Dilemmas in Responsible Investment examines the problems responsible investment (RI) practitioners face daily. It emphasises the importance of asking the right questions as well as getting the right answers; and the importance of process as well as product. The authors pay attention to the diversity of opinion and variety of approaches available. They also raise [...]
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Dilemmas in Responsible Investment
Posted in Book Reviews, Responsible Investment on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Previous applicants need not apply: Is ‘Chief Resiliency Officer’ the dream job of tomorrow?
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Corporate Responsibility, CSR, Responsible Business, Responsible Investment on September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If in 2007 you were to tell someone that just 4 years later we would live in a world where banks are nationalised (to bailout a failed economic system), nature is privatised (to generate new wealth from ecosystem services) and the Middle East was the centre of the universe for democratic revolution (following the Arab [...]
What would responsible investment be without dilemmas?
Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Responsible Business, Responsible Investment on July 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Choosing between self-interest and the broader interests of society is one of the most fundamental dilemmas we all face in our everyday lives. As investors, we try to avoid this dilemma by distinguishing financial returns and societal benefits as two separate and disconnected categories. Investors adopting this perspective often consider it is not their mandate [...]
Responsible Investment in Practice
Posted in Responsible Business, Responsible Investment on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dilemmas in Responsible Investment by Celine Louche and Steve Lydenberg – the second book in the Greenleaf Responsible Investment series – is, at its heart, a book about the challenges faced by individuals seeking to invest in line with their ethical values. The book shines a very clear light on how individual’s ethical values and [...]
