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    <title>Dorothy Hinchcliff's FA green Blog</title>
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<img src="images/stories/Hinchcliff_D_1208.jpg" border="0" alt="Dorothy Hinchcliff" title="Dorothy Hinchcliff" hspace="10" align="left" />Dorothy
Hinchcliff is editor of FA online and FA green, as well as managing
editor of Financial Advisor magazine. She has spent more than 15 years
as an editor and reporter covering personal finance and other business
issues. 
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      <title>What Is Sustainable Investing?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[There's a new, relatively easy way to learn about sustainable investing, and Morgan Stanley is one broker-dealer encouraging its financial advisors to take notice.
	
	Last month, the US SIF Foundation launched what it says is the first online course in the United States for financial advisors on sustainable investing. The course, Fundamentals of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI), is the first to be offered by the foundation's new Center for Sustainable Investment Education.
	
	Morgan Stanley is a lead supporter of the course and is encouraging all its financial advisors to take it.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/what-is-sustainable-investing-14308.html</link>
      <pubDate>2013-05-16 15:30:00</pubDate>
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      <title>RIAs Of The Future</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The approach that Patrick McVeigh and his firm Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management take to investing is likely to be the basis of how every investment advisor manages their portfolios in the future.
	
	McVeigh, president and chief investment officer of the seven-year-old Boston-based RIA with $850 million in AUM, simply describes what they do as Ã�ï¿½Ã�Â¢Ã�Â¯Ã�Â¿Ã�Â½Ã�Â¯Ã�Â¿Ã�Â½smart investingÃ�ï¿½Ã�Â¢Ã�Â¯Ã�Â¿Ã�Â½Ã�Â¯Ã�Â¿Ã�Â½ or Ã�ï¿½Ã�Â¢Ã�Â¯Ã�Â¿Ã�Â½Ã�Â¯Ã�Â¿Ã�Â½taking traditional investing and improving it a little bit.Ã�ï¿½Ã�Â¢Ã�Â¯Ã�Â¿Ã�Â½Ã�Â¯Ã�Â¿Ã�Â½
	
	Like other RIAs, McVeigh believes balance-sheet quality is important. Companies in which he invests need to be healthy financially and not overleveraged.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/rias-of-the-future-13945.html</link>
      <pubDate>2013-04-11 11:30:00</pubDate>
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      <title>A $600 Blender?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Baby boomers -- including many more men -- have contributed to rising stock prices at these big retailers selling kitchen gadgets to help people eat better.
	
	Read on our site the article by Bloomberg that reports as consumer spending has recovered, more people are buying gadgets like juicers, food dehydrators, high-tech teapots, yogurt makers and baby-food making systems at Macy's, Williams-Sonoma, Target and more. A home industry analyst notes driving the trend is that more Americans want tools to help them eat healthier, with baby boomers leading the way.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/a--600-blender-13887.html</link>
      <pubDate>2013-04-05 11:00:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Experience For Advisor Want-To-Bes</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Student-managed investment portfolios are becoming more common at universities in this country and around the world. They provide a great way for students to get practical experience in investment management before they come knocking on your door looking for a job.
	
	The University of Wisconsin has one of the biggest student-run fund programs â�� students now manage more than $50 million in equity and fixed-income assets.Â  Another large example: Students at the University of Minnesota manage more than $35 million through the schoolâ��s Carlson Funds Enterprise.
	
	But only a handful of schools have students managing money in socially responsible funds.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/experience-for-advisor-want-to-bes-13620.html</link>
      <pubDate>2013-03-11 18:30:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Abuse Of Power</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Does political spending by corporations benefit their shareholders? A group of investment managers thinks not.
	
	In fact, they have filed seven shareholder proposals that would ban all political spending from general treasury funds.
	
	"The value of corporate political spending to shareholders is highly questionable, even as the risk it poses to our democracy is self evident. It's time for companies to reverse course and simply exit this activity," says Shelley Alpern, director of social research and advocacy at Clean Yield Asset Management, an RIA based in Norwich, Vt., and one of the investment firms behind the proposals.
