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Investing in arms is not sustainable – Triodos Investment Management

Armed conflicts are the antithesis of what it means to create a prosperous society.

Posted on Apr 27, 2022

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... The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought back to the debate a topic that has long been discussed in sustainable finance as well as in civic activism: the financing of the arms industry by financial institutions.

For values-based financial institutions, this is an important moment to remind themselves and their stakeholders that if there’s one exclusionary criterion most responsible, ethical banks have in common, it is a clear stance against weapons. And why weapons are all but sustainable.

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