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Investors urged to follow Church of England on Caterpillar

... of England however is now facing pressure to sell its investments in several mining companies, worth around £80 million, after they ...

news - staff writers - 11/02/2009 - 13:20 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Global economy hits poorest hardest, archbishop tells Synod

... Telegraph newspaper today. Its pension funds, stock market investments and property portfolio have all suffered while £30 million in ...

news - staff writers - 13/02/2009 - 09:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Investing creatively in impoverished communities

... Oikocredit offers a way of maximising the impact of small investments and opening up fresh economic avenues. It is a really important way ...

comments - Press Office - 24/11/2008 - 17:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Church urged to put its money where its message is, after asset revelations

... for - to maximise profits on its £5 billion assets and investments. The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia explained to the ... in banks and a stated aim of making a profit on its investments of 5 per cent a year above the rate of inflation. Ekklesia ...

news - staff writers - 26/09/2008 - 11:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Church should re-examine its economic heart

... to maximise profits on the Church's £5 billion assets and investments. Ekklesia says: 1. The C of E has benefitted hugely from ... Christian churches have billions of pounds of assets and investments, and this means they can act as a global community promoting a ...

press releases - Press Office - 26/09/2008 - 11:55 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

World food crisis needs global solutions, says report

... safety nets and promoting agricultural investments focused on smallholder farmers and rural development could turn ... physical environment for private sector involvement and investments, in order to ensure the longer-term recovery of agriculture as a ...

news - staff writers - 23/07/2008 - 08:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Keep university research free of arms company influence, say students

... the arms trade. They called for an end to university arms investments and to the involvement of arms companies in academic research. ... The most recent information on universities' arms investments can be found at http://www.caat.org.uk/campaigns/unis0708/clean-investments.php . ...

news - staff writers - 28/02/2008 - 10:20 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Social investors gather to defy the global credit crunch

... a local subsidiary was created: Maanaveeya Holdings & Investments (P) Ltd, allowing Oikocredit to provide rupee loans. As a result, ...

news - agency reporter - 23/06/2008 - 09:31 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Tackling the 'credit crunch' justly

... to ask what sort of return they should expect from their investments. Was maximised profit really the central objective? Or should ... follow the Gospel path to direct the nature of their investments: a path of faithful stewardship of resources and solidarity with ...

news - Patrick Hynes - 28/03/2008 - 10:28 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

European churches increase commitment to social investment

... responsible investment using their influence through their investments, shareholder and engagement policies confirmed that churches could ...

news - agency reporter - 15/05/2008 - 09:39 - 0 comments - 0 attachments