	
	Clean Yield filed proposals at EQT Corp., a natural gas company involved in hydraulic fracturing, and 3M.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/abuse-of-power-13540.html</link>
      <pubDate>2013-03-05 11:30:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Getting The Carbon Out</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Excluding the "Filthy 15" --Ã�ï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ã�ï¿½Ã�Â  a group of coal utility and extraction companies viewed as some of the most carbon-generating public companies -- adds virtually no risk to an investment portfolio, says a new report.
	
	Patrick Geddes, chief investment officer ofÃ�ï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ã�ï¿½Ã�Â  Aperio Group LLC, a financial advisory firm that manages customized portfolios for values-based investors, released the analysis today in a report, Do The Investment Math: Building a Carbon Free Portfolio.
	
	"The portfolio becomes riskier by such a trivial amount that the impact is statistically irrelevant. In other words, excluding the Filthy 15 has no real impact on risk," Geddes says.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/getting-the-carbon-out-13235.html</link>
      <pubDate>2013-01-29 16:30:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Pandas, Orphans And Sunsets</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Very soon many parents, particularly in couples where both work outside the home, will begin contemplating what their school-aged children will do this summer. Ideas for teens, who are too old for day care and most summer camps but may not have jobs lined up, can be particularly challenging.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/pandas--orphans-and-sunsets-13127.html</link>
      <pubDate>2013-01-18 15:00:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Chemicals And Cancer</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A new study adds to the growing evidence that chemical exposure increases the chance of getting cancer.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/chemicals-and-cancer-12632.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-11-20 20:11:09</pubDate>
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      <title>Manager Sees Good Prospects For Organic Food Business</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Turner Investments is the latest money manager to see a lot of upside in
investing in companies that specialize in organic and natural foods.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/manager-sees-good-prospects-for-organic-food-business-12537.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-11-09 19:05:05</pubDate>
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      <title>Help Clients And Yourself Get Rid Of Old Computers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Clients are sure to appreciate learning about a program managed by Dell and Goodwill Industries that may allow them to easily get rid of dusty, old computers and related equipment for free. Of course, you may be able to do the same.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/help-clients-and-yourself-get-rid-of-old-computers-12212.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-10-05 21:01:50</pubDate>
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      <title>TIAA-CREF Unveils New Fund For SRI Crowd</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It's encouraging to see a big fund company like TIAA-CREF introduce 
another significant offering for socially responsible investors, 
although the fund's focus is far from surprising.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/tiaa-cref-unveils-new-fund-for-sri-crowd-12101.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-09-27 21:37:33</pubDate>
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      <title>Clinton's Other Agenda</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Besides speaking out for the re-election of President Barack Obama, 
President Bill Clinton this week is campaigning vocally for causes that 
are of particular interest to sustainable investors.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/clintons-other-agenda-12044.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-09-24 13:44:36</pubDate>
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      <title>Waste Management's Big  Plans</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Waste Management has entered a partnership that may bring revolutionary 
changes in how urban garbage is handled and that could result in the 
refuse being used to produce renewable chemicals and fuels.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/waste-managements-big-plans-11733.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-08-23 21:04:30</pubDate>
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      <title>Whole Foods And The Healthy Food Boom</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In spite of the sluggish U.S. economy, more people are continuing to 
spend money to eat healthier. Earnings announced by Whole Foods Market 
(WFM) supports that.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/whole-foods-and-the-healthy-food-boom-11434.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-07-25 22:20:20</pubDate>
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      <title>Knowledge Is Power</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A new report from DB Climate Change Advisors, a unit of Deutsche Bank 
Group, is a must-read for any advisor trying to understand sustainable 
investing and whether it contributes to long-term value and performance.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/knowledge-is-power-11196.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-07-02 19:46:13</pubDate>
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      <title>Lessons Learned</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Harrington Investments divested its shares of Chesapeake Energy Corp. 
