• “Actions of Life” – Actions of Responsibility for Society

    Yiannis Roundos, INTERAMERICAN
    Interamerican Group

    Contributing to society with social responsibility initiatives and actions constitutes a core element of INTERAMERICAN’s mission. For this reason, the company invests significant amounts of time into various social actions, above and beyond the responsible practices that it has integrated into activities of its business operations. From its inception until today, it has continually focused on the people and society in general.  more[...]  login_required

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  • European Commision Proposal Promoting ESG Investment Disclosure

    European Forum for Sustainable Investment

    Eurosif, the European Forum for Sustainable Investment, strongly supports the Proposal of the European Commission, for a Regulation making it mandatory for retail investors to be informed about how environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns are taken into account in their investment, whether in a mutual fund or other investment-linked products. Eurosif believes that this Proposal represents a major milestone in terms of developing sustainability through European financial markets.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Financial Services Professionals Feel Unethical Behavior May Be A Necessary Evil

    Labaton Sucharow LLP announced the results of its survey of 500 financial services professionals across the United States and United Kingdom. Conducted by Populus in June, Wall Street, Fleet Street and Main Street: Corporate Integrity at a Crossroads reveals startling data on corporate ethics, the regulatory landscape, and individuals' willingness to blow the whistle on wrongdoing.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Banco Multiple León

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  • The REDvolución – Combating Spain´s High Unemployment

    Margarita Álvarez
    Lilian Furrer
    Adecco Group

    Adecco, the world’s leading provider of HR solutions, took unprecedented action on the streets of Spain on October 27, 2011. The aim was to use its expertise to help people unlock their potential, make a step into work, and integrate into society in an innovative and high- impact way. Driven by the belief that work is a fundamental right and a basic need, Adecco’s REDvolución initiative focused upon combating Spain’s rising unemployment and on lending a helping hand to as many people as possible. At the end of 2011, around 5.3 million people – or close to 23 percent of the working population – were out of work.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Investor Influence on Firms’ Environmental, Social and Governance Performance

    Prof. Bill Rees, University of Edinburgh Business School

    Whilst corporate social responsibility has been much studied there is little evidence concerning the factors that encourage or hinder environmental, social and governance investment. Willam Rees takes the view that climate change, the failure of corporate governance contributing to the financial crisis and problems with the ethical approach of firms and wealth inequalities, particularly in developing economies, all point to the importance of corporate social responsibility in general and ESG in particular.  more[...]  login_required

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    Prof. Bill Rees, University of Edinburgh Business School 
     
  • The FTSE4Good Effect: The Impact of Responsible Investment Indices on Environmental Management

    Prof. Bill Rees, University of Edinburgh Business School

    What drives corporate activity regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) in general and environmental management in particular constitutes one of the key questions in both CSR research and the development of CSR initiatives. The interest in the potential drivers of enhanced CSR practices is further fuelled by the rapid development of various private CSR initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact, the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, responsible investment (RI) indices, different ranking schemes and disclosure tools (e.g. the Toxic Release Inventory, the Carbon Disclosure Project).  more[...]  login_required

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    Prof. Bill Rees, University of Edinburgh Business School 
     
  • Sustaining Finance and Financing Sustainability in the Middle East

    Arab African International Bank

    Arab African International Bank (AAIB) believes in the significance of conserving the global environment for future generations and realizes the major role it has to play regarding this increasingly important issue. AAIB was the first bank in Egypt and the second in the region to adopt the Equator Principles to appraise projects’ financing while taking into consideration the social, ethical, and environmental hazards.  more[...]

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  • Link CSR & SRI better!

    Prof. Hanns Michael Hölz

    Stock markets and economies are collapsing worldwide. Politicians are fervently putting together rescue packages. And the public is carrying on heated discussions about morality, bonuses and the new modesty. We talked to the sustainability expert at Deutsche Bank, Hanns-Michael Hölz, about the financial crisis, its lessons and the consequences for sustainable investment.  more[...]  login_required

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    Prof. Hanns Michael Hölz
     
  • Partnering for Global Impact Conference

    EBD Group

    Partnering for Global Impact® is a new partnering conference to facilitate transactions in social investing and philanthropy through one-to-one meetings. Partnering for Global Impact provides an innovative forum to partner, identify and generate investment and funding opportunities.  more[...]  login_required

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  • SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing

    First Affirmative Financial Network

    The SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing (formerly SRI in the Rockies) is the premier annual gathering of investors and investment professionals working to direct the flow of investment capital to enhance the common good. The SRI Conference offers many opportunities to meet and learn from passionate, creative people from all corners of the sustainable, responsible, impact investing (SRI) industry in the United States and around the world.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Overview of extra-financial rating agencies

    Novethic

    The extra-financial ratings market has developed considerably over the past fifteen years. A growing number of agencies have cropped up, while others have disappeared. Which are these agencies? What methodology are they using? What services do they offer? What investment universe are they covering? Here are key questions the Novethic review of extra-financial rating agencies is answering.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Norm-based exclusions: how responsible investors handle controversial companies

    Novethic

    Novethic analyses the investment policies of around thirty French and Northern European investors and draws up the major trends of norm-based exclusions practices which consists in excluding from portfolios companies that have been called into question because they have violated international conventions on social or environmental issues. Even it is gradually gaining ground in France, the process still involves a limited number of companies.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Promoting Inclusion of the Population

    Editorial Team

    Since its founding in 1943, Bradesco’s operations have been grounded in its commitment to Brazil’s development, and for that reason, sustainability is not new to Bradesco Bank. Issues such as community development and social inclusion have always been part of the organization’s day-to-day business.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Promoting Inclusion of the Population

    Eduardo Dantas, Bradesco

    Since its founding in 1943, Bradesco’s operations have been grounded in its commitment to Brazil’s development, and for that reason, sustainability is not new to Bradesco Bank. Issues such as community development and social inclusion have always been part of the organization’s day-to-day business.  more[...]

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    Eduardo Dantas, Bradesco 
     
 
 
 
 

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