Confessions of Ethical Inve$ting encourages us to think differently about money as a tool for investing. With retirement savings pools growing rapidly around the developed world, it is important for each of us to understand different strategies, make informed decisions about financial choices and act according to our values. With a background in financial services and marketing, Kassia Klinger explores her own relationship with money, sharing lessons learned as well as the inspiring origins of ethical investing that she unearths along the way. Klinger reveals the positive power of money when employed for the benefit of all: society, the environment and investors.
Klinger takes a wide-angle view of the last fifty years traversing global social trends and major political events, while on a personal level confessing her hopes, dreams, concerns, challenges, defeats and triumphs finding congruence with some pioneering individuals she meets. Confessions of Ethical Inve$ting will challenge, inspire and empower you. If thinking about your financial future, investment alternatives, retirement savings or what on earth to do with a recent or upcoming inheritance, then this book is a great place to start. With wry humour Klinger tells a very personal tale. There is a golden thread in the narrative...Klinger's intersection with a larger story—the growth of ethical investment...The writer is ultimately optimistic, believing that one can 'do-well' by 'doing-good'. Dr Simon Longstaff AO, St James Ethics Centre
