Ethical Investing

Ethical Investing

Below is a select list of books that not only imbibe the spirit of Investing for the Soul, but also are highly informative and inspirational. The titles are linked to booksellers (mostly Amazon.com) where they may be purchased. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

These titles are ranked approximately by release date.

  • Pensions at Work: Socially Responsible Investment of Union-Based Pension Funds

    “Pensions at Work is a unique collection of papers that uses a labour perspective to deal with the socially responsible investment of pension funds. Featuring leading Canadian and international scholars, it builds on existing scholarship on socially responsible investment and on the growing interest of the Canadian labour movement in joint trusteeship.”—Book description. For more…

  • The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Socially Responsible Investing

    “… questions and more are answered by an international expert who founded the SRI World Group, one of the largest information services on SRI. Includes detailed information about SRI, its history and where it′s headed; explains the criteria used to evaluate a company′s level of social responsibility; compares performance of SRI to traditional investments.”—Book description.…

  • The Blue Way: How to Profit by Investing in a Better World

    “The Blue Index-the companies in the S&P 500 that are socially responsible and have also supported Democratic candidates over the last five election cycles-outperform the market by nearly 20%, and outperform red S&P 500 companies by 23%, they assert.”—Publishers Weekly. This book is certainly politically controversial, but does make a good case for socially responsible and…

  • Developments in Interest-Free Banking

    “Explores the theoretical and practical features, recent developments and future prospects of interest-free banking, illustrated by a detailed analysis of the past twenty-five years of the interest-free banking movement in Pakistan (1980-2005).”—Book description. For more information, visit Developments in Interest-Free Banking, by Mohammad Mansoor Khan, M. Ishaq Bhatti, Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions…

  • The Ethical Investor

    “This ground-breaking book explains how you can put your money where your heart is and still make healthy profits. Investing ethically allows you to reap personal and financial rewards and help influence change as well. It covers all aspects of this complex topic.”—Book Description. Primarily for an Australian audience. For more information, visit The Ethical…

  • Pension Revolution: A Solution to the Pensions Crisis

    “Retirement plans are a critical part of both the social systems and the financial systems of the free world. They are failing on both counts. Turning failure to success will be no mean task, and there is no better place to begin than Pension Revolution. It demands your attention.”—Jack Bogle, Founder and Former CEO, The…