Responsible Investing and Islamic Finance - More Similarities Than Differences

There is immense power and potential for impact when people share common ideas and work together. We see examples around the world, and technology such as social media can help bring people together more rapidly. How can we bring together the many voices that seek to apply values in the financial system in order to shape a better world?

Perhaps the place to start is to consider whether these many voices share common ideas. We are here to say emphatically, “YES”. For Muslims, Islamic finance links the financial world to the ethical world through the strong connections to faith. Outside the Islamic financial system, there are initiatives going with many names which are all focused on bringing ethics to finance. The names include Socially Responsible Investing, ESG investing (Env...