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[Green Investing] Africa SRI Indices: As previously mentioned, SRI or Socially Responsible Investing, refers to the action and philosophy of investing in companies with good environmental, social, and governance standing. In order for this movement to become part of the .

[Ai Newswire] Africa investor launches SRI Index with NEPAD and the UN | Ai Newswire: Speaking on the initiative Hubert Danso, Vice Chairman of Africa investor commented: “Africa now has its first pan-continental SRI investment tool to catalyse and increase the Africa SRI component in international asset management portfolios. We are delighted to be working with the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) to promote and extend the SRI criteria to all listed companies in Africa to enable them to feature on SRI investors’ radar.

[The Glass Hammer] Practicing Sustainability in Asset Management: An example of positive screening can include a “best in class” approach, which focuses on the sustainability or SRI leaders in a sector, leaving out companies in that sector who do not meet a minimum threshold, but keeping companies who do meet minimum criteria on sustainability attributes.

[Ai Newswire] Global SRI Community Support Africa investor SRI Index Initiative ...: Commenting on the initiative Hubert Danso, Vice Chairman, Africa investor, said: “We are delighted with the interest and support received from the Social Investment Forum, EUROSIF, the ICCR and the UN Office for Partnerships, our co-convenors. It is now well documented that Africa offers globally competitive returns for investors and this momentum offers a unique opportunity for SRI investors to stimulate listed businesses operating in Africa to support the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Africa.”

[Marc Gunther's latest column/blog post] Warren Buffett and Darfur | Marc Gunther: the thing I DO happen to like about SRI is that mutual funds don’t have to be the way an investor aligns their portfolio with their personal values, beliefs, and missions. Our firm, and Marc Lane, specifically, did an intense period of research which culminated in a book Institutional Investor published in 2005 called “Profitable Socially Responsible Investing?”

[KLD BLOG] KLD BLOG » Socially Responsible Investing: The Next New Thing is ...: The reasons why SRI has arrived will have an impact on your business across the board - not just the business you’re doing or might do with SRI clients. And that’s what I’m going to talk about this afternoon - the changing environment’s impact on you.

[TheBankAccounts.com WebLog] Socially Responsible Investing, SRI: . From 2005-2007 alone, SRI assets increased more than 18 percent while the broader universe of professionally managed assets increased less than 3 percent.[9] As of 2007 about one out of every nine dollars under professional management in the United States is involved in socially responsible investing—11 percent of the $25.1 trillion in total assets under management tracked in Nelson Information’s Directory of Investment Managers.

[Trusts & Estates] SRI in the Rockies Conference Launches Podcast Series: “The 2008 SRI in the Rockies conference presented compelling speakers and a breadth of topics all directed at allowing SRI practitioners to learn about new ways to maximize the impact of socially responsible investing. We were particularly delighted this year to have our SRI colleagues from Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia join us and speak during several sessions,” said Lisa Woll, Chief Executive Officer of the Social Investment Forum.

[Royal Dutch Shell plc .com] FT REPORT - FUND MANAGEMENT: The rise of the activist shareholder ...: Denise Nappier, state treasurer and sole fiduciary of the $26bn Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust (CPRT) Fund, is an activist shareholder whose efforts have, among other things, forced American Electric Power to report on how it is reducing its greenhouse emissions and pushed Walt Disney to split the job of chairman and chief executive.

[The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss] The Unusual ROI of Going Green: From Saving to Eco-Friendly Index ...: It could be that we lose a couple miles of shoreline around some countries but the African deserts all turn into lush gardens providing an increase in the standard of living for all who live in the region saving millions of lives in the process. There is just no way to know for sure.

[Breaking News] German industrial conglomerate Siemens 3Q net profit down 7 ...: Germany's Siemens to pay euro75M to combat corruptionMUNICH ”” German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said Thursday it has agreed to pay euro75 million over 15 years to help bolster international anti-corruption efforts and to refrain from bidding for contracts under World Bank-financed projects until 2011. The Munich-based company said it agreed to pay the money ”” euro5 million ($7 million) annually for 15 years ”” to the United Nations and Transparency International as part of an agreement with the Washington-based World Bank, calling it part of its "ongoing efforts to address the consequences of the bribery scandal."Siemens, which makes products ranging from wind turbines to trams, has been embroiled in a far-reaching corruption scandal and has acknowledged making dubious payments to secure business.

[frogblog] frogblog » Ethical investment wins: Can I say, in my own defence - that I believe in ethical investing - that I joined the Credit Union movement after evaluating the alternatives and deciding that a Credit Union was the most ethical option. I became a director because I believe in co-operatives and democratic control and sometimes you have to put your actions where your beliefs are.

[Ethisphere Magazine] 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics 2008: Benatti, who was accused of libel last year for calling WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell a “mad dwarf,” was alleged to have secretly pocketed millions of pounds from a deal he helped to broker. WPP’s lawyers, claiming up to ₤12.5 million for breach of “fiduciary duty,” alleged at a court hearing in London that Benatti was the “secret beneficiary” of most of the proceeds from a ₤17 million takeover of Media Club, an Italian advertising company.

[Rootless Cosmopolitan - By Tony Karon] Rootless Cosmopolitan - By Tony Karon » Blog Archive » Bono's ...: Which is why perhaps the best policy is to let Africa drift quite on it’s own, confident in the tender mercies of China. At least the horrible Western charities and Bono and “his ilk”, won’t prevent the Africans from creating paradise on earth - oh, and while at it, the West should make sure to slam shut its borders so all the clever Africans can stay home and get busy building the perfect future instead of having to partake of the lifestyle of the rotten West.

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