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AE Feldman Bloghttp://blog.aefeldman.com/2008/03/17/environmental-and-social-issues-creating-opportunities-for-investment-professionals/ [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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Queercentshttp://www.queercents.com/2008/03/14/wwyd-do-ethics-have-a-place-in-investing/ [Queercents] WWYD: Do Ethics Have a Place in Investing?: Ethical and Socially Responsible investing both involve screening companies in order to identify whether they match any given set of ethical criteria; screening services also provide information on social and environmental impacts of .

Trader's Narrativehttp://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-best-investment-advice-youll-never-get-1550.html [Trader's Narrative] The Best Investment Advice You’ll Never Get: “The modern American financial system,” Bogle says in his book The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism, “is undermining our highest social ideals, damaging investors’ trust in the markets, and robbing them of trillions.

poolcleanerhttp://poolcleaner.livejournal.com/14648.html [poolcleaner] How much are you willing to pay?: And according to a recent United Nations report, switching to cleaner energy sources would require investments of up to $20 trillion over the next two decades. Add to that other economic costs, such as the rise in food prices attributable to the world’s embrace of renewable fuels.

Economy and Society[Economy and Society] Good Governance and Participatory Development: They include the members of Business for Social Responsibility, The Social Venture Network (USA and Europe), The World Business Academy, The Future 500 and The Investors Circle (all based in the USA), The Social Investment Forum (USA and UK) The Progressio Foundation (The Netherlands), and the UK’s Prince of Wales Business Leaders’ Forum, represented here by Jane Nelson, and the companies held in the portfolios of socially responsible and ethical mutual funds, such as the Calvert Social Investment Funds, on whose Advisory Council I serve.

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