THE SUNDAY TIMES: Why the saints may beat the sinners
“Enthusiasts claim that, now more than ever, you do not have to compromise your principles in order to make a profit. But with oil prices hitting $60 a barrel, young people swilling alcopops like there’s no tomorrow and online gambling growing fast, can you afford to avoid sin stocks?”: “Oil prices are likely to stay high and this bodes well for the cashflow of companies such as Shell and BP. This, in turn, should create strong returns for investors.”
Sunday 3 July 2005
Alcohol, gambling and oil have proved lucrative, but green energy may be the next big thing.
By Jessica Bown
THE highly successful public launch of shares in Party Gaming, the controversial internet-poker operator, has highlighted the contrasting fortunes of the stock market’s saints and sinners — the goody-goody companies and those that make or trade in the likes of alcohol, tobacco, oil, arms or soft porn.
While Party Gaming was being prepared for its debut last month, ethical investing came of age as the first ethical fund, Friends Provident Stewardship Growth — now F&C Stewardship Growth — celebrated its 21st anniversary. Since its launch, it has turned £100 into £909, while the FTSE All-Share has turned £100 into only £400.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
