Media Coverage of
Investing for the Soul

• Wall Street Journal
• MarketWatch
• BNN (Business News Network)
• The Financial Post
• Rogers Television's Money Line
• CBC One's Metro Morning
• 680 News Radio
• Environmental News Network
• The Catholic Register
• More...

Editorials

• Sustainability Profits Companies
• ESG Yields Profits
• Does Corporate Social Responsibility Increase Profits?
• Short Term Gain, Long Term Pain,
• India, Ancient Economic Behemoth, to Overtake China
• Frugality: A New Normal for Developed World Consumers
• Invest Ethically for ‘All Good’ Returns
• Investors Rush to Cash In on Climate Change
• Can US Bankers and Politicians be Truthful?
• Ethical Investors Successfully Engage Companies and Governments
• Religion: A Force in Ethical & Green Investing
• Unethical Investing By Charities
• Investing Ethically?
• The Rise of Islamic Finance
• US Government and Financial Elites Deceive Us
• The Ethics of Gold
• Unethical Statistics Lead Us Astray
• See all...

Shareholder Values

 
"70% increase since 2007 in the number of investors capitalizing on environmental trends [and] 54% of investors plan to invest in environmental technology over the next year."
-- Allianz Global
    Investors
    (USA) February 2010

"Canadian investors are generally favourable towards SRI. A third (32%) said they are 'very' or 'somewhat' interested. [Another] 55 per cent indicated that they would consider SRI if the return was 'as good or better' than other investments... The majority of investors surveyed view SRIs as 'futuristic' (78%) and 'a win-win for the individual and society' (77%)."
-- Ipsos Reid/
    Standard Life
    (Canada) October 2011

"European HNWI [High Net Worth Individuals] Sustainable Investment market... approximately €729 billion, representing an average of about 11% of European HNWIs’ portfolios as of December 31, 2009. This is a growth rate of 35% over the two-year period since the data was previously collected."
-- Eurosif
    (EU) September 2010

GLOBE AND MAIL

Attention News/Business Editors:

Canada's Most Responsible Companies
Announced Today

Report on Business magazine releases second annual Corporate Social
Responsibility ranking

TORONTO, Feb. 25 /CNW/ - Today, Report on Business magazine unveiled its
second annual Corporate Social Responsibility ranking. The ranking was
compiled by Jantzi Research and evaluates the behavior of 109 companies in
13 sectors, covering the categories of community and society, corporate
governance, impact on customers, treatment of employees, the environment and
human rights.

The top-ranked companies in each sector are:
- Automotive - Toyota
- Banking - Citizens Bank
- Fast Food - Starbucks
- Food and Drug Retailing - Sobeys
- Footwear and Apparel - Reebok
- Insurance - Sun Life
- Media - CBC
- Mining - Alcan
- Oil and Gas - Suncor
- Paper and Forest Products - Tembec
- Retailing - Mountain Equipment Co-op
- Technology - Hewlett-Packard
- Telecom - Manitoba Telecom

The comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility ranking is available in
the March issue of Report on Business magazine, available today in The Globe
and Mail.

Published monthly in The Globe and Mail, Report on Business magazine is
Canada's pre-eminent business publication, offering readers authority and
insight with its award-winning coverage of business and economics. The Globe
and Mail is a division of Bell Globemedia, Canada's premier multi-media
company, which also owns CTV, Canada's leading private broadcaster.

For further information: Nancy Evans, (416) 920-9000
REPORT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
© 2005 CNW Group Ltd.