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Show Me The Money report by UNEP FI supporting outperformance of ESG compliant business, July 2006 pdf 546 kb

Business Plan Outlines Compared, by Family Business Experts

Enlightened Venture Capital 200509 by Astraea (1.1 MB pdf) for members:
The real problem with venture capital is that it reduces flexibility when its most needed. In a perfect world a venture capitalist would be the entrepreneur's partner, guide, mentor and friend as well as financial controller. In the real world, the VC, while providing cash, is also likely to raise the pressure in an already bubbly cauldron. It needn't be that way. Choose a venture capitalist with a business approach more evolved than those financiers with a basic instinct for numbers on paper but little attention to business nurturing. Read on ...

BeTheChange Notes 200505 by Astraea

Natural Capital Institute Report on the SRI Industry 200410

Emotion, neuroscience and investing: Investors as dopamine addicts by DKW January 2005

Mainstreaming Responsible Investment by World Economic Forum and AccountAbility in pdf (January 2005).

The Materiality of Social Environmental and Corporate Governance in Equity Pricing and the CEO Brief issued by UNEP FI, both pdf (2004)

Who Cares Wins - Recommendations by the financial industry to better integrate environmental, social and governance issues in analysis, asset management and securities brokerage. By UNEP in pdf (2004)

Report on Progress towards the Millenium Development Goals edited by Jeffrey Sachs, pdf 1.4 MB

Venture Capital Blogging by Venture Capital Journal January 2005

ICT Foresight, Emergent Behaviour and Complex Systems pdf 2004

Electromagnetic Spectrum Foresight, EMS Executive Summary pdf 2004, Foresight, EMS State of the Art pdf 2004, Foresight, EMS Findings and Analysis pdf 2004

Public Perception of Risk by Foresight of the Office of Science and Technology, UK government pdf July 2004.

Social Funds SRI Funds performance 2004.

Items below added by December 2004

Introduction to Holonics - integral systems, by Astraea.

Economic Impact of Venture Capital Study by NVCA December 2004 pdf 262 KB.

130 Years of Market Returns by Vanguard (bear market cycle analysis)

Rethinking The Good Life - State of The World 2004 by The World Watch Institute

Money Makes The World Go Round! - a primer on money, with ethics in mind. By Astraea.