Global Profit AND Global Justice: Using Your Money to Change the World (Conscientious Commerce)

Although debate still rages about the merits of globalisation, the fact remains that it is inevitable. But instead of people expending their energies on fighting the global economy, we may be much better off trying to shape it. This book shows how you can use your money creatively to change the world for the better. It aims to empower people to leverage capital for progressive social and environmental change. Arguing that the marketplace is a viable forum for individuals to effect such change, it shows that consumers and investors already have many tools at their disposal to help ensure that the benefits of globalisation are distributed equitably. These tools include: Social Investing and Shareholder Advocacy: investors are not only raising their voices against irresponsible corporate behaviour, they are engaging corporations directly to force positive change; Consumer Power: impacting corporate behaviour through consumer choices; Investing on the Sustainability Frontier: new directions in portfolio design; Community-based Investing: the Local in Think Globally ...; Becoming a Change Agent in your own company; Influencing your Pension Plan: mobilising retirement savings to crea