July 19, 2009
Blogs for Ethical
Investors
These blogs post useful
commentaries related to many facets of green/socially
responsible/ethical investing and are written by
knowledgeable authors. Blogs that I especially like for
ethical investors are marked with an asterisk.
Obviously, the opinions expressed
in these blogs are those of the authors themselves and
may or may not reflect the opinions of Investing for
the Soul. (See disclaimer below.)
Socially
Responsible/Sustainable/Ethical Investing
Dorothy Hinchcliffe's FA Green Blog
(U.S.A.)
"Dorothy Hinchcliff is editor of FA online and FA
green, as well as managing editor of Financial Advisor
magazine."
Finance for a Sustainable Recovery
(U.K.)
"This is UKSIF’s blog on creating a robust operating
framework for sustainable and responsible financial
services. It covers laws, regulation, fiscal measures,
voluntary standards, skill requirements and cultural
norms."
*Henderson
Global Investors
(U.K.)
"The blog presents a series of short posts from the
Henderson SRI team for our investors and other
stakeholders. We aim to share our views and approach on
key issues relating to sustainable and responsible
investment."
*The
KLD blog
(U.S.A.)
"Commentary and insight into sustainable investing."
*Social
Finance blog
(Canada)
"socialfinance.ca is an online platform for the
community of people and organizations that are actively
trying to advance the development of a social finance
marketspace in Canada."
SRI-Extra
(Emerging markets)
"SRI-Extra covers the art and science of integrating
environment, social and corporate governance [ESG]
factors into investment. Comments are global with
coverage of emerging markets, especially Africa."
*SRImonitor
(Canada)
"News and views on the world of socially responsible
investing in Canada."
William's
Socially Responsible Investing Blog (U.S.A.)
"By William Donovan, About.com Guide to Socially
Responsible Investing."
Sustainable Investment (U.K.)
"This 'sustainable investment' blog is a way of
inviting comment from anyone engaged in sustainable
investment on where the 'socially responsible
investment' industry should go next and whether/how I
can contribute to that."
Islamic Finance
*Global
Islamic Finance Centre
(Global)
"Sharing the knowledge and information on Islamic
finance..."
Corporate Social Responsibility
Boston
College Center for Corporate Citizenship (U.S.A.)
There are actually three blogs here. (1) Director’s
Blog, (2) Center News & Events… new research, upcoming
events, corporate citizenship news, and opinion from
guest bloggers, and (3) In Good Company: Inspiring
stories about how our members put corporate citizenship
into practice.
For the most current listing of
blogs that ethical investors might like to visit, see
Blogs
Related to Ethical Investing. *
Ron Robins, MBA, is founder, Investing for the
Soul (http://investingforthesoul.com/),
Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. He advocates, teaches, and writes
on the subject of ethical investing. To contact him,
e-mail
to Ron Robins or call 705-635-3034.
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Robins, 2009. |