Sentences with phrase «of ethical funds»

The story quotes Bob Walker, vice-president of Ethical Funds at Northwest & Ethical, as saying that keeping the two roles «has become standard practice, not just best practice.»

Robert Walker, vice-president of ethical funds and ESG Services at NEI Investments, says banks are recognizing the need for fair compensation.

Not exact matches

Luckily, friends of mine in Ukraine and Ukrainian - Americans are sponsoring students at the school to help fund ethical development of business — «clean,» to use their terms.

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.

(If you expand your definition of «dirty» to include resources from countries that abuse human rights, disregard labour standards or fund terrorist organizations, as conservative commentator Ezra Levant does in his new tome, Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands, the range of options shrinks even more.)

Phil Graves, head of Patagonia's venture fund Tin Shed Ventures, discusses investing in entrepreneurs for social and ethical reasons.

Starbucks will use the funding to support its stable of hand - picked ethical coffee growers, which includes lending to farmers who can't get funding elsewhere.

The list of EPA chief Scott Pruitt's ethical failings grows with The Post's revelations of his posh $ 100,000, taxpayer - funded trip to Morocco in December.

The Husseini Group, has over a decade of funding ventures that embrace social enhancement and ecological sustainability with numerous notable holdings, including Infenera (NASDAQ: INFN), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA), Bloom Energy, Ethical Electric, Zep Solar (acquired by Solar City (NASDAQ: SCTY), Thrive Market, Kevita, Cornerstone Capital, Sites.com (acquired by Internet Brands (NASDAQ: INET) and many others.

Pruitt is the subject of no fewer than 10 ethical investigations, as reports about his extravagant spending, taxpayer - funded flights, and dicey living situation have come to light.

Investigate the handful of ethical emerging markets funds.

The net expense ratio on these funds ranges from 0.75 percent to 3.76 percent, according to Morningstar, though some of the ethical emerging markets funds have outperformed benchmarks.

If you worry about what sort of companies your investments are funding, or if you are adverse to profiting from interest from loans, sharia investing will offer you a way to filter through all the options available and make ethical choices.

Based on this, following the Paris attacks which took place on Friday, the 13th November, a couple of popular news outlets began spreading a common message: that an ethical hackers group reportedly found a bitcoin address, worth $ 3 million, belonging to the Islamic State, and used to fund the attacks.

«The main attraction is to be able to contribute to the Church's role in helping people find meaning in the love and life of Jesus Christ, generating and maintaining funding for the Church and guiding its leadership role in the ethical and responsible investment of its assets..»

The ethical consequences of scientific research — which projects get funded and the consequences of the funded projects — are or ought to be scientific issues and not issues merely for the victims of the fall - out of these projects.

In the coming weeks, I will work with my Senate colleagues on possible ways to allocate funding for this approach and for other research that seeks ethical cures we can be proud of.

Brought together as part of the Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return (FAIRR) initiative, they include the fund arms of insurer Aviva and Norwegian lender Nordea, asset management groups Boston Common and Impax, several Swedish state pension funds and several other charities and ethical investors.

On the subject of it being ethical - I personally don't care what they do with my medical «waste» and if it helps fund our local hospitals... sell it!

Given political conditions in the Capital Region, ethical outrage by the Soares opponents over funding irregularities evoked a certain degree of mirth.

The dark cloud of ethical suspicion that chased Levy off his hilltop now hovers over the $ 100,000 of campaign funds he donated to the county GOP.

Divesting from Massey would send a loud and clear message that the NY State Common Retirement Fund is concerned with both workers» safety and an improved quality of life for all, making it a model of integrity, sound management and ethical investing throughout the country.

NY1 was among those who reported on the ethical questions concerning the group which has been allowed to raise unlimited funds from donors, some of whom have business in the city.

Funston says state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, the fund's sole trustee since the 2007 scandal, is meeting all applicable ethical and conflict - of - interest standards and is acting solely for the benefit of its 1 million workers and beneficiaries.

An outside review of New York's $ 150 billion pension fund for public workers shows it fixed ethical problems that led to a «pay - for - play» scandal.

An lengthy independent review of the state's $ 140 billion pension fund released by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office today found that he is an effective and ethical operator of the fund.

The ethical implications of any research project are important to consider and funding agencies increasingly require evidence that research plans and methods meet ethical guidelines.

Financial problems with the defence budget and ethical considerations prevented the substantial funds from being allocated, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968 was seen as a valid alternative.

