Sentences with phrase «ethical investment»

He asked us to recommend an appropriate portfolio for this goal, taking into account his preference for ethical investments.

She says people could use the app for anything from weighing up whether to put their parents in a nursing home to choosing ethical investments.

To their credit, most ethical investment firms have already made, or are in the process of making similar moves.

The answer is to choose ethical investments (there may be different names).

I am also speaking on infant nutrition [following Camille Seleger of IBFAN - GIFA], but it is very relevant given what we have just heard from the board [Nestlé Nutrition Head cited Nestlé inclusion in FTSE4Good ethical investment index and Nestlé's promotion of breastfeeding in its first 1000 days campaigns].

The JACEI report in 2015 showed that engaging with Nestlé and working for it to be listed in the FTSE4Good ethical investment index resulted in Nestlé weakening its baby milk marketing policy.

Dunedin City Council (DCC) yesterday approved a new ethical investment policy that will see it divest around NZ$ 2m from fossil fuel extraction investments and block a planned NZ$ 75m from going ahead.

In presenting the year report to shareholders, Mr. Brabeck highlighted Nestlé's inclusion in the FTSE4Good ethical investment listing in an attempt to pre-empt criticism about its marketing of breastmilk substitutes.

«The Church has a moral responsibility to speak and act on both environmental stewardship and justice for the world's poor, who are most vulnerable to climate change» says Professor Richard Burridge, of the Church's Ethical Investment Advisory Group.

All other ethical investment funds that look to independent evidence on baby milk marketing (rather than company reports) exclude Nestlé.

RIM has six months to prove a real business need for its Co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie to retain their roles as Co-Chairmen of the Board, otherwise Northwest & Ethical Investments LP >>

Ella McKinley, of Australian Ethical Investment, which is part of the initiative, added: «Forward - looking companies can move now to encourage more sustainable diets by reducing reliance on meat and growing the market for plant - based protein alternatives.

In its report on Nestlé for the United Reformed Church in 2010, ethical investment organisation EIRIS cites examples of «total or substantial violation of the International Code of Marketing Breast - Milk Substitutes».

At RIM's most recent Annual General Meeting of shareholders, Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. («Northwest»), an institutional shareholder, proposed that the role of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman be divided and that RIM have an independent Chairman.

If you have been searching as we have, you are maybe aware there aren't that many ethical investment options out there, but recently we have found an interesting alternative to corporate banking: investing in long - term hardwood forestation.

SCIAF director Alistair Dutton said: «SCIAF's commitment not to invest in oil, gas and mining companies fits with our commitment to climate justice, and our overall ethical investment policy.

Companies such as Danone and Nestlé are not included in any credible ethical investment initiatives due to their systematic violations of marketing standards.

A number of other significant stakeholders had already ended their support for it, including the General Synod of the Church of England, the Royal College of Midwives, and the Methodist Ethical Investment Committee.

Northwest and Ethical Investments initially sought a proposal to split the chairman and chief executive roles but dropped it after RIMM said that it would form a committee to «study its leadership structure.»

This year the International Green Awards have partnered with ethical investment company Emerald Knight and WWF - UK.

1) Ethical investments available for local investors / pension funds 2) Lower energy bills for consumers 3) Fewer carbon emissions 4) Local job creation

The folks at Equal Exchange are true activists — they have already weighed in on TreeHugger about recent changes to USDA organic coffee regulations, and they've developed some innovative ethical investment options.

This could mean ethical investment or investing in a way that directly furthers the charity's aims.

UNICEF responded to the news that Nestlé had been admitted to the FTSE4Good ethical investment index by saying it finds Nestlé to «routinely» violate the marketing requirements.

The draft response credits the investment with prompting Nestlé to engage with the FTSE4Good ethical investment index — without pointing out that Nestlé weakened its baby milk policies prior to being included.

NOTE: Nestlé's refusal to accept the validity of the Code and Resolutions also prevented it from being included in the FTSE4Good ethical investment list.

In that capacity, he ushered in innovations to the Canadian financial industry such as daily interest savings accounts, open mortgages and ethical investment funds.

Mutual fund company Northwest & Ethical Investments LP has argued RIM co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis should not also be co-chairs of the company's board, arguing a «high performance» board needs independent oversight of management.

Others Certified B Corps around the world include Kickstarter, Ben and Jerry's, Patagonia and Australian Ethical Investments.

Yet, ethical investment organisations that refuse to invest in companies that violate the Code and Resolutions also meet with executives.

As one example, Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. (NEI) is Canada's largest provider of socially responsible mutual funds.

Northwest and Ethical Investments, a Toronto firm, may seek a proxy vote to prevent the co-CEOs from also serving as co-chairmen of the board of directors if RIM's board can't provide adequate justification for the governance structure by the end of January.

Instead it highlighted Nestlé's inclusion in the FTSE4Good ethical investment index.

Baby Milk Action was not contacted for information for the JACEI report, but the CFB would be aware of the evidence of malpractice we provide to the FTSE4Good committee of which it is a member; our calls for Nestlé be excluded from this ethical investment index have so far been rejected.

FTSE4Good is an ethical investment index from the UK stock exchange listing company FTSE.

The JACEI report praises Nestlé for being the first company to meet the breastmilk substitutes criteria to be included in the FTSE4Good ethical investment Index, yet there is a significant conflict of interest involved as the Church Central Finance Board (CFB), which decided to invest in Nestlé in 2007, sits on the FTSE4Good committee responsible for assessing Nestlé's baby milk marketing and advising on the criteria.

«Nestlé cites its inclusion in the FTSE4Good ethical investment index to divert criticism of its marketing practices, without revealing that it actually weakened its own marketing policy prior to inclusion.

Until 2010 Nestle itself said it would not promote milks for older babies if they have the same brand as infant formula, but weakened its policies prior to being included in the FTSE4Good ethical investment index (FTSE4Good assesses companies against their own policies rather than the Code and so it was in Nestle's interest to weaken them, while gaining the kudos of a FTSE4Good listing).

This refers to the FTSE4Good ethical investment index.

The Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS) has stated Nestlé is in «total or substantial violation of the International Code of Marketing Breast - Milk Substitutes».

Nestlé weakened its policy at this time as it was being reviewed for inclusion in the FTSE4Good ethical investment index.

The ethical investment sector as a whole excludes investments in companies that violate the Code and Resolutions and generally look to IBFAN's monitoring for evidence.

Nestlé makes much in its Creating Shared Value report about it being included in the FTSE4Good ethical investment index.