early last year. The stock was trading around $34 a share in late March 
2011 when Harrington made the announcement -- and closed yesterday at 
$16.44. Was it sheer luck that Harrington got out before the share price
plummeted?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/lessons-learned-10832.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-05-31 00:23:39</pubDate>
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      <title>What's To Eat?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[More people are getting sick and tired of not knowing what's in the food
they eat. That's why there's been an explosion of organic food on 
supermarket shelves -- and outrage over "pink slime" in ground beef and 
the use of genetically modified ingredients without any notice to the 
buyer. You might dismiss organic food as not worth the money and think 
pink slime and GMO are just fine in what you eat. No matter what your 
position, as an investor you should be concerned about these controversies.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/whats-to-eat-10568.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-05-02 20:05:38</pubDate>
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      <title>Hot Air?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I recently went to the New York International Auto Show, and I was 
surprised to see how many manufacturers had electric cars on display. A 
major reason these cars haven't quickly replaced gasoline vehicles is 
that potential buyers are worried about getting stranded if the battery 
runs out of power. But a project under way at IBM may greatly reduce, if not 
eliminate, that problem.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/hot-air-10427.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-04-23 01:45:23</pubDate>
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      <title>Dream Car</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm excited about a lot of things going on in the car industry these 
days. Some developments could result in reduced impact on the 
environment, which I think is great. But there's one prospect in 
particular I'm really hopeful about because it holds great promise for 
millions of aging baby boomers.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/dream-car-10145.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-03-25 23:57:48</pubDate>
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      <title>Time To Jump On The ESG Bandwagon?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[When a large global consulting firm like Mercer is putting an ESG 
ranking on more than 5,000 investment strategies within its Global 
Investment Manager Database it's time to pay attention to what ESG is and why it's important.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/time-to-jump-on-the-esg-bandwagon-9758.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-15 20:57:43</pubDate>
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      <title>Flying High</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Eight American companies have been named top sustainable investments by a
prestigious investment boutique that annually rates companies on 
environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/flying-high-9573.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-01-26 17:34:42</pubDate>
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      <title>Another Look At Muni Bonds</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Financial advisors typically evaluate the maturities, call features and 
credit quality of clients' municipal bond portfolios. But advisors could
build business and cement relationships by seeing if the bonds are in 
line with their clients' social values, says Harris May, president of 
Strategic Partners Investment Advisors, a fee-based money manager 
with $400 million in AUM that specialized in managing muni bond portfolios.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/another-look-at-muni-bonds-9431.html</link>
      <pubDate>2012-01-16 21:08:33</pubDate>
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      <title>One Less Pork Chop</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Have you noticed the price of pork chops, ground beef and other food 
items have jumped in the supermarket? No wonder, one report says we're 
paying the most ever for food, 68 percent higher than five years ago.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/one-less-pork-chop-8922.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-14 22:06:44</pubDate>
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      <title>Dallas Cowboys And Sweatshops</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Like every other football team this fall, the Dallas Cowboys are under a
lot of pressure to make it to the Super Bowl. Unlike some other teams, the 
Cowboys also are under pressure to stop baby clothes with their logo 
from being made in sweatshops.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/dallas-cowboys-and-sweatshops-8677.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-10-19 15:16:07</pubDate>
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      <title>New Findings Provide Financial Reason For Advisors To Consider SRI</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A major reason for advisors to care about whether firms are socially responsible or not was revealed by researchers at the SRI in the Rockies conference in New Orleans.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/new-findings-provide-financial-reason-for-advisors-to-consider-sri-8551.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-10-04 15:25:46</pubDate>
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      <title>A New Climate</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In case you haven't heard, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who quickly has become
a leading contender for the Republican nomination for president, is 
making climate change a campaign issue, saying scientists have 
manipulated data to support "unproven" theories that humans are 
contributing to global warming.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/a-new-climate-8100.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-08-22 20:48:48</pubDate>
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      <title>Playing Chicken With Your Health</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Have you noticed that more supermarkets and restaurants are selling 
chicken that's free of antibiotics and hormones? A new study is likely 
