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Searching with a thematic focus on Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical investment, Finance policy

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  Investing in sustainable development

  Cen2eco – Centre for Economic and Ecological Studies, 2006

  In the context of growing awareness within investment circles, that sustainable enterprises are successful, this paper critically explores the attributes of companies that adhere to sustainable development principles.
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  A guide to biodiversity for the private sector: why biodiversity matters and how it creates business value

  International Finance Corporation, 2005

  Managing risk and securing corporate opportunities are cornerstones of business, but these can be obscured for many private sector companies when addressing biodiversity. Biodiversity is a broad term, subject to different definitions and different value interpretations. It is a global concept but decisions often play out at the local level.
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  Where do you draw the line? Research into the financial links between five bank groups and companies that abuse human rights

  Netwerk Vlaanderen, 2005

  This paper explores the financial links between banks and companies which abuse human rights.
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  Accountability mechanisms for multilateral financial institutions and the private sector

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This paper examines accountability mechanisms of for Multilateral Financial Institutions (MFI’s) and the Private Sector.
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  Microfinance and the double bottom line: measuring social return for the microfinance industry & microcredit with education programs

  Social Enterprise Associates, 2005

  This paper examines possibilities of partnerships between for microfinance and socially responsible investor. While microfinance’s value as development tool is well established, currently supply falls fall short of demand. Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) might be a solution to the problem.
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  HIV/AIDS beyond Africa: managing the financial impacts

  F&C Asset Management, 2005

  This study focuses on how HIV/AIDS affetcs financial performance of companies as well as the overall financial markets. It also explores what companies can do to manage the effects of the disease.Key Findings of the report include:in 2004, estimates indicated that between 36 and 44 million people worldwide were living with HIV.
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  Doing business in or with Burma

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005

  This paper explores the current situation in Burma, with a particular focus on the conditions for potential and current foreign investment.It answers the following questions:who owns the economy - who do you need to deal with when conduction business in Burma?how to read statistics on levels of FDI and tradehow much of this money is going to the junta what happens to the tax
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  Trading accountability: business, trade and investment policy and sustainable development

  AccountAbility, 2004

  This report looks beneath the discussions on the overarching architecture of multilaterally negotiated trade rules, into the everyday trade and investment decisions, in order to get a better basis for determining how approaches to trade and investment policy can support sustainable development within competitive international markets.By exploring how the interaction of individual companies with
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  Corporate responsibility and the future of the international trade and investment agendas

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  This paper argues that there are fundamental tensions between businesses’ lobbying on international trade and investment issues and their attempts to address environmental and social issues through a ‘voluntarist’ corporate responsibility (CR) agenda, as often efforts to liberalise international trade contribute to inequality and poverty, while the CR agenda attempts to ameliorate these same effec
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  Investment and sustainable development: a guide to the use and potential of international investment agreements

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004

  This paper examines the role played by international investment agreements (IIAs) in fostering sustainable development. It reviews the various rights and obligations, and arbitration rules of regional, bilateral and multilateral investment agreements.It finds that there is a need to reconsider the underlying purposes, substantive content and processes associated with IIAs.

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