but, for example, some people refuse to invest in companies which sell tobacco.
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Posted at 02:01 PM
March 29, 2008
Can I interest you in any missile components today?
[CAAT blog] Student campaigners at UCL wearing black suits and sun glasses approached fellow students with the opening line ““Excuse me, can I interest you in any missile components today ?” Many students, staff and prospective students, who had a look around UCL that day, stopped to sign a petition and to talk to campaigners about the continued arms investments.
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Posted at 09:00 AM
March 26, 2008
Ethical Investing
[Airs - Ian Lance Taylor] Ethical investing is the practice of not investing in companies which engage in ethically reprehensible behaviour. There are many varieties, but, for example, some people refuse to invest in companies which sell tobacco.
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Posted at 02:01 PM
Ethical Investing Blog Carnival
[A Slacker's Quest For His First Million] To me it seems there is a paucity of blog writing on this important issue. The blog carnival's purpose is to encourage more bloggers to write on the subject, and to assemble these posts in one convenient place for readers.
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Posted at 02:00 PM
March 22, 2008
Companies That Care
[The Performance Improvement Blog] This is a wonderful but challenging set of behaviors. While most companies would say they value these characteristics, a much smaller number actually live this way on a day-to-day basis.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
Ethical Image Hard Sell For Chemical Companies
[Environmental Leader] In the end of 2007, BASF shows the best EthicalQuote score out of 18 Chemical companies, closely followed by DuPont, while Syngenta and Monsanto occupy the last positions. From January to December 2007, DuPont, BASF and Bayer show the best progression.
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Posted at 09:00 AM
March 19, 2008
Slackerwealth's ethical investing carniv - March 3rd, 2008
[Blog Carnival listings] SLACKERWEALTH'S ETHICAL INVESTING CARNIV is now up at A Slacker's Quest for His First Million: Ethical Investing Blog Carnival, April Edition!
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Posted at 02:01 PM
Environmental and Social Issues Creating Opportunities For ...
[AE Feldman Blog] And the past few years have seen growth of SRI funds in a range of asset classes, including hedge funds.In the past two years, social investing has surged to $2.71 trillion in total assets under management - that’s up from $2.29 trillion in the 2005, according to Social Investment Forum. The group contends that right now, nearly one out of every nine dollars under professional management in the U.S. is involved in socially responsible investing.
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Posted at 02:00 PM
March 12, 2008
Socially Responsible Investing
[environmentastic!] is going to show you the path to a secure retirement while keeping your eco-mojo intact. So stay tuned for several posts discussing ways to choose your investments based on what’s important to you, as well as investment companies that already do the legwork for you. It’s up to you how involved you want to be in your investments - whether you are investing toward retirement, toward college expenses for your children, or just because you like the game. We’ll also discuss different philosophies of socially responsible investing (SRI) so you can choose which route you want to take with your investments.
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Posted at 02:04 PM
Is it ok for a Christian to invest in "Vice Stocks"? Part 2
[Bible Money Matters] There is a straightforward reason for that: In my view, regular non-SRI mutual funds are acceptable investment vehicles, even though they may, on occasion, hold objectionable companies in their portfolios. The important stewardship issue for me is that I don't directly involve myself with morally questionable enterprises in the four areas mentioned earlier—my work, my spending, my investing, and my giving...
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Posted at 02:03 PM
March 08, 2008
Socially Responsible Investing Outpaces Mainstream Market
[Sustainable Life Media News] The report identifies $2.71 trillion in SRI assets, as defined by one or more of three core SRI strategies - screening, shareholder advocacy, and community investing. Today, nearly one out of every nine dollars under professional management in the U.S. is involved in socially responsible investing - about 11% of the $25.1 trillion in total assets under management.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
Socially responsible investing on the rise
[bloggingstocks] The Wall Street Journal reports that there were 154 SRI funds in the U.S., managing $159.2 billion in assets as of the end of 2006 vs. 151 funds and $148 billion in assets two years earlier.
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Posted at 09:00 AM
March 05, 2008
Digital citizenship :the internet, society, and participation
[New additions to UNSW Library: Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (220000)] Main Library - MAIN4 S 303.4833/199.
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Posted at 02:12 PM
Obama: Most Liberal Senator In 2007
[Conservative Colloquium] Both supported comprehensive immigration legislation including a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Both voted to support most Democratic positions on health care, education, energy, and the budget, and both voted against most Republican positions on those topics.
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