to fuel this trend and may make you decide to buy this kind of fowl if 
you haven't already.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/playing-chicken-8024.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-08-11 16:07:01</pubDate>
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      <title>The Debt Downgrade, Longer Term</title>
      <description><![CDATA[S&P's decision to downgrade U.S. debt is having widespread 
repercussions including a big upswing in U.S. Treasury buying, but investors will see two longer-term effects that will 
hurt Treasuries, says Patrick Faul, vice president of credit research at
Calvert Investment Management.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/the-debt-downgrade-longer-term-7983.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-08-08 15:44:53</pubDate>
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      <title>Babies And Pollutants</title>
      <description><![CDATA[More evidence emerged this week that pollutants from sources like indoor
coal stoves, smoking and vehicle exhausts may put babies at a much 
higher risk of birth defects.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/babies-and-pollutants-7833.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-07-20 15:14:42</pubDate>
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      <title>The Long And Windy Road</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A movie that has been years in the making about the controversy over Cape Wind, a massive wind farm planned in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Cape Cod, will be unveiled next month.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/a-long-and-windy-road-7806.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-07-18 20:21:49</pubDate>
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      <title>My Water's On Fire Tonight</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A very clever song featured on a YouTube video posted about a month ago 
is bringing more attention to "fracking," a controversial means of 
extracting natural gas that has raised environmental concerns across the
country.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/my-waters-on-fire-tonight-7729.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-07-07 16:44:55</pubDate>
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      <title>Calling On Subaru</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to drive cars and a courageous 
group of women are trying to fight the ban. The group's use of social 
media to raise awareness of the injustice not only makes the Saudi 
government look bad, but has the potential to give car makers a black 
eye and raise the hackles of socially conscious investors.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/calling-on-subaru-7598.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-06-22 21:58:32</pubDate>
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      <title>Beware Of These Chemicals</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Health just added eight substances to its list of
chemicals and biological agents that may put people at an increased 
risk for cancer. Two of them are familiar names--one is used in resins 
for household items and the other in takeout food containers.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/beware-of-these-chemicals-7513.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-06-10 21:01:05</pubDate>
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      <title>Keeping The Gas Guzzler</title>
      <description><![CDATA[There's a lot of talk about $4-a-gallon gasoline being the tipping point
where Americans will trade in their gas-guzzling SUVs and bigger cars 
for more economical vehicles that might use alternative fuels. But some 
new research shows that isn't the case.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/keeping-the-gas-guzzler-7328.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-05-20 19:26:53</pubDate>
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      <title>Courting Clients</title>
      <description><![CDATA[One group in particular appears to be very restless and may be looking 
to change investment advisors. This group could present good prospects 
for aware advisors, but if you already serve clients in this sector now 
is the time to make contact to strengthen your ties.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/courting-clients-7004.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-04-03 22:51:45</pubDate>
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      <title>Advisor Takes A Stand</title>
      <description><![CDATA[An advisory firm has divested its entire holding in a leading natural 
gas producer because of the company's "poor environmental record and its
lack of accountability to shareholders."]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/advisor-takes-a-stand-6926.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-03-25 15:19:55</pubDate>
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      <title>Lights Out</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Does it make sense to undo a law that President George Bush signed four 
years ago that will result in a ban of most incandescent light bulbs now
on the market? A lot of Republicans think so.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/lights-out-6787.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-03-02 02:37:40</pubDate>
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      <title>Be A Hero To Your Clients</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Here's some simple advice to pass on to your clients that may help save their lives.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/time-for-a-test-6507.html</link>
      <pubDate>2011-01-05 15:59:02</pubDate>
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      <title>A New Asset Class?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[J.P. Morgan Global Research and The Rockefeller Foundation argue in a 
new report that wealthy investors want exposure to this alternative 
asset class, which "will reveal itself to be one of the most powerful 
changes within the asset management industry in the years to come."]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/a-new-asset-class-6361.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-12-03 15:32:33</pubDate>
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      <title>Investors Beware</title>
