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SOCIAL INVESTMENT [11 records]

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Record 1 2020-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Investment
Key term(s)
  • Canada's National Advisory Board to the Social Impact Investment Task Force

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

[Le] Comité consultatif national du Canada du Groupe de travail sur l'investissement social [compte parmi ses membres] des investisseurs d'impact, des gestionnaires de fonds d'investissement d'impact, des dirigeants du secteur financier et d'organismes sans but lucratif ainsi que des universitaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités nacionales canadienses
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Inversiones
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Record 2 2017-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Social Movements
DEF

Investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate [positive] social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Mouvements sociaux
CONT

Apparu pour la première fois en 2007, l'investissement d'impact consiste à allier un retour social à un retour financier sur investissement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

An approach to stock exchange investment in which shares or bonds are bought only in companies which satisfy certain ethical standards, for example, not having discriminatory employment policies, not carrying out research on animals, not trading with countries which have oppressive regimes, not manufacturing armaments.

CONT

For those whose millions are a millstone around the neck comes a new Yuppie buzzphrase to take the guilt out of greed - conscience investment. Advisers who build investment portfolios not on the basis of how much you'll make, but on how you can live with yourself when you get the cheque, are reporting an upsurge of interest and an inflow of money.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Décision d'investissement faisant intervenir, outre la recherche d'une rentabilité financière, des critères sociaux et moraux dans le choix d'une entreprise ou d'un projet à inclure dans un portefeuille de titres ou d'investissements.

OBS

Parmi les critères d'inclusion, on trouve le respect de l'environnement, l'implication communautaire, la création d'emplois, le développement social. Parmi les critères d'exclusion, on trouve l'implication dans l'alcool, la vente d'armes ou le tabac, le commerce avec certains pays totalitaires, la violation des droits humains.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

A fund whose investments are limited to companies that satisfy certain ethical standards, for example, upholding good labour practices and environmental policies, not carrying out research on animals, not trading with countries which have oppressive regimes, not manufacturing armaments or unhealthy products.

CONT

Increased demand for ethical funds has prompted one banking group, Mercury Provident, to launch two occupational pension schemes aimed at the ethical market, and it will be introducing an ethical private pension scheme in the new year.

CONT

For a short while now in France, there has been a certain development of "green" funds, otherwise known as ethical and solidarity savings schemes. These can be divided into three groups: green funds for investment in companies that are non-polluting or have an environmental protection vocation; ethical and solidarity funds for development, which especially support actions or companies in connection with the Third World; ethical funds supporting projects and companies that respect the environment and propose products and services that meet strict criteria.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Fonds commun de placement ou société d'investissement à capital variable qui investit exclusivement dans des titres de sociétés intégrant le respect de certains critères sociaux et moraux dans la poursuite de leurs objectifs financiers.

CONT

En comparant, on remarque que ces fonds éthiques, qui préconisent de placer son argent là ou on pourrait également mettre sa conscience, ont réalisé des performances très similaires à celles des fonds classiques.

CONT

On constate depuis peu en France un certain développement des fonds « verts», autrement nommés épargne éthique et solidaire. Ceux-ci se classent en trois groupes : les fonds « verts » pour un investissement dans des entreprises non-polluantes ou avec une vocation de protection de l'environnement; les fonds éthiques et solidaires au service du développement, qui soutiennent surtout des actions ou des entreprises en lien avec le Tiers Monde; les fonds éthiques qui soutiennent des projets et des entreprises qui respectent l'environnement et proposent des produits et des services répondant à des critères stricts.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Investment
OBS

Based in Toronto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

Organisme établi à Toronto.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

Investment in social facilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
Key term(s)
  • depense d'infrastructure économique et sociale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
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Record 7 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Investment
OBS

UNDP [United Nations Development Programme]/IDB [Industrial Development Bank].

Key term(s)
  • Social Investment Program

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas y cursos
  • Inversiones
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Record 8 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Investment
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Social Problems
OBS

Technical and financial support from the World Bank, UNICEF [United Nations Children's Fund], WFP [World Food Programme], WHO [World Health Organization], UN [United Nations] Volunteers and UNDP [United Nations Development Programme] to improve the socio-economic conditions of impoverished rural communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Investissements et placements
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Problèmes sociaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Inversiones
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
  • Problemas sociales
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Record 9 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Investment
OBS

UNDP [United Nations Development Programme]/IDB [Industrial Development Bank].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Inversiones
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Record 10 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Investment
OBS

OAS [Organization of American States]/IDB [Inter-American Development Bank]/PHO [physician-hospital organization].

Key term(s)
  • Programme of Social Investment for Development of the Central American Isthmus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Investissements et placements
Key term(s)
  • Programme d'investissements sociaux pour le développement des pays de l'isthme centraméricain

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas y cursos
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Inversiones
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Record 11 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Finance
OBS

Guatemala; technical and financial support from the World Bank, UNICEF [United Nations Children'S Fund], WFP [World Food Programme], WHO [World Health Organization], UN Volunteers and UNDP [United Nations Development Programme] to improve the socio-economic conditions of impoverished rural communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Finances

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Finanzas
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