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Articles about socially responsible investing (0-50 of 50)
- Socially Responsible Investments And Sustainability
By: alexanderhampp | - This is the best time for you to think beyond profitable stocks and return on your investments. We cannot simply invest in companies that do not care about our society or environment, even if they promise good returns. Religion is one of the motivational factors for ethical investing; many investors follow their religious belief in investing and avoid addictive substance such as tobacco, drugs and alcohol since it is not encouraged in some religion. The use of arms and ammunition also condemned ...
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- Green Investment Advisor
By: Ezra Drissman | - An investment advisor is someone who takes his or her extensive knowledge of the stock market and financial arenas and tells others what stocks are worth investing for their trading needs and which should be passed on as too risky for the investment amount.
An advisor will not make the final decisions for the investor; only offer strong cautions or recommendations. A green investment adviser is one who takes those cautions and recommendations just a step further by suggesting only t ...
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- Importance Of Csr For Small Companies
By: Kevin long | - Did you know that approximately 90% of businesses worldwide are made up of small to medium sized enterprises? SMEs also provide 50-60% employment, playing an important role in the development of the society. Small and medium sized companies are also an important factor in ensuring social welfare but sadly, initiatives related to corporate social responsibility have been mainly focused on multinationals and large companies. Experts believe that CSR is as important for small companies as it is for ...
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- Why Choose A Responsible Career?
By: Kevin long | - Are you looking for a responsible career opportunity that will help you make a living while making a difference? If yes, there are several green jobs available to choose from. In the last few years, there has been an unprecedented rise in the demand for socially responsible careers. Thanks to the economies shifting towards green business practices and technology, people are looking for jobs that will cause less damage to the society and environment. Experts believe that if someone is already wor ...
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- Greening Your Catering Operation Through Environmental Assessments
By: Tim Ford | - Managing and operating a catering company based on eco friendly norms and with an environmentally conscious mandate has become the moral responsibility of many catering entrepreneurs today. There are several reasons why you should consider going green in your catering operation especially if you are committed to your social responsibility, increasing your market share and generating multiple income streams by providing catering services to several events simultaneously. However, before you ...
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- The Practicality Of Faith-based Investing
By: Jay Peroni | - In the book of Mark, this question is posed: "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?" (8:36 nasb). Through the effort to find solutions to address the issues that go along with this question, faith-based investing was born. This movement seeks to align a person's faith, moral beliefs, and ultimately God's Word with the investment community. When one invests according to his or her faith, it seems like the logical and holy thing to do. Yet many are quick to find ...
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- Food Shortage And Sustainable Investment
By: Kevin long | - In the last few years, the agriculture sector has witnessed a sharp rise in food prices. Rise in poverty and global warming is being predicted to cause more shortage of food and clean drinking water in the years to come. Developing nations are being said to be the worst affected with such global issues. If experts are to be believed, the present need is to adopt the concept of environmental sustainability and invest in countries that have untapped potential for food production. For instance, cou ...
Tags: Sustainable finance, responsible investment, socially responsible investing, ethical investing
- Socially Conscious Investing
By: Navin | - To know that one has a divine right to live in abundance means that one has a respect for nature's supply. Usually those who have become abundance conscious are also environmentally conscious. With respect to nature, many who have aligned themselves with universal laws strive to incorporate every aspect of their lives with abundance principles and concepts.
Consequently, as we become more conscious, we understand that money is a seed and in many ways we are responsible for where we ...
Tags: Self Improvement, Philosophy
- Benefits Of Sustainable Investment Opportunities
By: Kevin long | - Sustainable finance is all about the investment opportunities directed towards the conservation of the environment. It also relates to investments in clean energy and water projects, production of renewable energy or any business activities that fulfill environmental concerns. The fact that sustainable investment trends are catching up despite the financial crisis, the concept of sustainable finance has become more attractive for investors.
Green investments can be extremely effect ...
Tags: Sustainable finance, responsible investment, socially responsible investing, socially-conscious investing, ethical investing
- Social Enterprise And Its Benefits
By: Kevin long | - If you thought social enterprises are only focused on social or environmental aims, think again. Besides the good work, such enterprises are also involved in the generation of revenue for further sustainability practices. As far as the management of triple bottom line' is concerned, social enterprise also face challenges similar to a private firm. However, bringing a positive change in the society remains the main focus for any non-profit organization.
