BOSTON, MA – MARCH 29, 2012 – Should institutional investors support investments tied to genocide? That is the question that Investors Against Genocide has posed to institutional shareholders of JPMorgan Chase via an advertisement in the April 2 issue of Pensions & Investments and a direct mailing to hundreds of […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
iShares Files for New Human Rights ETF
Published by Ignites. By Peter Ortiz March 12, 2012 ETF behemoth iShares has registered a new exchange-traded fund focused on screening out investments tied to human rights abuses. The iShares Human Rights Index Fund aims to exclude companies with economic ties to a wide swath of human rights crimes, including acts […]
World’s third largest pension fund divests from PetroChina
Published by Global Compact Critics. The Netherlands’ largest pension fund ABP has divested its interests in PetroChina and blacklisted the company for non-compliance with the United Nations Global Compact Principles. PetroChina is a participant in the Global Compact. CNPC, its parent company, has been criticized for its presence in war-torn […]
