Author and former Napier City manager Dr Robert Howell will tonight explain how to change the world through investing, based his recent book Investing in People and the Planet.
"The bank we select, the pension fund and insurance that we choose, the investments that we support, and the voice that we raise to shape government investments and financial behaviour can begin to make the changes that are needed when joined with the efforts of others," Dr Howell said.
The presentation at EIT's Lecture Theatre 1 in Napier from 7pm will show why and how to make change.
Dr Howell was Napier City manager in the 1980s but now his primary interest is working to understand the links between ecological degradation, financial systems, and ethics. He has a particular focus on ethical investment, economic reform, and shareholder activism.
He set up the Council for Socially Responsible Investment (2003-2012) and co-founded the establishment of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility, based in Canberra, in 2013.