Social enterprises ...
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- Is Investment In Csr Consultants A Good Decision?
By: Kevin long | - Business integrity is more than what takes place inside the company. It is all about the business behavior of a company that can have a significant impact on the concerned parties outside its premises. The expansion of business activities on a global level has led to the expansion of its impact as well. This in turn has made it difficult for companies to deal with the increased risks that are involved in violating compliance and ethics. This is the point where companies require help from corpora ...
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- Fsc Changing The Way We See Lumber
By: Chloe Madeiras | -
The Forest Stewardship Council is the only certification system that can obtain the certified wood credit for the U.S. Green Building Councils LEED projects. In 2013, green commercial and industrial new construction projects will jump to 25% and 20% for green residential new construction from 2% in 2005.
There are 10 principles of forest management that FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) utilizes as its threshold of what they constitute as responsible forestry w ...
Tags: FSC, green, ipe decking, lumber, hardwoods, wood, flooring,
- Socially Conscious Investing & The Law Of Abundance
By: sumit11 | - To know that one has a divine right to live in abundance means that one has a respect for nature's supply.Usually those who have become abundance conscious are also environmentally conscious.With respect to nature, many who have aligned themselves with universal laws strive to incorporate every aspect of their lives with abundance principles and concepts.
Consequently, as we become more conscious, we understand that money is a seed and in many ways we are responsible for where we p ...
Tags: Self Improvement, Philosophy
- Choosing The "greenest" Customized Tote Bags: Three Tips For Retailers
By: Jenny Schweyer | - Hundreds of retailers have begun to offer customized tote bags in their stores as alternatives to plastic shopping bags. The intent is to encourage customers to purchase these promotional bags and use them every time they shop in their stores. Retailers hope to not only save money on plastic shopping bags, but to keep them from going to landfills across North America.
The advantages to offering reusable bag alternatives extends even further than saving money and keeping the planet ...
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- Try Doing Business In Brazil
By: Danil Tavor | - Globalization and world markets, as well as companies which help donors/lenders choose partners in developing countries, are leading many individuals to seek opportunities to try doing business in developing countries. While small-return micro-loans may be a good option for less savvy investors, the stock markets of developing countries offer the potential to give healthy returns on investments while giving all the advantages of -getting in on the ground floor.-
While established ...
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- Lodh & Generation Partner For Sustainable Investment
By: Tom Burroughes | - Mr Gore said that the goal of creating public awareness to the problems caused by global warning has been achieved. "Now it is time to take on the challenge of finding solutions even in the current difficult period for the equity markets," said the former US vice president. He believes that this may best be achieved through the financial markets recalling that "more funds are allocated by the global markets in one hour than all the governments in one year".
Noting that "sustainab ...
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- Global Shift: New Perceptions For A New World
By: Edmund Bourne | - A global shift is happening around the world. As the established economic, political and cultural institutions of our planet meet increasing upheaval, humanity is moving toward the next stage in its history. This new stage is as different from what went before as the Renaissance was from the Middle Ages. It involves many new ways of seeing ourselves, our world, and each other.
This global shift is happening on many levels. It consists of:
* New ways of perceivin ...
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- Be As Healthy As The Wealthy
By: fin2000 | - Social class is simply the best predictor of health. If you could know only one thing about a person and predict that person's health and longevity, you'd ask about social class. It's even more important than family history.
In cases where someone has bothered asking poor people about their health, research confirms the trend: the poorer you are, the less healthy you're likely to feel. That's the finding of a recent Columbia University study. And results of the United States Cente ...
Tags: social, status, health, healthy, longevity, poor, wealth, mortality
- Constructing A Diversified Portfolio Of Socially Responsible Investments
By: sristocks | - The Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) emphasizes that diversification is critical for minimizing your risk exposure. Diversification is a core value in successfully investing and it is no different for socially responsible investments (SRI).
The value of diversified asset allocation
The importance of diversifying your asset allocation is absolutely critical in effectively managing your portfolio's risk. The types of assets you include in your portfolio, such as stocks, options ...
