Daily Mail 26th December 2011 Richard Bernstein waves the flag for corporate charity
Richard Bernstein's Christmas gifts are difficult to wrap. For they are not chocolates, socks or novelty calendars, but shares in his high-level technology fund, Eurovestech. And they go straight to charity. It is, as Bernstein puts it, 'corporate social responsibility'.
He said: 'We can't give cash - it wouldn't have been right to open up the chequebook, but we can give them the opportunity to be a shareholder.'
Two or three times a year the Eurovestech board issues 100,000 fresh shares to a charity or charities for free. With no conditions placed on the gift, recipients are free to sell or hold (or even buy more)...
WINNER of two Business Charity Awards 2010; Business Charity Champion & Outstanding Individual. 10th February 2011 Business Charity Champion: Richard Bernstein, chief executive, Eurovestech
For the business leader who has done the most to harness corporate support for charity
Outstanding Individual: Richard Bernstein, chief executive, Eurovestech
For the employee who has devised the most innovative or productive way for their company to support charity