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Ethical Funds must dig for detail
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Ethical funds watchdog EIRIS has found that 45% of companies have no management systems in place to check labour standards among their suppliers, and therefore fail to report on the issue. Worst offenders on worker exploitation are consumer goods makers, particularly of clothing, toys, and electronics.
Ethical Investments on a small scale with zero carbon shopping
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Ethical investments are no longer limited to investment funds! With the opening of the word’s first zero carbon supermarket in Cambridgeshire, we can cast an ethical vote with our cash every day.
Norway pension fund stubs out tobacco for ethical investments
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Norway’s national pension fund has sold off Euro 1.8 bn in tobacco shares, citing ethical reasons. The individual investor can also opt for ethical investments, with over 100 ethical funds now available.
Reduce environmental impact, cut ink consumption with new green ‘typeface with holes’
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009An innovative font system from the Netherlands now enables computer users to print sustainably and lessen their environmental impact by cutting their consumption of ink and toner by up to 25%.
Reduced ink consumption can also result in significant financial savings, with Ecofont’s manufacturer, the Dutch marketing firm Spranq, claiming that a company with 5,000 employees could save over £100,000 a year on its printing costs.
Forty shades of green: how ‘ethical’ are ethical funds?
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The critics say that ethical funds are not transparent enough to convince investors they are genuinely green, or that the screening process limits the number of companies available to ethical fund managers, and therefore hampers their ability to maximise returns.
Friends of the Earth: Europe can cut carbon emissions by 40%
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Europe is capable of cutting its carbon emissions by 40% by 2020, according to a new study by Friends of the Earth and the Stockholm Environment Institute, published at this week’s Copenhagen climate change conference.
Europe’s current commitment is to reduce emissions by just 20%, compared to 1990 levels.
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