Faith and Values- Based Investing with ICCR- Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility

Dawn Carpenter, your host of More Than Money, welcomes you to the final episode of Season 2 to discuss the moral compass that the faith and values based investment community offers the corporate community , in a conversation with Josh Zinner, CEO of Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). This episode builds upon previous conversations in Season 1 about impact investing as an alternative and/or a complementary approach to asset management. In this episode, listeners are introduced the approached of the work of the faith-based investment community, which is not simply and passively screening for values, but actively taking a role and pushing a responsible corporate behavior on a global scale.

 

Key Takeaways:

[1:50] Josh Zinner career briefing.

[2:54] How ICCR started and why?

[4:12] Members of ICCR.

[5:32] Connection between faith and investing according to ICCR.

[8:30] Maximizing value for investors.

[8:56] Prioritizing community impact over companies.

[9:41] Role of shareholder advocacy as a pillar of responsible investing.

[11:40] Shareholders resolution.

[13:13] ICCR No Fees Campaign.

[16:45] ICCR Guide for Ethical Recruitment.

[18:17] Real challenges for the coalition.

[23:20] Legacy of ICCR and current campaigns to inspire listeners to action.

[25:31] In the food area, dialogs about antibiotic use in our meat supply chain.

[26:23] Pharma industry and transparency pricing.

[28:23] Investors for human rights.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

The No Fees Initiative.

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