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SIA: Impact Awards 2018 – Elizabeth Corley, CBE to present awards to Impact Champions

Elizabeth Corley, CBE  Vice-Chair, Allianz Global Investors and keynote speaker at the 2017 Social Investment Academy Elizabeth Corley is non-executive Vice-Chair of Allianz Global Investors. In 2016, she was elected to the Board of Governors of the CFA Institute and in 2014, she was asked by HM Treasury, the Bank of England and the FCA […]

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SIA: Impact Awards 2018 – Independent Judging Panel

The judging panel for the inaugural SIA: Impact Awards 2018 is independent of Worthstone and drawn from impact and financial services sector experts. This panel will be responsible for selecting Impact Champions in each of the below categories to be profiled at the forthcoming Social Investment Academy on 8th November 2018. See below for who the first […]

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BLOG: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Part 3: Wrestling with how to communicate impact

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outline the most pressing economic, social and environmental issues that face our society The financial services sector increasingly view the SDGs as a potential framework for measuring, managing and reporting on social impact The Goals create a common language with which to shape and articulate an investment strategy centred […]

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3 ways to avoid a ticking time bomb of so-called ‘ethical’ funds

Agricultural chemical giant, Monsanto, has once again hit the news for all the wrong reasons. It is the subject of a lawsuit for allegedly causing cancer through its flagship weed killer, Roundup. How does this relate to you? This landmark legal case is just the latest controversy of a series dating back many decades including […]