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- Ethically And Ecologically Responsible Investing
By: Wilfrid Baptiste | - If you're interested in investing, but are reluctant to fund companies whose practices you disagree with (either on moral, ethical, or environmental grounds), it's probably worth pointing out to you that you have options. And those options are related to the concept of Socially Responsible Investing, or SRI.
Portfolio managers that are involved in SRI (also known as green portfolio managers) tend to direct the funds that they're managing toward competitive public companies that a ...
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- Social Responsible Investing For A Better (investment) World
By: Bruce Michael Wood | - Social Responsible Investing (SRI), also known as sustainable investing or ethical investing has origins dating back to as far as the early18th century and was motivated mostly through religious reasons. The modern SRI movement, as we know it today, started in the 1960s. The movement spawned out of an increased awareness of social and environmental issues. It eventually became a marketing gimmick for many multinational corporations attempting improve their image to the outside world, regardless ...
Tags: Ethics, Social Responsible Investment, Social Funds, Sustainable Investment
- Build Wealth By Green Investing
By: Larryburke | - In today's depressive stock market it is hard to find a silver lining. Green investing is a way to feel good about your stocks and mutual funds while having the potential to make a healthy return on investment. Socially responsible investing makes sense during the corruption on Wall Street and the search for alternative energy sources.
Green investing is finally coming into the mainstream. People can do what's right for the environment and build wealth too! Socially responsible invest ...
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- It Outsourcers Turn Green
By: Barry Matthews | - Intel co-founder Gordon Moore was a great visionary. In 1965, his prediction, popularly known as Moore's Law, stated that the number of transistors on a chip would double about every two years. More than 40 years later his prediction continues to hold true, as the IT industry continues to develop at an exponential rate.
Many see this as an example of progress and development, however there is a growing concern that the never ending pursuit of technological advancement is taking p ...
Tags: outsourcing, IT outsourcers, green initiatives, environment
- Investing In The Environment
By: Earth News Media | - For many years, money that was used for good will was called charity and money used to make more money was called investing. Not anymore.
Today, the two concepts are forming into a financial arena called socially responsible investing. Both investors and mutual fund companies are implementing this new idea and discovering that they can be profitable and at the same time do some good for the environment and society.
Bob Guthrie, an investment broker with A.G. Edwards ...
Tags: climate change, , global warming, , air pollution, , recycling, , ozone depletion, , environment, , eco-friendly, , environmental issues, , green business, , renewable
- Health Insurance Plans: The Real Business Of Health Insurance Companies
By: Vikram Kumar | - In a very real sense, the world right now is highly technological and progressive, both socially and physically. Socially, we now have cellular phones and Internet connections, which we can use to communicate with any part of the entire world. Physically however, the world is quite polluted. As the pace of our lives progresses, we need to be ready for what the future might bring.
Along with the technological developments which most people are cashing on in these days, we see a r ...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health Insurance Quotes, Medical Insurance, Health Care Insurance
- Affordable Life Coaching For Those Who Do Good In The World And Earn Modest Paychecks
By: Dave Wheitner | - Idealists frequently entertain ideas about how our lives and the world around us might be different. We have a high need for authenticity, and we spend significant time considering the "big picture" complexities of how everything fits together in the world. Often driven by important causes, we may assume roles such as a nonprofit executive director, political leader, advocate, educator, activist, counselor, physician, or entrepreneur of a socially and ecologically responsible business.
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- Forum National Investments Ltd., (otcpk: Fmnlf), Featured In An Audio Interview At Smallcapvoice
By: Stuart T. Smith | - Dan Clozza, Chief Executive Officer of Forum National Investments Ltd. (FNI) (OTC: FMNLF) is featured in an audio interview at SmallCapVoice.
Mr. Clozza provides his personal insight into Company's history, experienced management team, unique market place and the Company's positioning within the market.
Established in 1995, Forum National Investments Ltd. (Forum Investments) is a publicly traded Merchant Bank with over 69 years of combined investment expe ...
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- Mutual Funds Make Investing Simple
By: Jim Pretin | - If you know absolutely anything about investing, then you have probably heard of mutual funds. Once an obscure investment vehicle, they are now popular with almost all investors. If you ask your average investor whether they have any of their investment dollars allocated to a fund, they will likely answer yes. There are literally trillions of dollars of American money currently invested in mutual funds.
Funds have made investing for the average investor a little less complicated. ...
