Events
Opportunities for Green Investments
Monday 17th November 2008
This seminar explored the opportunities and trends in environmentally responsible investment. The event covered a range of issues including:
- What is the state of company practice on the environment?
- What environmental issues can be considered in investments?
- What are the opportunities for investing in green sectors?
- How does all of this fit with fiduciary duty and the need for good financial performance?
- What are other charity investors doing?
Speakers included:
- Jo Allen, Co-operative Asset Management
- Adrian Cornwall, Impax Asset Management
- Bob Gordon, EIRIS
- Les Jones, Charity trustee and consultant
- Ian Allsop, Charity Finance
Download handouts - a guide to responsible investment
An Introduction to Ethical Investment for Charities
30th June and 10th July 2008
These workshops, held in Birmingham and Manchester provided charity participants with information and resources on ethical investment, what it is, the legal and financial issues, how to develop a policy and how to find ethical investments.
Responsible Investment for Charities
Thursday 27th March 2008
This seminar, organised by the EIRIS/UKSIF Charity Project with Charity Trustee Networks, covered the key issues and opportunities for charities in relation to responsible investment. It included presentations from:
- Charity Commission
- Charity Trustee Networks
- EIRIS /UKSIF Charity Project
- Friends Provident Charitable Foundation
- Rathbone Greenbank Investments
- Tubney Charitable Trust
- UK Social Investment Forum
To download a copy of the key presentations please click here.
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