      <description><![CDATA[More than 2 billion people don't have access to clean water, and millions are dying from drinking polluted water. Even in the U.S., shortages are increasing and industrial activities threaten the clean water we do have. Not surprisingly, many investors see the chance to make money on ideas to solve the problem and on a commodity that will surely become more valuable as the world population grows and the crisis worsens. But investors beware; water is not a "safe" investment, warned a leading expert who spoke at the 2010 SRI in the Rockies conference last week in San Antonio.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/investors-beware-6296.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-11-22 21:01:15</pubDate>
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      <title>One Way To Get New Clients</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Here's a way that an investment advisor looking to build her client base might reach out to charities and get their portfolios to manage.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/one-way-to-get-new-clients-6133.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-10-25 20:43:59</pubDate>
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      <title>Toxic Toys?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Toys "R" Us is getting ready to go public, hoping to raise about $800 
million. But an investor coalition is urging people not to buy into the
IPO unless the company makes a firm commitment to stop selling toys with polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
and to label toys with toxic chemicals.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/toxic-toys-6022.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-10-04 16:04:31</pubDate>
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      <title>A Government For The People</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The fact that the potentially cancer-causing chemical
bisphenol-A, or BPA, has been found in 93% of people over the age of six is
enough reason for me that it should be banned. But government officials can't
decide whether it's safe, so it continues to be used in many plastic cups,
bottles and can liners. An article in The New York Times today is a must-read
if you want to understand why the BPA controversy rages on and regulation is
stalled.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/a-government-for-the-people-5881.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-09-07 01:45:31</pubDate>
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      <title>Not Just Another Pretty Face</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As an investor, you should know that the cosmetics and personal care 
industry is under attack. As an individual, you should know that you may
be using products every day on your body that have ingredients linked 
to cancer, birth defects and learning disabilities.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/not-just-another-pretty-face-5818.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-08-20 14:05:43</pubDate>
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      <title>BPA Rears Its Ugly Head-Again</title>
      <description><![CDATA[You're going to be surprised where the controversial chemical bisphenol 
A-which has been linked to significant health problems-is showing up now.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/bpa-rears-its-ugly-headagain-5739.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-07-27 19:36:46</pubDate>
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      <title>Grantham On Climate Change</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Grantham won't win many friends among people who believe climate 
change is a hoax. On the other hand, those investors and fund companies 
who see dollar signs when they think of climate change also may be 
disappointed, albeit a little less so, in his views.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/grantham-on-climate-change-5707.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-07-20 17:27:26</pubDate>
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      <title>Rethinking Deep Oil And Tuna</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm really interested in what the BP oil spill is going to do to our 
food supply. So when I came across this article today, I shuddered.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/rethinking-deep-oil-and-tuna-5681.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-07-12 21:28:50</pubDate>
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      <title>'BP Is The New Enron'</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm sure you've been reading and hearing many accounts of the ongoing BP
crisis. However, one I read recently does a particularly good job of 
assessing the company's troubles and recommends how investors should 
respond.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/bp-is-the-new-enron-5573.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-06-16 20:38:41</pubDate>
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      <title>Another Big Player</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Royal Dutch Shell's announcement
today that it will buy closely held East Resources Inc., a natural 
gas
explorer that's been very actively working in the Marcellus Shale region
of New
York and Pennsylvania, highlights the intense and rapidly growing 
interest in
shale-gas production. The problem
is that multinationals with deep pockets like Shell and Exxon could 
accelerate
these explorations even more, before stakeholders get the answers they 
want on
the impact to the environment, including potential
threats to drinking water and public health.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/another-big-player-5495.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-05-28 15:09:53</pubDate>
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      <title>Keep Your Eyes On Exxon Mobil</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil will be the next company to be in the spotlight for what it 
is-or is not doing-when it uses a controversial means of extracting 
natural gas that environmentalists say could threaten drinking water, 
public health and shareholder value.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/keep-your-eyes-on-exxon-mobil-5474.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-05-21 14:32:59</pubDate>
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      <title>A Warmer House For Less Money</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I like the idea of the United States encouraging renewable
energy and energy efficiency. But would making my own 
home
more energy efficient be worth the money? Should we install solar? 