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- Child Care Worker
By: Michael Malega | - I hope that the following article will help you to better understand this topic.
Children are very special and central to our lives. The schools we can send our children to will help build their growing during those years that are important for education. To allow these children to develop and have the power to interact socially it is necessary to send them to daycare centers or even kindergarten.
At these places a child care worker will care for young children wil ...
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- Mutual Funds Make It Easy To Diversify
By: Jim Pretin | - If you know absolutely anything about investing, then you have probably heard of mutual funds. Once an obscure investment vehicle, they are now popular with almost all investors. If you ask your average investor whether they have any of their investment dollars allocated to a fund, they will likely answer yes. There are literally trillions of dollars of American money currently invested in mutual funds.
Funds have made investing for the average investor a little less complicated. ...
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- Ten Ways To Green Your Career
By: Carol McClelland | - You have done your research. You know the changes you can make in your personal life to have a positive impact on the environment.
The question is: Will those actions be enough to produce the results we need to see?
Imagine the impact each of us could have if we used our work time (over 2000 hours a year) to reduce the damage we've done to the Earth and minimize the damage we will cause as we move forward.
Although you might think you have to have a ...
Tags: green career, environmental career, green job, renewable energy jobs, green products, green innovation, sustainable companies, socially responsible co
- Finding The Best Deals On Graduate Insurance
By: Rupal Patel | - Among the many concerns for graduates throughout the United Kingdom is finding the best deal on automobile, health, and dental insurance. During their university years, their parents and the university help contribute toward a student's health in order to keep their mind on their studies. However, the shock of high insurance costs can be jarring for a graduate. Without a lot of money to spend on basic expenses, graduates need to find the best deals they can for vital services. There are plenty o ...
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- Benefits Of Memberships In Nationwide Building Society.
By: -ddd- | - Nationwide Building Society, the world's largest building society, is the country's 4th largest mortgage lender and in the top 10 of UK's financial institutions in terms of assets size. Having its start in the 1850's, Nationwide has been able to complete over a hundred mergers, the key one being the merger with Anglia Building Society in 1987. Nationwide is still committed to staying mutual meaning that the society is operating solely for the benefit of its members. The main goal of the society ...
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- Socially Responsible Investing
By: Robert Valentine | - Not so long ago, the phrase "socially responsible investing" might have brought to mind environmentalists keeping their investment dollars out of companies they believed to be damaging the Earth or animal rights activists rejecting companies who tested their products on harmless creatures.
As the socially responsibly investing, or SRI, sector has grown, its definition has also diversified. Today the phrase encompasses any investment strategy targeted at aligning an individual's po ...
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- Introduction To Mutual Funds
By: Jim Pretin | - If you know absolutely anything about investing, then you have probably heard of mutual funds. Once an obscure investment vehicle, they are now popular with almost all investors. If you ask your average investor whether they have any of their investment dollars allocated to a fund, they will likely answer yes. There are literally trillions of dollars of American money currently invested in mutual funds.
Funds have made investing for the average investor a little less complicate ...
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- Achieving Sustainability For You And Your Business
By: Colette Chandler | - By definition, to sustain means to give support or relief. So it's no surprise that sustainable businesses support or improve the current and future quality of people's lives. Many architects, builders, interior designers, and others are frequently asked to use natural products that protect and improve the environment. And in many industries, special designations exist for recognizing these certified companies.
Cleveland is one of the few cities in Ohio that is taking strong stri ...
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- What Is A Stock Index?
By: Bill Dufrane | - In the fast paced ever- changing world of todays stock market you need a quick way to analyze and graph the movement from day to day, month to month or year to year. Stock indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard and Poors 500 give you a tool to do just that.
But what exactly is a stock market index? A stock market index is a listing of a group of stocks, and a number to go with them. The number that goes with them is used to track trends in the market, going ...
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- What Are Sri Funds?
By: Paul Graham | - 1. SRI
Socially Responsible Investing is what SRI is an acronym for.Of course, Socially Responsible means different things to different people and to different funds and index managers as well.
Try to make sure that you are involved in SRIs that are right for you.
2. SRI Funds
What SRIs include can vary. Some funds will exclude any stock whose company might be involved in animal testing. Some funds put more emphasis on how a company tre ...
