Sentences with phrase «on ethical investing»

Some people have done me the courtesy of listening to my opinions on ethical investing and have told me that I'm missing the point.

But because OpenInvest focuses on ethical investing, they keep investors more engaged.

Not exact matches

Terms like «socially responsible investing», or «ethical investing» are falling out of favour because they have moral overtones, leftover from the days when investors chose stocks based on religious or ethical criteria, for example.

Equity Crowdfunding platforms reflect a commitment to a type of investing model that is inherently ethical with built in checks on bad behavior.

Another shareholder wrote in about Coke, noted that you declined to invest in the cigarette business on ethical grounds despite one saying, «It was a perfect business because it costs a penny to make, sell it for a dollar, it's addictive, and there's fantastic brand loyalty».

To be clear, other than the size of the loan — which is way out of the normal range for a typical Apollo loan — nothing on its face suggests anything nefarious... but at the very least, there are some ethical questions with Kushner using the White House as a place to have meetings with people that then turn around and invest in Kushner's private business ventures.

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.

Alden, You've tapped a lot of key issues here — the lack of economic incentive on the company's side to invest in plus sized design, the lack of economic ability for many plus sized women to spend more on ethical clothing due to the correlation between poverty and obesity, and the societal stigma that plus sized status is «supposed» to be temporary, and not worth the investment.

Most recently, Del received the Educator of the Year award in 2016 from Think Realty, an honor bestowed on innovators who have proven themselves to be stellar role models and leaders based on their sound business practices, high ethical standards and dedication to moving real estate investing forward as a respected industry niche and avenue for wealth building.

Just as some investors choose to invest in ethical funds (which avoid investing in arms trading, tobacco and so on) there are at least a few credit cards available which aim to have a positive impact on the world.

To what extent do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to what extent do the personal morals and ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe what a wonderful investment it is and go on about why you should own it.Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or do you compartmentalize your conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and make your investing decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise on a human level.I can not in good conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.

The firm was established in 1984 with the mission of investing in good businesses that have high returns on capital, above - average growth prospects, ethical business practices and sustainable competitive advantages.

Yes you are very correct, there have always been a great deal of discussion on stocks like PM, MO etc. about investing versus ethical concerns.

So I googled Vanguard ethical investing and found their «Social Index Fund» (https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/snapshot?FundId=0213&FundIntExt=INT and Vanguard's essay on socially responsible investing: https://investor.vanguard.com/about/vanguards-view-social-concerns-and-investing)

Socially responsible investing, also known as «ethical investing», is about actively exercising choice about the kinds of companies you will or will not invest in based on your own values and beliefs.

Azzad follows ethical investing criteria based on Islamic principles of economic and social justice.

If you grant that the rich have ethical obligations to the poor (and living people to future people yet to be born), why is it more ethical to invest $ 3Trillion (a figure sometimes bandied about) on mitigation instead of adaptation.

For all their «ethical» screens and engagement and transparency, almost all of the formal pensions options are based on funds which invest at least some money in mainstream stocks in global companies, many of which are involved in the kind of issues — tax avoidance, animal abuse, short - termism, fossil fuels — that Ethical Consumer chooses to draw attentethical» screens and engagement and transparency, almost all of the formal pensions options are based on funds which invest at least some money in mainstream stocks in global companies, many of which are involved in the kind of issues — tax avoidance, animal abuse, short - termism, fossil fuels — that Ethical Consumer chooses to draw attentEthical Consumer chooses to draw attention to.