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Financial technology (fintech) for good can help to achieve sustainable development through environmental, social and governance investing, and through financial inclusion initiatives to address the needs of underbanked and unbanked individuals. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated...
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At the core of the concept of sustainability is the need to take into account the social, economic and environmental concerns in development. Sustainability ensures that economic growth takes into consideration social and environmental issues. In the financial sector, sustainability is necessary...
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According to different types of studies conducted in recent years, not natural but social factors will constitute a major barrier in the process of achieving sustainable development. The barrier will be quickly noticed in the countries and regions of low social capital. The purpose of this...
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This paper provides an overview of the status quo in socially responsible investing (SRI) literature. We outline … motives, history, and current best practice of SRI. We also provide a thorough analysis of a wide set of studies that cover … two key topics in this field: the first research objective is to determine the relative performance of SRI vehicles in …
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is like a chameleon, that changes its colour according to the context it is in … speaks the language of religious, political and/or mandated CSR. India, in recent times came into the limelight with its … mandated CSR policy that was incorporated into its Companies Act 2013, which became operational from the financial year 2014 …
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system, which in the second step is used to distinguish three types of fund providers: ESG hermits, ESG ambassadors and ESG … evangelists. Our results suggest that socially responsible fund providers with a stronger impact orientation, such as ESG … impact orientation, such as ESG hermits, focus more on purity aspects and therefore tend to utilize strategies that defend …
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Despite a large amount of assets under management and a strong influence on the sustainable investment movement, very little is known about what ethical investing looks like from a Christian perspective. We therefore analyzed the ethical investment policies of a unique dataset of...
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Much has been written of the implications for government policy on 'responsible business' but a comprehensive review of the subject is needed. This literature review will offer an assessment of varied insights to inform academics and practitioners on an important topic in need of scrutiny. The...
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The aim of this report has been to produce an analysis of the state of the social enterprises in Finland. Based on a comprehensive survey, there are roughly 19 000 social enterprises in Finland that employ around 125 000 persons. These estimates produced in this report multiply the views on the...
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This report approaches Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Japan and Austria. It was elaborated by students in the … frame of a 'Task Force' seminar. It addresses empirically the issues of 1) public and private reporting of CSR, 2) case …Das vorliegende Heft untersucht Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in den Ländern Japan und Österreich. Es …
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