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<title><![CDATA[Micro hydro scheme : update]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The hydro electric scheme in the Torrs at New Mills, Derbyshire is now starting to take shape.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mission Impossible : charity investment]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New Economics Foundation has recently released a new report on ethical investment for foundations; Mission Possible: emerging opportunities for mission connected investment. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Future transport : bike hire in Paris]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Paris bike hire scheme, Velib,&amp;nbsp; provides thousands of sharable bikes to commuters, tourists and students.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Moneybox Live]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Brigid was on Moneybox Live.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Ethical Investment Week - Update]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The UK’s first National Ethical Investment Week is almost here. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US socially responsible investment up 18% in 2 years]]></title>
<link>http://gaeia.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=176</link>
<description><![CDATA[Spurred by such factors as rising institutional investor interest, growing demand for climate-related renewable energy alternatives, concerns about the Sudan humanitarian crisis, and the emergence of new products, socially responsible investing (SRI) in the United States is now growing at a much faster pace than the broader universe of all investment assets under professional management. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ethical investment in Switzerland up by 67%]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Swiss sustainable investment market reached CHF30bn (€19bn) by the end of December 2007 - an increase of 67% over the whole of the year, according to a new study.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UK ethical investment approaches £9bn]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New figures reveal £8.9bn is currently invested in UK's ethical and green investment funds

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<title><![CDATA[Ethical Investment Week]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Watch out for ethical investment week mid-May.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Free Ethical Funds Directory]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Global Sustainable Investment specialists EIRIS today launched a new Ethical Funds Directory to help consumers and financial advisers find a green or ethical fund which matches their ethical interests and concerns.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Investment in organic food]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The annual sales of organic food and drink have soared to £2bn according to the Soil Association. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pensions Champions]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Pensions Champions - who are they, what do they do? Pensions - Who Cares? The TUC has recenly launched an information website about pensions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ethical Investment Campaign Blocked by Liberal Democrats]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The campaign for Edinburgh Council&amp;#39;s pension fund to disinvest from arms company BAE Systems was blocked by the Liberal Democrats. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clear Profit 2007]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Conference to tackle responsible private equity.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Carbon Footprint Ranking of UK Investment Funds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Trucost's Carbon Footprint Ranking of UK Investment Funds enables investors and others to compare investments on an environmental basis and highlights the exposure of the funds to the increasing cost associated with greenhouse gas emissions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[United Nations SRI principles being adopted]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Almost 80% of pension fund signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment  are adopting responsible investment issues in their investment manager selection process this year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Investing in Triodos]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[For over 25 years Triodos has connected savers and investors who believe in a more sustainable society, with the organisations making it happen. Now you can get closer to the Bank than ever before, with the chance to invest in and become a co-owner of Triodo&amp;nbsp;Bank itself. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ethical Investment in Australia]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Investing with a conscience can help save the planet - and be good for the pocket.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh ethical investment campaign]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A campaign to persuade Edinburgh City Council to embrace ethical investment and sell around £2 million worth of shares in an engineering firm is gathering momentum. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Europe lagging in clean energy investment]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Europe's share of investment in clean energy is falling as investors favour opportunities elsewhere.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ecology BS grows]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ecology BS is celebrating the opening of its 10,000th savings account.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who are ethical investors?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Based on Friends Provident’s 207,000 ethical investment customers, their research examines trends in socially responsible investment and reveals a glimpse of who is an ethical investor. 
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<title><![CDATA[No plastic bags in San Francisco]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[San Francisco's Board of Supervisors approved groundbreaking legislation Tuesday to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in about six months and large chain pharmacies in about a year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ethical Investment Research Services to launch ethical rating service]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ethical Investment Research Services will launch a ratings service for ethical funds at the end of April.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa must set alternative energy agenda]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Africa must be bold and follow the examples of Brazil and Germany to plan an energy future around renewable and alternative sources, the head of the U.N. environment agency said recently. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[B.P. included in new M+S Ethical Fund]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Marks &amp; Spencer has launched a new ethical investment fund which has troubled oil giant B.P. as one of its biggest holdings.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stewardship - the UK's first ethical fund range - tops £3 billion landmark]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Stewardship ethical fund range topped the £3 billion mark at the end of 2006.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Debating the Church’s approach to investment]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[How ethical is the Church of England’s approach to investment? This is the topic for a debate to be hosted by JustShare on March 6. 

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<title><![CDATA[French civil servants to put €1.2bn into ethical investment]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The funded scheme for French civil servants (ERAFP) pensions have awarded SRI mandates to BNP Paribas AM, Integral Development AM (IDEAM) and Robeco Institutional AM.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gates Foundation Investment Contradicting Aims]]></title>
<link>http://gaeia.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=152</link>
<description><![CDATA[Justice Eta, 14 months old, held out his tiny thumb. An ink spot certified that he had been immunized against polio and measles, thanks to a vaccination drive supported by the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.
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