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[NCPA | Daily Policy Digest] For example, a socially responsible mutual fund may have holdings in a company that would normally be eliminated on a negative social screen, but that still has positive business practices. Conversely, it can mean an investor might eliminate renewable energy companies because of inadequate employee benefits, or invest in airlines that have progressive hiring practices but also have huge carbon footprints. 

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[1888 PressRelease.com - Latest Press Releases] "Re-Tooling The Economy - Sustainable Responsible Investment In ...: This event is made possible in part by the generous support of: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, (Japan), Cordiant Capital, (Canada), Nomura Holdings, Inc., (Japan) Nikko Asset Management, (Japan), Sumitomo Trust and Banking Corporation, (Japan), Nissay Asset Management (Japan), Developing World Markets (USA), Ethical Investment Services (EIRIS) Ltd., (Japan) , ASSET4 AG (Switzerland), Good Bankers, (Japan), oekom research AG, (Germany), Fortis Asset Management Japan Co., Ltd. (Japan), and ECP International SA (Spain), and organized in cooperation with Silverbirch Associates K.K., (Japan) and USAID Eco-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program (India).

[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.

[FYSE Blog] FYSE Blog » Blog Archive » Asian social enterprises in legal ...: In Singapore, the government released a consultation paper on social entrepreneurship in 2007 that concluded “it is critical that Singapore develops a pro-social enterprise environment with business and financing support for social enterprises from start-up, to growth and expansion stages”. In China, Thailand, Taiwan, India and elsewhere across the region, there are similar levels of interest from various sectors about the expanding role social enterprises could play in harnessing the forces of the marketplace, and applying business practices to achieve a socially or environmentally responsible outcomes in a financially sustainable manner.

[Solve Climate: Daily Climate News and Opinion] Greenpeace: Top U.S. Shoe Companies Contributing to Amazon's ...: Both companies, as well as others cited by Greenpeace, regularly publish corporate social responsibility reports tracking their progress against various environmental measures. These reports have come a long way in detailing failings as well as successes.

[Alternate Energy Sources Blog] Green Investing - Very Profitable And Good For Mother Earth: Blog Green Investing .Green investing - Good money, Good for the Earth Green investing is a fast growing financial investment area.

[EnergyRefuge.com Blog] San Jose in California has a Green Vision of the future: The State has adopted the most aggressive renewable portfolio standard in the nation, with the recent Executive Order from the Governor Schwarzenegger that raises California’s renewable energy goals to 33 percent by 2020. Obtaining 100% of San Jose’s electrical power from clean, renewable sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, landfill gas, municipal solid waste and small hydroelectric facilities will require the formation of strong partnerships;

[Ethisphere Magazine] 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics 2008: There’s never been a better time for socially responsible investment than now, and Calvert, under Krumsiek’s leadership, recognizes this. This year Krumsiek has been busy petitioning the SEC to require greater disclosure for investments with Sudan, spoke out on the necessity of SRI and launched three new socially responsible funds.

[KLD BLOG] KLD BLOG » Time for Financial Markets to Tell the Truth about the ...: Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long-Term Performance, a collection of articles from 22 contributors including co-editors Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins, was released in the fall of 2008. SI challenges investors to look beyond what contributor Steven Lydenberg calls “the fast-paced speculative nature of today’s financial markets.” Socially responsible investors (SRI) have been striving to meet this challenge for decades, and now current events have exposed the financial system’s myopia as an urgent global crisis.

[Wise Bread] Socially Responsible Investing Goes Green | Wise Bread: I enjoyed visiting Portfolio 21's website for a few reasons: 1) its perspective on what "green" is with a recognition that though companies strive for sustainability, nearly all create some (negative) impact on the environment;

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