Geothermal?
Or just a new furnace? Would the $1,500 federal tax credit and New 
Jersey's
rebate make our plan worthwhile? ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/a-warmer-house-for-less-money-5420.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-05-03 21:18:18</pubDate>
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      <title>Coke Dismisses BPA Concerns</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Coca-Cola may be on top when it comes to soft-drink sales, but it's a
laggard when it comes to revealing how it's responding to public concerns about a chemical-bisphenol A 
(BPA)-that's been linked to 
significant health problems and is used in the lining of its cans. Nevertheless, shareholder activists did make some headway at Coke's 
annual meeting Wednesday when a resolution they sponsored looking for the 
company to disclose BPA information got 22% of the vote.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/coke-dismisses-bpa-concerns-5351.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-04-21 20:34:24</pubDate>
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      <title>Just For Financial Advisors</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A particular group of new mutual funds might be perfect for financial 
advisors who aren't well versed in socially responsible investing but 
who have some clients-or potential clients-who would like to invest that
way.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/just-for-financial-advisors-5306.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-04-06 20:56:58</pubDate>
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      <title>The Good, The Bad And The Ugly</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Financial advisors should take a closer look at a recent report on SRI fund performance.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-5017.html</link>
      <pubDate>2010-01-26 16:12:36</pubDate>
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      <title>Powerful Video</title>
      <description><![CDATA[No matter what your position on climate change, it's worth watching a video called Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/powerful-video-4742.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-12-07 17:28:02</pubDate>
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      <title>Oil Sands And Our Future</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Canada is the United States' biggest oil supplier, and most
of the oil the U.S. gets from Canada in the future is likely to come from oil sands deposits in the
province of Alberta. Almost every major Canadian and international oil company
has a stake there. But the environmental and social impacts from extracting oil
from the area are enormous, and how companies deal with these risks could
affect their future returns. A new report rates 13 publicly traded companies
with Canada oil sands projects based on how they are handling such risks. Only
two scored average or better in all categories.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/oil-sands-and-our-future-4714.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-12-01 03:15:01</pubDate>
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      <title>Big News For Solar</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Dow
Chemical has unveiled a solar shingle, an invention that sounds like it will
make it far easier and cheaper to convert homes to solar power. Not only that, but the end result should look better, too.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/big-news-for-solar-4519.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-10-13 14:52:23</pubDate>
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      <title>Sustainability At School</title>
      <description><![CDATA[When I took graduate business courses nearly 20 years ago,
the word "sustainability" wasn't found in college curriculums. Times have
changed--a lot.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/sustainability-at-school-4461.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-10-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Selling Sustainability</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In London, about 50% of the clean water leaks away because
the infrastructure is so old. The cost of digging up all of the old pipes and
replacing them would be astronomical. But let's say a company had a robot-like
device that could enter the pipes and coat them, stopping the leaks. Wouldn't
that company sound like a great investment?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/selling-sustainability-4424.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-09-24 13:02:46</pubDate>
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      <title>Still On Track?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A report published last October by a leader in the
responsible investing field predicted RI will grow by 25% a year over the next
few years and become mainstream by 2015. Almost a year and one financial
meltdown later, I contacted Robeco, one of the firms that did the study, to see
if it was still as optimistic.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/still-on-track-4353.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-08-31 14:42:25</pubDate>
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      <title>New Ideas</title>
      <description><![CDATA[One possibility for generating electricity is to harness the motion in raindrops. What might surprise you (as it did me) is that an award-winning idea on how to do this comes from an 18-year-old woman.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/new-ideas-4336.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-08-19 20:06:39</pubDate>
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      <title>'Ecoefficient' Investing</title>
      <description><![CDATA[For money manager Green Alpha Advisors, it's the "E" in ESG that makes the difference.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/ecoefficient-investing-4313.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-08-06 19:26:36</pubDate>
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      <title>Grantham And The Environment</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Say the name Jeremy Grantham, and most financial advisors are aware he's a
well-known investment strategist and institutional money manager who
predicted the most recent credit market debacle.  Advisors who attended
the recent Morningstar conference heard his take on the global economy
