Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
The Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) aims to simplify the rating of companies with truly sustainable business practices. This in turn will encourage trust in ethical investments by the 44% who are still sceptical that so-called ethical, sustainable businesses really do make a difference.
Tags: Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Department for Work and Pensions, Eiris, Ethical Funds, Ethical Investments, Income Tax Allowances, Investments, Retirement Planning, Revenue Commissioners, Sustainable Energy
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Ethical investment on the global stage, as Sweden’s pension funds exclude Israeli defence technologies firm Elbit Systems from their portfolio, for alleged breaches of international rights conventions. Similar freedom of choice is now available to the individual investor, with a range of ethical funds offering a great opportunity to build an investment portfolio ‘with conscience’.
Tags: Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Department for Work and Pensions, Enterprise Investment Schemes, Ethical Funds, Ethical Investments, Financial Planning, IBM, Investment Funds, Retirement Planning
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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.
Tags: Debt Solutions, Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, Department for Work and Pensions, Eiris, Equity Investments, Ethical Funds, Ethical Investment Funds, Ethical Investments, Retirement Planning, Sustainable Energy
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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.
Tags: Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, Department for Work and Pensions, Ethical Funds, Ethical Investment Portfolio, Ethical Investments, Ethical Pensions, Income Tax Allowances, Investments, Renewable Energy, Retirement Planning, Revenue Commissioners, Sustainable Energy, Variable Rate Mortgage
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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.
Tags: Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, Department for Work and Pensions, Ethical Funds, Ethical Investment Portfolio, Ethical Investments, IBM, Investment Funds, Retirement Planning, Revenue Commissioners, Sustainable Energy
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Europe 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.
Tags: Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, Department for Work and Pensions, Ethical Funds, Ethical Investment Funds, Ethical Investment Portfolio, Ethical Investments, Friends of the Earth, IBM, Investment Funds, Retirement Planning, Stockholm Environment Institute, Warren Buffett, Watson Wyatt
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
The Chancellor has announced in his pre-budget report an additional £400m in funding for low-carbon growth initiatives and carbon reduction initiatives at domestic level.
This brings to over £15bn the amount of private and public investment in the low-carbon and renewable energy sectors over the next three years.
Tags: Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Defined Benefit Pension Schemes, Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, Department for Work and Pensions, Ethical Funds, Ethical Investment Funds, Ethical Investment Portfolio, Ethical Investments, Renewable Energy, Retirement Planning, Revenue Commissioners, Sustainable Energy, Variable Rate Mortgage
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Smaller employers with past experience of successfully implementing legislative changes in the workplace have named external advice as the key ingredient of a smooth transition.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a survey of 28 companies with 1-49 employees, which have gone through the process of implementing change in the past.
Tags: AIB Bank, Co-Operative Bank, Company Pension Scheme, Department for Work and Pensions, DWP, Mortgage, Mortgage Advice, Mortgage Insurance, Office of Fair Trading, Personal Accounts, Personal Accounts Scheme, Personal Pensions, Retirement Planning, UK Stockbrokers, UK Sustainable Investment & Finance Association
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Seventy per cent of people in Great Britain consider their outlook and lifestyle to be green and ethical, and 49% of people with savings and investments would like to make a difference with their money by making an ethical investment. These are the findings of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) published this [...]
Tags: Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Department for Work and Pensions, Ethical Funds, Ethical Investments, IBM, ICICI Bank UK, Income Tax Allowances, Investment Funds, Investment Management Association, Investment Strategy 2010, Investments, National Ethical Investment Week, Online Mortgage Deals, Personal Tax, Pet Insurance, Retirement Planning, Savings, UK Sustainable Investment & Finance Association, UKSIF
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The debate about global warming, alternative energies, ethical investment and fair trade has taken a central position on the world stage in this decade. As environmental and ethical awareness percolates down through all areas of business, many public companies have taken steps to improve their standards of corporate governance with regard to these issues. Investment funds companies have acknowledged [...]
Tags: Child Trust Funds, Childrens Pensions, Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Department for Work and Pensions, Ethical Funds, Ethical Investments, IBM, Income Tax Allowances, Investment Funds, Investments, Repossessed Spanish Property
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