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Title:	What does it mean if a company is (not) included in the Investment Register?
Date of publishing:	September 20, 2011
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Language:	English
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What does it mean if a company is (not) included in the Investment Register?

Companies are included in the Investment Register if a specific selection procedure demonstrates that, within their industry and region, they score very well in all domains of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

If a company is not in the Investment Register, there may be several explanations:

• the company scores at the most averagely in all domains of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within their industry
• the company is not suitable for investments, for example because it is too small (has a small ‘market capitalisation’) or because it is not a listed company or because customers are not interested in the products which are offered
• the company is still young and has not yet been screened (Forum ETHIBEL is continuously looking for companies which may be eligible for the Investment Register; therefore it never takes long before a potentially interesting company is screened).

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• What are ethical investments?
• Ethical investments: don’t buy a pig in a poke
• Funds on the Belgian market with the Ethibel PIONEER or Ethibel EXCELLENCE label
• The difference between a product with an Ethibel label and Ethibel certificate
• The different between a product with Ethibel label and other ethical financial products
• When can a savings or investment product carry the Ethibel label?
• The return of ethical investments
• What is the link between the Investment Register and the Ethibel labels?
• Consult the Investment Register
• Consult the Ethibel Sustainability Index
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