Principles and Integrity

Our reputational claims to leadership are underpinned by our historic financial success and the incorporation into our innovative public stocks fund of a global index called CSRHub

An unbiased global ESG data source (CSRHub), that when applied against global all cap equities, structures impact investment portfolios returning higher overall aggregate yields than the market

The thesis for making this index an investment metric, is based on the notion that ESG issues, such as climate risk and human rights, can affect the performance of investment portfolios and should therefore be considered alongside more traditional financial factors if investors are to properly fulfil their moral fiduciary duty

Our intelligent research, tangibly supporting our reputational claims, is evidenced by our creation of a publicly accessible body of knowledge, called WikiPositive, supported by a global volunteer base

An open source, crowd collaboration research portal (WikiPositive.org)

Prior to the creation of WikiPositive, social and environmental research has been mostly proprietary, expensive and limited to companies followed by Wall Street analysts. In addition, most of that research was limited to negative screening (screening out weapons, tobacco and the like). In order to deepen and broaden positive research on how companies are acting in society’s best interests, Scarab’s research team created a wiki model that allows a broad array of collaborators to work together in a common space. There are currently 2000+ beneficial public companies featured on the site with a professional team of volunteers redesigning the site to accommodate global participation in an efficient manner

By sharing a concise summary with links to sites and further research, WikiPositive is designed to be a simple starting point for research by investors, donors, students, jobseekers, journalists, non-profits and consumers who need information or want to share information about positive initiatives in the for-profit and non-profit sectors