ABSTRACT
Religious institutions and other socially responsible investors also invest internationally in smaller businesses and community development initiatives. For almost three decades now, religious institutions in the United States, Europe, and Canada have worked in an interfaith network to address ethical issues as investors and shareholders in transnational corporations. Along with concerns for international human rights, militarism, rights of women and men in the workplace, the burden of international debt on poor people, and health issues, the interfaith investment community also forces corporations to address ecological issues. Many of these investments or micro credit loans are granted specifically because of these businesses' commitment to sustainability. Larry Rasmussen looks to encourage a new generation of the rights of nature, and admits it may matter little whether we begin as human-centered or biocentric. He is right to seek the contribution of religious communities.
