On Ethical Investing

Plato: 'ethics and wisdom.'
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"40 to 80 per cent of investors want to invest 'ethically'... dozens of academic and investment industry studies generally conclude that the long term results of ethical and conventional funds are similar."

--Investing Ethically? By Ron Robins, Alrroya, September 30, 2010 (English Version)

Mr. Robins is a pioneer in ethical investing, following it for approximately forty years.

On Alrroya.com, as an economics and finance columnist for this influential Arabic Middle Eastern business portal, he published many articles related to ethical investing. See below. (Special note: Alrroya.com has been superseded by Alroeya.com. With this change and structure, the articles below are no longer posted at that site. However, they remain in English on Mr. Robins' Investing for the Soul website or on his Enlightened Economics blog.)

• Sustainability Profits Companies, June 14, 2011 (English Version)
• ESG Yields Profits, May 24, 2011 (English Version)
• Does Corporate Social Responsibility Increase Profits? May 12, 2011 (English Version)
• Invest Ethically for ‘All Good’ Returns, January 21, 2011 (English Version)
• Investors Rush to Cash In on Climate Change, January 12, 2011 (English Version)
• Ethical Investors Successfully Engage Companies & Governments, December 9, 2010 (English Version)
• Religion: A Force In Ethical & Green Investing, November 11, 2010 (English Version)
• Unethical Investing By Charities, October 21, 2010 (English Version)
• Investing Ethically? September 30, 2010 (English Version)
• The Rise of Islamic Finance, September 18, 2010 (English Version)
• Can Ethical Investing Produce Higher Returns? July 19, 2010 (English Version)
• Sin or Ethical Investing: Which Pays Best? July 13, 2010 (English Version)
• Ethical Investing Shines in Africa as Economy Grows, June 18, 2010 (English Version)
• Investment Industry Ethics Should Bother You, June 11, 2010 (English Version)
• A Call for Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, June 9, 2010 (English Version)

Mr. Robins' globally popular and respected website, Investing for the Soul, publishes most of his ethical investing articles. The site is a leader in ethical investing news, commentary, resources, information and services since 2003. Aside from the above posted articles appearing on this site are many earlier and recent articles as well. These include:

• Do-It-Yourself Ethical Investing Pays! October 30, 2016
• How Ethics Benefits Corporate Profits, May 26, 2014
• 'Best In Class' Focus Provides Premium Returns, December 22, 2009
• Blogs for Ethical Investors, July 19, 2009
• Voluntary Simplicity? An Ethical Investing Perspective, May 13, 2009
• Can SRI Ratings Predict Stock & Portfolio Performance? March 13, 2009
• Can SRI Ratings Predict Corporate Behaviour? March 13, 2009

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• Investing Returns: Virtue vs. Sin, December 12, 2008
• We Need Mandatory Corporate Socially Responsible (CSR) Reporting, October 17, 2008
• Top Ethical Investing Indices: A Global Overview, September 5, 2008
• Advisor: KNOW Your Client. Know their values! August 12, 2008
• LOHAS - opportunities for ethical investors, June 3, 2008
• Everyone becoming a Cultural Creative, May 28, 2008
• Investing for the Soul, About Us.

Also, a variety of business media publish ethical investing articles by Ron Robins. A sample of which are below.

• Investing ethically? Buy shares, not funds! - A guide, What Investment, 8 March, 2018
• Do-It-Yourself Ethical Investing Pays! Canadian MoneySaver, September 2017
• The Debate: Fresh Perspectives from Dubai, April 4, 2014.
• Socially Responsible Investing, Benefits and Pensions Monitor, September 2010 
• Ron Robins: Investing for the Soul, by Vita Sgardello, VITA Europe, November 5, 2008
• Listen to this. Pension education can be an employee benefit, Canadian Treasurer, December 2005/ January 2006
• Moral Investing: Employers should offer employees workshops on ethical investing for their RRSPs, Straight Goods, June 13, 2005
• Moral Investing: How pension education can be an employee benefit, HR Professional, April-May, 2005
• A Healthy Investment, New Directions, October/November,  2004
• Investing for the Soul Workshop, Vitality Magazine, September, 2004
• Careful about your food, what about your investments? Lifelines, September-October, 2004
• The Unfulfilled Investor, FORUM, Social Investment Organization (SIO), Canada, June 2003