Covid-19 may create an investor culture of care and responsibility
UN-backed principles for responsible investment investors maintain that investors support investee companies through the crisis, write Suzette Viviers and Colin Habberton
25 April 2020 - 11:00
Long before the coronavirus reached our shores, President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africans to build “a culture of responsibility” to reduce domestic violence, road accidents and child neglect. With Covid-19 now wreaking havoc all over the country, the president’s call has taken on several new dimensions.
Not only are individuals encouraged to be responsible consumers, but companies are urged to rethink their business models. The good news amid the uncertainties and anxieties that individuals and businesses and are facing is that many have risen to the challenge...
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