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Safaricom Pioneers Adoption of UN’s SDG’s in Kenya’s IT Sector
Safaricom’s has successfully integrated a customised shared prosperity and responsible business initiative across the firm making the telecom the first IT local company to adopt the United Nations fronted Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) in Kenya.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Doing Good by Investing in Sin
The recent growth in ethically and socially responsible funds now represents trillions of dollars of mandates. Many of these funds engage in negative screening – excluding investments that are involved in activities that are considered unethical or socially irresponsible such as defence, guns, alcohol, tobacco, adult entertainment, gambling, nuclear energy and, most recently, fossil fuels.
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- Impact Assessment
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Deutsche Bank ventures into ethical funds arena
Deutsche Bank has partnered with an ethical investment specialist to launch a series of investment products in anticipation of a surge in demand for socially responsible investments from European clients.
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- Uncategorized
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- Europe & Eurasia
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And Now a Word From Our Sponsors: How Brands Can Reinvent Philanthropy
If brands can underwrite our entertainment experience, allowing us to enjoy our favorite shows for free, couldn’t they also fund our philanthropic experience, making it possible for millions of Americans to experience the profound sense of purpose and gratification that comes from giving back?
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Asia Funds Say Socially Responsible Investment Faces Major Hurdles
Appetite for socially responsible investments in Asia is growing but fund managers say there are still major obstacles that prevent more significant investment in such assets.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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What’s a Sustainable Company? It’s Hard to Define
How do you know if a company or mutual fund is socially responsible or not? It depends on whom you ask, which can be frustrating for an investor but isn’t likely to change soon.
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What Motivates Companies to Do Good—Altruism, or Guilt?
Talk of doing society good is by now a standard component of American companies’ messaging. Whether they meet that stated goal is another matter, but still, the impetus for it all is still a bit mysterious: Why have multi-billion-dollar firms invested so heavily on corporate social responsibility, or CSR, programs in the last few decades? Are firms engaging in socially conscious behavior for honest reasons, or simply to direct attention away from some of their more harmful behaviors?
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- Impact Assessment
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Capitalism at the Crossroads: An Interview with Stuart Hart
Stuart Hart is one of the world's top authorities on the implications of sustainable development and environment for business strategy. He is currently the Grossman Chair of Sustainable Business at the University of Vermont. Previously, Hart founded sustainable MBA programs at Cornell, UNC, and the University of Michigan. He wrote the seminal article "Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World," which won the McKinsey Award for Best Article in Harvard Business Review in 1997, and helped launch the movement for corporate sustainability.
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- Environment