Other areas of our work that also have human rights and equalities angles include our campaigns around state - funded religious schools, religious education, for public service reform, and on ethical issues such as abortion and assisted dying.

ALBANY — Though Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made expanding oversight of public officials a centerpiece of his agenda this year, none of New York State's commissions or agencies specifically charged with policing ethical lapses received an increase in funding in his proposed budget.

In «Roots of Betrayal: The Ethics of Christine Quinn,» Queens - based gay activist Louis Flores documented a host of ethical and legal infractions, including the celebrated slush fund scandal that prompted the speaker to push the term limit extension bill through the Council, allowing Bloomberg — and Quinn herself — to run for a third term.

«We will continue to work to root out corruption and demand more of elected officials when it comes to ethical conduct,» he said, citing the creation of the Assembly Office of Ethics and Compliance, tougher financial - disclosure requirements, and limits on the use of campaign funds.

With funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health, AAAS and 17 other organizations sponsored a Summer 1991 workshop on values and ethical issues in science and technology for minority scholars.

HealthPartners Research Foundation and the University of Minnesota surveyed several thousand scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health, and a third of the respondents anonymously admitted to one of 10 serious ethical lapses, such as fabricating data or plagiarizing.

While human - animal chimera work is still in its infancy (and faces ethical and funding hurdles, see sidebar), hybrids of rats and mice are already hinting that growing an organ from

The final guidelines on research with human embryonic stem cells issued on Monday by the National Institutes of Health set out criteria for determining which ES cell lines can be used in federally funded experiments and give NIH discretion to approve old lines that don't meet stringent modern ethical requirements.

Ethical rules not only control ideas but extend to all categories of collaborations, such as funding, facilities, and rights for breakthrough discoveries.

The new proposal promises an «open and ongoing dialogue» about the ethical, legal, and social implications of the work, and suggests that a percentage of the project's funding should go to supporting such discussions.

Clinton also asked the private sector, which funds studies on in vitro fertilization, to refrain from research on human cloning at least until the National Bioethics Advisory Commission finishes a review of the legal and ethical issues surrounding the stunning technique.

The president agreed that the government should fund both academic and military science, Greenberg said, but Eisenhower also had a history of staying out of science - policy clashes such as the Oppenheimer affair, when the former Manhattan Project director was stripped of his security clearance after voicing ethical concerns over nuclear weapons.

To promote better understanding of the ethics of research and the inclusion of individuals in research experiments, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced last year a new funding initiative: Research on Ethical Issues in Human Studies.

In accordance with that decision, the new guidelines would allow scientists to use NIH funds for research on cell lines isolated from embryos as long as the cells were derived by privately funded researchers who followed a set of ethical guidelines.

Shortly after his inauguration, Bush ordered a review of the current National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy, which allows the funding of embryonic stem cell studies as long as researchers receive the cells from privately funded researchers who have derived them in accord with a set of ethical guidelines (ScienceNOW, 23 August 2000).

Last year Congress issued a moral call to action when it ordered the National Institutes of Health to reevaluate its ethical oversight of government - funded primate research.

Ethical review panels may be hesitant to approve the use of a dosage that exceeds the LOAEL, funding agencies may be hesitant to provide the funds needed for such study, and study subjects themselves may have or develop reservations that could lead to poor study compliance.

Through a training grant funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), WFIRM offers traditional didactic course work, a variety of WFIRM - wide training activities, participation in cutting - edge research projects, grant writing, and scientific presentations, and exposure to ethical issues in regenerative medicine.

The previous posting is a little harsh and, I think, misses the point, which is: \ n \ n «In light of the ethical problems, Strieffer called for the Bush Administration's restrictions on stem cell research funding to be overturned.»

The US National Institutes of Health was asked to fund so - called «human challenge trials», which would involve healthy volunteers being Read more about Ethical dilemma of studying Zika in humans - Scimex

Mr. Bonham was an investigator on the «Communities of Color and Genetics Policy Project,» funded by the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Program at NHGRI.

In this document, openly available for download, we provide an overview of the effort; our framework for the first draft of the atlas; descriptions of the technology and data analysis tools available to build the atlas; an introduction to the Data Coordination Platform that will host the data for researchers worldwide; a deeper look at biological systems we plan to explore and map; and details on the organization and governance of the HCA consortium and its relationships to the public (including ethical considerations regarding organ and tissue donors) and to funding support.