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Ethical finance: a new key issues guide by Eldis
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Responsible business approaches taking into account environmental and social impacts of financial decisions have become both widespread and more comprehensive over the past years. What has led to this shift, what substantial changes have been implemented so far, and what concerns remain? A new Eldis key issue page provides some background information on ethical finance, and suggests a number of useful further reading resources.

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Encouraging Asian pension funds to work towards a responsible future
The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia , 2009
Asia's pension funds are among the largest and fastest growing pools of capital in the region and their influence in the capital markets will continue to grow, especially as asset allocations diversif...
Opportunities for sustainable business practice in MENA to address development needs
D. Petkoski;M. Jarvis;C. Brady / Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 2009
The economic turmoil brought about by the financial crisis of 2008, compounded by the impacts of a food crisis and pending climate change, has exacerbated many of the existing development challenge...
The influence of morality on corporate behaviour in Malaysia and the US
A. Z. Pitluck / Social Science Research Network , 2008
This paper addresses the puzzle of why the inclusion of non-financial social justice or religious criteria by professional fund managers has been so popular in Malaysia and yet has had to date relativ...
Social returns in microfinance management and investment
J. Chen;N. Biggar / 2008
As more investors enter into the microfinance market, it is increasingly clear that they are not binary - either purely social or purely commercial. Most investors fit into a spectrum where the rol...
Impact of CSR on capital market
L. Becchetti;R. Ciciretti;I. Hasan / Social Science Research Network , 2009
This paper investigates the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the capital market by tracing the market reaction to corporate entry and exit from the Domini 400 Social Index, recognized as a...
How to create successful social investment?
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation , 2008
Many social investment programmes fail to generate the goodwill that companies hope for and instead become a burden beyond the originally intended period. This guidance document addresses the question...
Embedding ESG into mainstream finance, investment and capital markets.
A. Garfunkel, (ed) / Economics and Trade Branch,, 2007
This report traces the key developments that have accelerated the evaluation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues within mainstream finance, investment and the capital markets. Throug...
How transparent are the largest 20 UK pension funds?
FairPensions, 2007
There is, this report argues, increasing UK public interest in the accountability of investors. The 20 occupational pension funds examined in this report are of particular public interest because they...
Environmental, social and governance factors in responsible investment performance.
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
This report features a diverse set of academic and broker studies that analyse responsible investment performance at both the company/stock and fund/portfolio level, including thematic studies which b...
Does the international investment law regime help embed values and practices that support human rights policies?
H. Mann / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008
This paper responds to the need to identify and understand the linkages between international investment agreements (IIAs) and the debate on business and human rights. It provides a broad-based review...
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