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Total return refers to the overall benefit of an investment. It includes both income and capital growth.
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To contribute a tenth of one's annual income to charity, especially for the support of the clergy or church.
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The collective name for charities, voluntary, non-government and campaigning organisations. Also known as the voluntary and community sector (VCS).
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Ethical or socially responsible investment (as well as responsible and sustainable investment) are terms used to describe any area of the financial sector where the social, environmental and ethica
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Spending out refers to a time-limited foundation spending all or part of its capital assets in furtherance of its charitable objectives. Known as ‘spending down’ in the USA.
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Social investment as any type of investment that combines social and financial returns. This encompasses a wide range of activities across the financing spectrum, from lending to charities to
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A social entrepreneur is someone who uses the skills to create and develop business, commonly associated with private business, to achieve a social purpose.
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A social enterprise is a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the...
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A social firm is a business set up specifically to create good quality jobs for people disadvantaged in the labour market.
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A business that integrates commercial objectives (growth, profits) with a social, ethical or environmental mission.

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