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Posted on February 22nd, 2012
China’s need for vast amounts of minerals to sustain its high economic growth rate has led Chinese investors to acquire stakes in natural resource companies, extend loans to mining and petroleum investors, and write long-term procurement contracts for oil and minerals in Africa, Latin America, Australia, Canada, and other resource-rich regions. These efforts [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2012
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Credit Suisse Research Institute, in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, has released the key findings of its report entitled “Investing for Impact: How social entrepreneurship is redefining the meaning of return.” The report provides insight into the major trends shaping Impact Investing [...]
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Posted on December 4th, 2011
The KPMG International Corporate Responsibility Reporting Survey 2011 represents the largest and most comprehensive survey of Corporate Responsibility (CR) reporting trends ever published. 3,400 companies representing the national leaders from 34 countries around the world, including the 250 largest global companies, were included in this research.
Source: KPMG
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Posted on November 8th, 2011
This report explores whether socially responsible investment (SRI) generates higher, lower or similar risk adjusted financial return compared with conventional investment. 21 academic studies are reviewed. Seven studies conclude that SRI have similar performance relative to their conventional peers. Five studies report that SRI outperforms conventional investment. Three studies find that SRI generates [...]
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Posted on October 16th, 2011
“The business of money is first and foremost the business of other people’s money. ” Jean-Jacques Rommes, CEO of the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association, went to the heart of the question of ethics in finance in a speech at the recent Unicredit Islamic Finance conference. Tackling the subjects of money, religion and morality, he [...]
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