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- Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company - Chasing Performance
By: Mark Brandon | - Just as fund companies tend to overstate the expertise level of their youthful, call-center "investment advisers", management also tends to attribute what the evidence shows to be more-or-less luck to extraordinary investment acumen. As I've said before, the exorbitant fees charged for active management would be well worth it, if superior returns were consistently delivered. But, the returns are not being delivered, and the fees are mostly not worth it (especially the overpriced, advisor-pushed ...
Tags: mutual fund performance, finance, investing, socially responsible
- Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company - Better, Cheaper, Less-risky Alternatives
By: Mark Brandon | - As I have said many times in this series, active management would be palatable and worth the outsized fees charged by mutual fund companies if they consistently delivered superior performance compared to a pre-defined benchmark, but they do not. Less than forty percent of actively managed funds beat their benchmarks in any one year. Over several years, that percentage becomes infinitesimal. The point of this article is to outline the vehicles that enable you to get these results. While I admit t ...
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- Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company - Technology Eclipses Their Reason For Being
By: Mark Brandon | - Mutual funds gained popularity for the reasons down below. I maintain that both of them are now made obsolete by technology.
Economies of Scale Mean Lower Costs For Shareowners. On paper, the explanations sound great, but let us look at the evidence. What expenses are involved in running a fund?
1. Trading Commissions. This should be the primary benefit, but the evidence shows that mutual funds are not getting better prices than any ordinary investor can get. In fac ...
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- Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company - Short Term Speculation
By: Mark Brandon | - For most of the history of the Mutual Fund Industry average annual turnover hovered around 15 to 20 percent. This means that 15-20 percent of the funds portfolio changed each year. Put another way, the average holding period for a stock in a mutual fund portfolio was 8 years. Starting in the late 1970's and accelerating in the mid-1990's, average annual turnover is now 100 percent. Put another way, the average holding period is now less than one year. So, while preaching that a steady, long term ...
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- Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company - Enablers Of Poor Corporate Governance
By: Mark Brandon | - An entire book could be written about the happy conspiracy between corporate managers and the investment community that pads both pockets at the expense of the everyday shareholder. In fact, one has been written. You should check out "The Battle for the Soul of American Capitalism" by John Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group. Bogle has been one of the few mutual fund industry luminaries that publicly decry the abuse taking place. It is an easy read. Check it out. Many of my top ten reasons ...
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- Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company - Tax Inefficiency
By: Mark Brandon | - Mutual fund investors who hold their funds in a retirement account are not affected by this aspect, since income is tax-deferred in most cases. However, if you hold mutual funds in a taxable account, which includes a substantial portion of retirees, you will be doubly surprised this year. First, you will be hit with a tax bill whether or not you sold your fund during the year. To add insult to injury, you may be responsible for a large capital gains bill despite your fund being an overall loser ...
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- Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company - Alphabet Soup Of Sales Charges
By: Mark Brandon | - If most people can not easily explain how they are getting charged for services, you can almost always bank on a rip-off in your midst. Such is the case with many mutual funds and their "fund classes". Just like when a corporation offers up shenanigans like "super-voting" shares, grab your wallet.
Get this. The same organization with the same portfolio and same manager can have "A" class, "B" class, and "C" class shares. In some extreme cases they can also have "D", "E", "Z", and ...
Tags: mutual funds, sales charges, load, socially responsible, finance, investing
- Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company: Soft Dollar Expenses
By: Mark Brandon | - #10 - Soft Dollar Expenses
The reason a mutual fund exists is so small investors can pool their money, hire professional management, and attain diversity that would be nearly impossible for the small investor by himself or herself. It would stand to reason then that funds with hundreds of millions, or even billions, would have economies of scale to demand from the street the most competitive rates for trading their shares. Yet, as you will see, not only are fund firms NOT getting ...
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- Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company: 12b-1 Fees
By: Mark Brandon | - The 12b-1 fee is the obscurely-named outrage that dings investors in mutual funds so that management can market the fund. In 1980, the mutual fund industry successfully lobbied the SEC to allow this fee with the justification that a larger fund lowers the expenses for everybody. In theory, the logic is right when you take into account the same expenses being spread over a larger pool of assets. However, there are several problems with this thinking:
1) A larger fund does not neces ...
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