Focused exchanges between expert practitioners advance good ideas and drive progress.
Based in Edinburgh, the award-winning Ethical Finance Round Table series is the longest-running platform in ethical finance, bringing together the leaders in the field to enable learning and build community. Since establishing the series in 2010, we have seen opportunities flourish amongst the participants in the Round Tables. The Ethical Finance Round Table Series is currently being held virtually.
Next event:

Ethical Finance Round Table
16 May from 12:30 BST; Edinburgh and Online
Join us in Edinburgh or online on 16 May from 12:30 BST for our latest Ethical Finance Round Table, exploring Net Zero Pensions and launching our report on the LGPS sector in Scotland.
Our approach
- Identify key themes for focused, technical discussions around ethical finance. See a full list of our topics.
- Gather our unique, broad coalition of stakeholders from across finance, government, NGOs, faith groups and multilateral organisations.
- Enable commercial opportunities by connecting people, sharing ideas and spreading best practice.
Achievements
- Building and shaping the community of ethical finance practitioners in Scotland and across the UK.
- Enabled commercial opportunities for our partners and participants via networking and knowledge sharing.
- Won the prestigious Ethical Finance Innovation and Challenge Awards (EFICA) in 2015, fighting off competition from over 200 organisations.
“It is essential we seek out new opportunities to diversify our financial services industry, so the industry can continue to prosper and grow. Providers of ethical finance have the potential to position themselves as a viable alternative to mainstream institutions.”
John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
“The round table events are a unique forum in the ethical finance sector; the opportunity to hear perspectives on a particular topic from a wide range of stakeholders is invaluable.”
Julian Parrott, Partner, Ethical Futures
“It’s impossible to apply ethics within the financial services sector without plenty of discussion; and the Round Tables are easily the best place for that in Scotland, bringing together practitioners and stakeholders with a very wide range of perspectives.”
Dr Robbie Mochrie, Associate Professor of Economics, Heriot Watt University.
“It was an absolute honour to welcome such a range of distinguished international experts and the discussion provided a great insight into the ethical finance markets across the globe.”
Omar Shaikh, Advisory Board Member, UKIFC
“We were astonished and delighted at the scope of the participants and were impressed by the conviviality. There was a sense that people were there to explore the ideas as people not just as representatives of what they did for their jobs. In the world of international finance groups struggling with issues around ethics this was one of the most impressive meetings we’ve been to.”
Martin Palmer, Secretary-General Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC)
Topics
Summaries of recent Ethical Finance Round Tables can be found in the blogs above, while older summaries can be found at the link below.