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[Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Unravelling the myth behind sustainable investing: Fresher figures from Morningstar showed that "ethical" share funds added an annualised 3.99 per cent for the five years to 30 March 2009, beating "non-ethical" share funds 5.02 per cent per annum gain in the same period. Both underperformed the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index.

[中外对话新鲜出炉] Socially responsible investment emerges in China | Guo Peiyuan ...: A statement by Li Keping, the vice secretary general of the National Council for Social Security Fund, indicated that this large-scale pension fund might consider SRI as its future investment style. Li said in September 2007 that the Social Security Fund will promote a long-term value investment style and consider corporate governance and socially responsible investment.

[KLD BLOG] KLD BLOG » International Opportunities for Responsible U.S. Investors: I found just 14 funds for responsible investors that had global/international exposure, 10 of which had explicit mandates for such exposure. I included three funds that are not branded as socially responsible investing (SRI) funds, but would appeal to responsible investors because of their emphasis on environmental factors.

[Hispanic Business Magazine] Green Investing, The Color of Money - HispanicBusiness.com: Abacus Wealth Partners oft en includes British Petroleum in its portfolio recommendations, along with renewable energy companies and funds. Such compromises have sometimes helped profits, while coming under fire by some green supporters, who claim including big oil companies muddies the issue for investors.

[Royal Dutch Shell plc .com] FT REPORT - FUND MANAGEMENT: The rise of the activist shareholder ...: Morningstar estimates that of the 100 or so SRI mutual funds in the US, about 40 invest on a religious basis. Some of the better known, such as the Ave Maria Mutual Funds, screen based on explicitly social issues, shunning hospitals and drug companies that it connects with abortions.

[ClimateChangeCorp - Main] Pension funds see potential in climate investment ...: By excluding investment into arms, pornography, gambling or tobacco, which is what many SRI funds do, the investment pool is reduced, risking inferior returns. “For some pension fund trustees, introducing negative criteria is like investing with one arm tied behind their back,” says Seb Beloe, head of SRI research at Henderson Global Investors.

[Broker Dealer Journal] » Riches from Niches by Sydney LeBlanc » Blog Archive » Broker ...: The African American Marketing and Hispanic Marketing programs focus on growing market share in the African American market by building community-based partnerships with African American-centric organizations and by developing unique programming that targets high-net-worth African Americans. Of growing interest is the LGBT niche, and Merrill and others are in the process of building partnerships with local and national LGBT-centric organizations, providing exclusive and custom financial plans, and developing specialized services for domestic partners.

[BeGreen NEWSlog] Aust Ethical wins 2008 sustainable fund award : BeGreen NEWSlog: investment and was a clear outperformer over the assessed period.' The Australian Ethical Equities Trust is ranked second, first, first and first over .three and five years out of 40 Multi-Sector High Growth funds (Morningstar).

[Brave New Traveler] A Manifesto From A Young American: Have had some of the same thoughts as you in this area as I recently started investing some of my earnings from teaching in Japan too. Do you know of any NGOs or watchdog groups that report of corporate ethics and real world consequences?

[TheSUBWAY - Stock Trader Blog] Fiat improved Opel bid, others may too: German economy minister ...: CRGP may sell its shares for less than the target price given in its .CRGP and its web site operates under a license from Capital Research Group, Inc., TheSUBWAY.com Inc.

[Ethisphere Ethics News & Commentary Blog] Strictly Business: Marks & Spencer's 100-Point Plan A | Ethisphere ...: The UK’s Times announced in March 2007 that M&S is the most “popular supermarket among socially and environmentally aware consumers.” Last year, Ethisphere named M&S as one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” and ranked Stuart Rose as number 11 on last year’s “100 Most Influential in Business Ethics” list.

[TheSUBWAY - Stock Trader Blog] Bionic Commando Xbox 360/PS3/PC game : TheSUBWAY - Stock Trader Blog: and One Source Solutions Inc. (Licensors) and CRGP is not the agent of any of the Licensors and CRGP is solely responsible for all .

[SOCIALIST UNITY] SOCIALIST UNITY » Campaign against climate change demo: Industry too fosters such an attitude of complacency, while at the same time assiduously advertising itself as socially responsible and environmentally benign. Science, which all too often is prey to corporate influence, is frequently turned against its own precepts and used to defend the indefensible””for example, through risk management analysis.

[Story Games for Everybody - All Discussions] Story Games for Everybody - Who Are You?: Other than that, I have an MA in Composition and Rhetoric, and a fascination with history, religion, and literature that leads me to consuming vast quantities of books. I often go through obsession phases in which I will learn everything about a specific time, place, or religion -- I've had years long obsessions with Celts, India (including Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism), the wars of the 17th century, central African tribal politics, and hosts of other junk that don't help at all in real life but that make for fascinating game material.

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