Socially Responsible Investment - and Venturing for Sustainability

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This lens is dedicated to SRI - the practice of socially responsible investment, and I will be holding a special focus towards the most pro-active SRI practice I claim to be - Sustainability Venture Capital.

SRI - and Sustainability Venture Capital 

Investing to get sustainability innovations to great sustainable businesses

There are signs of a maturing of the SRI sector, both related to institutional investors and an emerging of what I find most interesting, this sector of "SVC". SVC financing is aimed at getting ventures focusing on making prospering businesses out of concrete innovative solutions of identified sustainability-related problems, e. g. poverty, global warming, illiteracy or disconnectivity/marginalization. Examples of solutions are within areas of fair and sustainable trade, micro-finance, solar energy, $100-laptops and innovative cellphone usage. I intend to have this area to be highlighted in this lens and related activities, in order to have more sustainopreneurial ventures of this kind with gain for main stakeholders Planet and People in an endless win-win-win chain.

Top Five Links 

Economie 06
An event dedicated to SRI and CSR, in Zurich, Switzerland, Oct 9-10, 2006.
P3 Capital
UK Sustainability Investment Venture Capital broker.
Forse
Sweden-based SVC broker.
European Sustainable Investment Forum
EUROSIF - European Organization dedicated to SRI and related.
Swedish Sustainable Investment Forum
SWESIF - The Swedish counterpart to EUROSIF.

SRI-related books - from keynotes of event e06 

(so far no comprehensive volume related to SVC only)

I have collected some volumes in the area, where Amy Domini and Noreena Hertz are confirmed keynotes in the e06 event mentioned, together with John Renesh. So far!
Socially Responsible Investing : Making a Difference and Making Money

Socially Responsible Investing : Making a Difference and Making Money

by: Amy Domini

Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy

The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy

by: Noreena Hertz

Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

The Debt Threat: How Debt Is Destroying the Developing World...and Threatening Us All

The Debt Threat: How Debt Is Destroying the Developing World...and Threatening Us All

by: Noreena Hertz

Amazon Price: $13.25 (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

The SRI Advantage: Why Socially Responsible Investing Has Outperformed Financially

The SRI Advantage: Why Socially Responsible Investing Has Outperformed Financially

Amazon Price: (as of 07/13/2009) Buy Now

A selection of confirmed keynotes 

economie06 - Zürich 9-10 Oct

http://06.economie.co.uk
John Renesh: Business futurist and writer
Keynote and US Agent.

Quote:
"The quality of the life and work of industrialized human beings - and the legacy they leave to successive generations - can be incredibly improved by making everyday choices more consciously."
Deborah Doane: Campaigner and Writer
With a Critical Approach.

Quote:
"CSR has become the PR tool of choice for top companies%u2026 the hype, represented by glossy ads, reporting awards and landfills of 'best practice' studies, bear little resemblance to the reality."
Amy Domini: Leading Expert
Last but not least! Often cited author and speaker in the field.

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