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[Good Honest Dollar $$] Socially Responsible Investment part 1 - Defining SRI: Some investors apply negative screens, under which investment in certain assets or companies is specifically excluded on ethical grounds. Other investors apply positive screens, under which they specifically seek out investments in certain sectors or firms which demonstrate specific forms of positive ethical behavior.
[Business] Not just for profit: There are also organisations, such as the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg), which are working to educate the younger generations about SRI, integrating SRI issues into the compulsory citizenship module in the UK school curriculum. This increased awareness has promoted SRI and ethical activity amongst consumers, spurring the success of ethical corporations, such as the Co-operative Bank and the popularity of fair trade and organic products.
[execsearches Non-profit jobs] Deputy Director - Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility ...: In keeping with its mission, ICCR seeks a Deputy Director as the institution plans for its fifth decade as the center of the Socially Responsible Investment movement. The organization has recently adopted a five-year Strategic Plan that .
[Dare Mighty Things] Sustainable Capitalism and The Role of Aid vs. Trade in Prosperity ...: The answer is A) for-profit private capital investment into sustainable companies that are socially responsible (or at least not socially irresponsible) AND B) direct “aid with standards” to community-based non-profit organizations run by local social entrepreneurs that are efficiently serving the needs of their communities AND C) efficiently run transparent government that creates and protects a system of law and property rights.
[financialmarketplace.com] Social Impact Investing: Last year, Alex Edmans won the Moskowitz Prize, recognizing his outstanding quantitative research in the field of socially responsible investing (SRI). His paper analyzed the relationship between employee satisfaction and long-run stock …
[thebankaccounts.com weblog] Not Just for Profit, NJP, NJFP: In terms of a long term investment proposition, Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds are one of the fastest growing prospects in the City of London. This is important not only because blue chip stock valuation is biased two-thirds towards long-term prospect, but also because the City of London is home to many of the world’s largest institutional funds.
[IT-Sideways: Tech Blog Malaysia] IDC Explores The Economy Of Ecology At Its Inaugural Asia/Pacific ...: IDC believes that the impact of European Union (EU) legislation, such as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive which sets collection, recycling and recovery targets for electrical goods, will set the standard for organizations to aspire towards in the region, even if they are not directly required to comply with the regulation. Similarly, initiatives such as the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), which is now a US federal government procurement requirement and additional EU legislation in the form of the Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, are ensuring organizations assess the extent of potentially toxic materials being used in IT equipment that vendors are bringing to market.
[Creative Capitalism] Reader Submissions, Take 4: John Williamson argues that a change to doing business demands government legislation, not an initiative by businessmen. Yet, recent history has taught us that the government often acts in the interest of powerful corporations and even represents their interests when negotiating agreements with the international community - in some cases hazarding disastrous consequences for millions of people in developing countries and the environment to achieve what the business lobby demands.
[Resource Live] Consumer Marketing Strategies: Sizing Your Market with Direct Mail ...: Socially Responsible Investments leveraging on Climate changes and Energy Drain theme are dominating the attention at the investment front. Business consulting companies have sprung into the scene with business models dedicated to integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations into management and investment processes.
[thebankaccounts.com weblog] Microfinance: The real average portfolio yield cited by the a sample of 704 microfinance institutions that voluntarily submitted reports to the MicroBanking Bulletin in 2006 was 22.3% annually. However, annual rates charged to clients are higher, as they also include local inflation and the bad debt expenses of the microfinance institution.[26] Muhammad Yunus has recently made much of this point, and in his latest book[27] argues that microfinance institutions that charge more than 15% above their long-term operating costs should face penalties.
[Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies] Freedom, Inequality, Primitivism, and the Division of Labor: development of all of the individual’s powers in the absence of specialization is to consider what actually happened during primitive or preindustrial eras. And, indeed, many socialists and other opponents of the Industrial Revolution exalt the primitive and preindustrial periods as a golden age of harmony, community, and social belonging ”” a peaceful and happy society destroyed by the development of individualism, the Industrial Revolution, and the market economy.
[satin baby blankets] Leading Ladies of Fashion: “I have always believed that Discount Mens Clothes is important to understand Vogue’s mission in broad and socially responsible terms,” says Wintour, who has spearheaded several functions creating jobs and benefiting charities.
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