In 1970, Milton Friedman famously wrote, "There is one and only one social responsibility of business--to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it ...

TOKYO, Jul 25, 2025 - (JCN Newswire) - - Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, "Eisai") announced today that it has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series for the 24th ...

It’s hard to keep track of all the policy changes in Washington, D.C., these days, but a prominent shift in 2025 has been a change in approach to social responsibility programs. Immediately after ...

Exchange-traded funds and socially responsible investing (SRI) have each grown in popularity over the past two decades or so; ETFs for their convenience and SRI to achieve great returns in the stock ...

(Reuters) - (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters) U.S. mutual funds that invest in companies they view as socially responsible are posting better returns, ...

This is the second installment in a two-part series examining endowment transparency at other colleges and universities. The first part, which was printed in Friday's paper, examined what other ...

Funds focused on environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) have continued to have significant appeal in recent years, as institutions and individuals pay greater attention to the way their ...

What will it take to convince large institutional investors to invest responsibly or sustainably? In October, a survey by Schroders of 500 pension funds, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth ...

The health impacts of products produced by companies whose stock is held in top socially responsible and ESG impact funds are not being taken into account in a meaningful way, new research from the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anne Field covers impact entrepreneurship and impact investing. Jan 24, 2025, 10:16am EST On the one hand, socially responsible ...

Companies with good “environmental, social and governance” ratings are actually worse for the environment.