ethics

If you knew that your clothing and appliances were made by forced labour, would you still buy them? If you were invested in companies that found their products and services were made with exploitative labour practices, what would you do? Modern slavery ... More

In recent years, there seems to have been an almost constant stream of news, hearings, and testimony about company scandals relating to executive and directors' poor governance and conduct. A few prominent examples spring to mind - AMP, Westpac ... More

Melbourne-based Sally Flower is a wellness coach and the founder of Home Sanctuary. She studied under the decluttering expert Marie Kondo to become an accredited KonMari consultant. She now flies around Australia helping clients clear their homes while ... More

Investing in ethical funds on a budget is a lot easier than you think. Let's say you've got $1000 sitting in your bank account and you're thinking about how you can make the most out of it. You check your inbox and find a special offer for ... More

There has been a recent upswing in the number of businesses that are joining the B Corp movement. B Corps are an independently certified, voluntary global standard, but is it a model for kinder, gentle capitalism, and can making a mission part of business ... More

Between the bushfire crisis early this year and the COVID-19 pandemic, people are more aware that environmental and social issues impact every part of their lives, including their investments. There's strong demand for products that that take into ... More

The risks are mounting for investors in social network giant Facebook as some of the world's biggest and most influential companies boycott advertising on it and Instagram in the wake of Facebook's failure to take more action over hate speech. ... More

Simon Longstaff is the executive director of the Ethics Centre, which he has led since 1980, helping navigate the question of ethics in politics banking, law and medicine. The latter was particularly pertinent at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. ... More

We're currently living in unprecedented times and so it's perfectly understandable that our first thoughts are about the safety and wellbeing of our loved ones and ourselves. The current and imagined impacts of COVID-19 can be scary and overwhelming ... More

Environmental, social and governance investing (ESG) has come to the fore in recent years as people consider the risks and opportunities when it comes to the impact their super and investments have on the environment, human rights and other issues. ... More