Day: 1 November 2022

GOODFOLIO Partners With Tumelo To Give Its Users A Voice On Corporate ESG Issues

Stuart Mitchell

GOODFOLIO, a simple, transparent and customisable platform for impact-driven investors, has launched a new partnership with Tumelo to give its users a voice on key environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues within companies where their money is being invested in. By incorporating the Tumelo Voting API (application programming interface), GOODFOLIO users are given a voice on the defining issues of our time. Users can express their vote preferences to their fund managers to influence global companies on a range of issues including: gender equality, climate change, inclusion, and human rights.…

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Ethical Marketing Podcast – 8 – Sian and Andrew talk about #ShopEthicalInstead their ethical alternative to Black Friday!

Stuart Mitchell

We’re back after a bit of a break and in this episode, Stuart talks with Sian Conway-Wood and Dr Andrew Lumsden-Groom about their ethical alternative to Black Friday, Shop Ethical Instead. Here’s some more info! #ShopEthicalInstead is a positive alternative to Black Friday – encouraging people to support small, ethical and sustainable businesses throughout the holiday season. Organised by #EthicalHour – the world’s first and largest support community for ethical SMEs, #ShopEthicalInstead is now going into its 5th year and is set to be bigger and better than ever! Having…

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World-class speakers for major food systems event announced

Stuart Mitchell

Business leaders, NGOs, experts and policy makers are being urged to join world-class speakers – including naturalist Carl Safina, bestselling author and filmmaker Professor Raj Patel and social activist Dr Vandana Shiva at a major international event to share solutions on how to fix our broken global food system. The Extinction or Regeneration Conference – organised by Compassion in World Farming in partnership with IPES-Food, Birdlife International, Institute of Development Studies and other partners – will provide a platform for experts across the globe to share solutions for how we…

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Retail investors turn away from ESG investing due to lack of knowledge and price sensitivity

Stuart Mitchell

The majority of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) traders and investors do not prioritise Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors when making trading and investing decisions, citing a lack of knowledge and high fees as obstacles, according to a new poll by high-growth global investment trading platform, Capital.com. The survey, which polled over 1800 of Capital.com’s clients globally , found that 52% of traders and investors have never selected a stock or made a trade based on ESG criteria. When asked why they have never selected a stock or made a trade based…

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Co-op and Your Local Pantry launch major partnership to support communities in cost of living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has announced a major new partnership with Your Local Pantry which will help improve household finances, whilst bringing people together around food. The news follows new research from Co-op which reveals a third (33%)* of those impacted by the rising cost of living are turning to food charities more often. The partnership, which is funded by Co-op Members**, will see the Your Local Pantry network triple within three years from 75 to 225 pantries across the UK, with the addition of 150 new pantries, creating almost 650,000 visits by…

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