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SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING

More and more people are looking to socially responsible investing, which is an investment strategy that seeks to maximize both financial return and social good. Currently some $250 billion in assets are invested in mutual funds that screen for various socially responsible criteria. This topic tracks the trends in socially responsible investing.

Socially Responsible Investing is part of Business Exchange, suggested by James Ledbetter. This topic contains 1,169 news and 136 blog items. Read updated news, blogs, and resources about Socially Responsible Investing. Find user-submitted articles and reactions on Socially Responsible Investing from like-minded professionals.

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avoid year-end volatility in lending. Commercial banks should ensure that lending increase was kept in a stable and...

Banks asked to avoid big fluctuations in lendingmore

avoid year-end volatility in lending. Commercial banks should ensure that lending increase was kept in a stable and...

China asks banks to avoid big fluctuations in lendingmore

avoid year-end volatility in lending. Commercial banks should ensure that lending increase was kept in a stable and...

On Leadership: Dead philanthropy?: In an era when business leaders are...more

a packaging company make a more meaningful contribution to sustainability than a token donation to a environmental...

CFALA to Host U.S. Global Investors CEO Speaking On "Infrastructu...more

Global Investors CEO Speaking On Infrastructure: A Sustainable Global Theme Reuters adsrc 'reuters.com.

CSR considering investments in Africamore

the company's general manager Zhao Xiaogang said Friday during the 2009 BusinessWeek CEO Forum. 'We are seeking...

Corporate Social Responsibility: It's All About Marketingmore

answer for stakeholders, such as the self-esteem and pride that a consumer can draw from affiliating with a socially...

IMF: Hungary's Largest Foreign Banks Reaffirm Committmentmore

with the balance of payments support package, are helping Hungary weather the economic downturn and return to a...

Business shift: From philanthropy to sustainabilitymore

in the middle of nowhere. And so Jamshedpur was born and continues to run as a model city, sustainable because it is...

Master Achievement » Green Investing Beats Vice Investingmore

Three guys walk into a bar: one is GOD, one is the Devil, and the other is Al Gore. Who would you trust to invest your...

Pacific Rim Mining Corp.: CAFTA Proceedings Begin as Tribunal Constitu...more

Corp. (TSX: PMU)(NYSE Amex: PMU) ('Pacific Rim') has received notice from the International Centre for Settlement of...

Chinese Vice Premier stresses ties with EU ahead of summitmore

BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang Thursday has called for greater investment between China...

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zone, yet recessions are precisely when some companies cut back on this valuable tool. Developmental assignments are an...

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zone, yet recessions are precisely when some companies cut back on this valuable tool. Developmental assignments are an...

Naturally Advanced Technologies to Present at the 2nd Annual LD MICRO ...more

Technologies Inc. (NAT, OTCBB: NADVF, TSXV: NAT), a company committed to unlocking the potential of renewable and...

Paladin Strategic Partners Acquires Stake in HomeSaver Mortgage Manage...more

Socially responsible emerging manager Paladin Strategic Partners has acquired a controlling interest in HomeSaver...

Fiscal responsibility billmore

under two self-imposed fiscal rules – the 'golden rule' that required the government to borrow only to finance...

A proposal to reward "green" city companiesmore

s Finance Committee considered a proposal to give annual tax breaks of up to $4,000 to certified sustainable businesses.

Rockefeller Foundation, Incofin, Grassroots Capital and Draper Fisher ...more

Wall Street Microfinance Alliance and the New York Microfinance Club have teamed up to host the Microfinance &...

Dear Gadget Reviewers: You Don't Understand Beautymore

be answered at length, since I know how much my clients are ready to talk up their design investment. B.

Corporate social responsibility: Businesses that engage with societymore

says proudly. The company donates 1 per cent of turnover on social and environmental projects. The concept of socially...

Call for more investment in agriculturemore

H.P. Singh, deputy director general (horticulture) of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, has called for...

Eneco to buy Econcern's Belgian solar power unitmore

bought the German solar power business in July. [ID:nLF352958] 'This acquisition is a further strengthening of our...

Paris EUROPLACE International Financial Forum Tokyo, November 16, 2009...more

dialogue and cooperation shall be fostered between Paris and Tokyo, in particular in asset management, environmental...

Exciting Young Funds Buck the Trendmore

blackouts and wars, births and deaths of mutual funds can follow expected patterns, too. The folks at the Investment...

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