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Posts Tagged ‘ethical investment’

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Shareholder eco-activism takes root in Australia

July 8th, 2010 | Author:

Australian Ethical Investments has announced plans to invest in ethically dubious energy firms with the aim of changing their business practices through shareholder activism.
The Climate Advocacy Fund (CAF), launched today, will invest in big polluters with the aim of using shareholder influence to encourage firms to green themselves up.
Companies will urged to rethink how they [...]

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Co-operative and Ecclesiastical sponsor ethical investment week

July 6th, 2010 | Author:

The Co-operative Financial Services and Ecclesiastical Investment Management were named yesterday as sponsors of the third annual National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW).
NEIW 2010, on 7-13 November, is a series of events and other activities across the UK to raise awareness of green and ethical investment options.
UKSIF, the sustainable investment association behind NEIW, said the problems [...]

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Ethical funds to shun BP

June 22nd, 2010 | Author:

The small number of ethical funds with investments in BP are considering pulling out of the beleaguered oil supplier – two months after the biggest oil spill in history began on BP’s watch.
BP is a ‘light green’ company, meaning ethical investors buy shares in the firm to encourage it, as shareholders, to behave in an [...]

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China ranked bottom for ethical investment

June 16th, 2010 | Author:

Ethical investors looking to put money into emerging market economies should avoid China, Egypt and Vietnam, the Ethical Investment Research Service (Eiris) has claimed.
Research by the group found these three countries to be the worst performers in terms of Environmental, Social, and Governance indicators.
The three best-performing emerging market countries were South Korea, Brazil, and Mexico.
Both [...]

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Islamic finance to outpace conventional banking

June 15th, 2010 | Author:

Islamic finance is set to grow at double the pace of the conventional banking sector, Singapore’s finance minister has claimed.
Lim Hung Kiang said he expects the sector to break through the $1 trillion mark in total assets by the end of 2010.
Speaking yesterday at the World Islamic Banking Conference Asia Summit in Singapore, Lim said [...]

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