Resources for your journey.
The Ethical and Sustainable Business Awards
The Ethical and Sustainable Business Awards 2024 from Money Matters and Catalyst Leadership marks the occasion of 25 years since New Zealand’s first ethical and sustainable business awards were created by Dr Rodger Spiller.
The 2024 awards honour eight companies—three from New Zealand and five international—recognised for their ethical and sustainable practices in wealth and wellbeing creation. Nominated by leading fund managers, these exemplars of catalyst leadership have achieved substantial social, environmental and financial impacts. They demonstrate phenomenal transformation, showing how businesses can make good money and a positive difference. Congratulations, and thank you to our winners for proving how ethical money matters for a sustainable future.
This year saw the addition of humour awards, recognising a NZ winner and an international winner for bringing more light to the very serious matter of helping you make your money matter.
To learn more visit our dedicated awards page and watch a video of the awards event
Webinar: Escaping the Matrix: Your Guide to Good, Returns
Are you looking to increase your return, reduce your risk and increase your impact?
Learn how you can aim higher in our webinar presented by Dr Rodger Spiller, called “Escaping the Matrix: Your Guide to Good, Returns”. It’s all about how to free yourself from the box of investment, business and life as usual. In the webinar, Rodger explores a range of themes that will help you navigate ethical investing and aim to make ‘good’ money while making a difference.
You’ll learn about
Activating hope, courage and authenticity
The conventional investing ‘box’ (and how to get out of it)
The language of ethical investing
How to spot greenwashing
Things to ask an adviser
If you’re ready to do well and do good, you won’t want to miss this essential opportunity to learn more.
To access the webinar click here.
Ethical Leadership in New Zealand
Reports and Interview: Who's leading and who's lagging?
Determining which companies are leaders and laggards had been a passion of Rodger’s for decades. Jane Arnott, of The Ethics Conversation, published an excellent research report titled ‘Codes vs Commitment: An Assessment of the Codes of Ethics of the NZX50’.
We’re pleased to be able to offer you the full report for download. See who best demonstrates ethical integrity, and gain insight into what’s expected of companies who want to demonstrate ethical leadership. Gain surprising, eye-opening insights about investing ethically without greenwash. See who's leading and who's lagging behind when it comes to ethical leadership in New Zealand.
Gain access to:
The transcript of Rodger’s in-depth interview with Jane Arnott about the state of business ethics in New Zealand
A free download of Jane’s ‘Codes vs Commitments’ report
Jane & Rodger’s Ethical Leadership presentation to the NZX
You can listen to Rodger’s ‘Leaders and Laggards’ interview with Jane Arnott on our podcast page.
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FREE Wheel of Life® Self-Assessment Tool
The LifeWheelDNA is a free tool that assesses an individual’s Wheel of Life® across eight topics over 32 specific questions and creates a personalised 24-page report.
The Wheel of Life® Assessment is based on the concept of evaluating key areas of your life, inspired by pioneers like Paul J. Meyer. Also known as The Life Wheel or The Life Balance Wheel, it assesses dimensions such as finances, health & well-being, relationships, fun & joy, career & work, and more.
We highly recommend this tool as a valuable way to gain practical insights for life-planning.
Ethical Investment Video
Produced by the Ethical Investment Advisers’ Co-operative, this three minute video profiles the work of ethical advisers through the words of clients. The video features three Money Matters clients – many thanks to Yoshimi and Jon (who appear first in the video) and Mark (who appears second in the video).
Ethical Investment Guide
This PDF offers an introduction to the Ethical Investment Advisers’ Co-operative and provides some handy links for those wanting to learn more about various aspects of ethical investing.
Ethical Investment Interview with NZ Herald
The New Zealand Herald’s business section features an interview with Rodger in their episode “How to see through financial greenwashing”. Together they discuss many of the big questions on people’s minds and look at how ethical investing has evolved in recent years.
Webinar: Wayfinding for Ethical Investment
Integrating Professor Chellie Spiller’s wayfinding research and Rodger’s ethical investment research, this webinar explores the ancient tradition of ‘wayfinding’ to help ethical investors navigate the uncharted territory of a changing world. The webinar was held in conjunction with the Ethical Investment Advisers’ Co-operative.
To read a blog about this webinar click here.
Webinar: The role of the Independent Ethical Financial Adviser
In this webinar by Mindful Money, Rodger is interviewed about the evolution of ethical investing in New Zealand, the role of a financial adviser, different types of ethical investing, and the evidence showing the good financial returns that come with choosing ethical investment.
Explore Rodger’s highly accomplished work in the investment industry.
The following guides, articles, and book chapters are available from Money Matters on request.
The Essential Guide to Financial Planning in New Zealand
This comprehensive guide explains personal investment and financial planning. It includes Rodger’s seminar slides and detailed notes. Written by Rodger and published by CCH in 2000, it has been described as an invaluable resource.
Article: Ethical Business and Investment
Written by Rodger, this article summarises his PhD. It explores the answers to two key questions; is it possible for business and investors to do well while doing good; and if so, how can this be achieved? This article continues to be widely read and cited.
Article: Wayfinding and Ethical Investment
Ethical investment advisers and their clients are wayfinders. In this article, Rodger shows how ethical investors are transforming the finance system and financing the transformation needed for a sustainable future.
Book Chapter: Responsible Investing, ‘Carbon Neutral 2020’
Published in 2007, Rodger’s chapter for the book ‘Carbon Neutral 2020’ sets out a vision for ethical investment, profiles the high costs of irresponsible business, explains how responsible businesses do well and discusses in detail how to invest ethically and responsibly.
Book Chapter: Responsible Investment and Authentic Leadership
Rodger’s chapter in Chellie’s 2013 book, ‘Authentic Leadership’, introduces the perspective of responsible investors to test the idea of authentic leadership, and provides a definition of what authentic leadership might look like from a responsible investment point of view.
Book Chapters: Ethical Investment
Rodger wrote the first four chapters for the Australasian book, ‘Ethical Investment’ (Knowles, R., 1997). Described as the “seminal book on the topic” and “essential reading”, this book was written in the early days of the Australasian ethical investment industry. Rodger’s chapters are titled ‘The Death of the “Greed is Good” Era’, ‘Moving Towards a New Corporate Approach’, ‘Answering the Critics’, and ‘Does Ethical Investment Pay?’.
“When a couple are approaching retirement age, and have done very little in the way of formal financial planning, it’s pretty daunting to know where to start. We’re truly grateful that, of the three advisors we considered, Rodger Spiller of Money Matters was the first we spoke with. We literally didn’t need to look any further. Rodger’s down to earth, friendly manner made us relax immediately. He explained everything in just the right amount of detail, making sure we understood exactly what we needed to know. As one of his clients we feel we’re in excellent company, with a strategy that gives us peace of mind, and allows us to plan for a happy retirement.”
– Yvonne and Mike
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