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Mission budgets may be cut to fund C of E bishop's palaces

... the Church of England, responsible for over £4 billion of investments, withdrew from a controversial £2.5 million house purchase for the ... but also because the Church Commissioners, managers of its investments, lost at least £600m in the 1990s through imprudent management. ...

news - staff writers - 28/02/2007 - 09:04 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Welcome and warning after revised estimates on AIDS pandemic

... obvious successes brought by international and national investments in treatment and prevention,” said Gerald LeMelle, Executive ...

news - staff writers - 22/11/2007 - 07:46 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Tanzanian poor supported by church bank

... low rates of interest, while directing savings to ethical investments. The people, due to their poverty, could not access loans from or ...

news - Ecumenical News... - 25/10/2007 - 19:15 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

US Sentate urged to pass Sudan disinvestment bill

... sectors such as oil and mineral extraction whose business investments support the current government of Sudan. Since 1997, US ...

news - staff writers - 01/11/2007 - 09:23 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

EU should not pressure developing countries over trade agreements says WCC leader

... issues which include liberalization of services, sector investments, competitions policy and intellectual property rights." ...

news - staff writers - 07/12/2007 - 08:46 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

US Christian-Muslim labour delegation coming to London for workers' rights

... attention of non-Muslims who are seeking non-exploitative investments. The delegation will participate in a Round Table Discussion ...

news - staff writers - 02/11/2007 - 09:32 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Church corporate responsibility group targets water usage

... sector by using, in some instances, the leverage of church investments to achieve dialogue with firms. "We also seek to influence ...

news - Ecumenical News... - 27/09/2007 - 22:11 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Sacrifices at the altar of the gun

... into the social, political and cultural sphere. Their investments in the National Rifle Association (NRA), especially since 1977, ...

news - Tim Nafziger - 18/04/2007 - 03:50 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

US Methodists plan to disinvest from Israel and Sudan

... to establish a common standard for determining prohibited investments and positive investment principles consistent with the United ...

news - staff writers - 20/09/2007 - 01:15 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Beware of hidden strings on European Union's offer on trade says aid agency

... poor countries of the tools they need to ensure that such investments benefit their people," said Christina Weller, Christian Aid’s ...

news - staff writers - 05/04/2007 - 07:15 - 0 comments - 0 attachments