and "the seven lean years ahead." But in other circles, Grantham is known for his significant support of research on environmental problems and climate change.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/grantham-and-the-environment-4261.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-07-21 10:27:35</pubDate>
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      <title>Shareholder Advocates Take On FDA</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Consider this another installment that chronicles the shareholder
advocacy fight against Bisphenol A, a controversial chemical used in
can linings and plastic bottles that's been linked to cancer, diabetes,
developmental damage, and heart disease in animals.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/shareholder-advocates-take-on-fda-4203.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-06-25 14:31:19</pubDate>
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      <title>Challenges In Being Green</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Although not its primary purpose, a new report from IBM illustrates why
it can be difficult for investors and others to assess how socially
responsible a company is.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/challenges-in-being-green-4178.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-06-11 20:23:53</pubDate>
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      <title>Capitalists To Blame</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At the recent Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, John Bogle,
founder of Vanguard, gave his take on the financial crisis: He didn't
blame capitalism, but he did put the blame squarely on the shoulders of
capitalists themselves.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/capitalists-to-blame-4152.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-06-01 18:07:58</pubDate>
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      <title>BoNY Gets Ready For U.S. Cap-And-Trade</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It's too early to say whether a U.S. cap-and-trade system will be
established, but some corporations, like The Bank of New York Mellon,
are gearing up for one.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/bony-gets-ready-for-us-cap-and-trade-4105.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-05-19 00:44:09</pubDate>
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      <title>Program Helps Family Foundations Stop Foreclosures</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Here's an unusual program that could give wealthy clients running family foundations the ability to help people in their own communities
avoid financial
ruin.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/program-helps-family-foundations-stop-foreclosures-4080.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-05-07 21:09:43</pubDate>
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      <title>Financial Advisors And Foundations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The economic crisis is creating enormous challenges for foundations.
The questions for financial advisors are: Can you help them, and as a
result, convert them into your clients?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/financial-advisors-and-foundations-4063.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-04-30 14:26:39</pubDate>
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      <title>Ted Turner And Clean Energy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Ted Turner thinks clean energy is where cable TV was 40 years ago. It's that kind of statement that will get a lot of people thinking an energy revolution can happen, because we all know what he did when a lot of nonbelievers said an all-day news network would never fly. And if you saw him speak at the Schwab Impact 2008 conference last fall as I did, you know that, whether you like his stances or not, he comes across as a very engaging, likable guy who makes big ideas seem possible.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/ted-turner-and-clean-energy-4036.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-04-27 15:42:38</pubDate>
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      <title>Know The Risks</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I wrote about BPA about a month ago in my blog, but since most of us unknowingly are eating this controversial chemical every day I think it's worth mentioning again, now that Green Century Capital Management and the nonprofit As You Sow just released a new report that will quickly tell you about BPA's risks and which companies are doing something about it.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/know-the-risks-4021.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-04-21 17:36:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Performance Secret</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Advisor Steve Sanders estimates he's helped about 15% of his clients
construct socially responsible portfolios. And for the most part, the
SRI portfolios have outperformed those of his other clients over the
last five years or so. Here's why.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/performance-secret-3991.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-04-06 23:20:49</pubDate>
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      <title>SRI Choices Not Keeping Up With Demand</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Nearly 1,000 miles apart, these two financial advisors see some of the same trends: More clients are interested in socially responsible investing, but they don't see as many options as they'd like when it comes to delivering it.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/sri-choices-not-keeping-up-with-demand-3982.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-03-31 21:07:07</pubDate>
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      <title>Should You Bank On It?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As hard as it may be to believe now, some banks will turn out to be good investments as the uncertainty caused by the global financial crisis begins to subside.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/should-you-bank-on-it-3943.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-03-27 04:29:51</pubDate>
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      <title>Does Shareholder Advocacy Create Shareholder Value?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Ever drink from a bottle of water and notice a plasticky taste? Or
reheat a meal with plastic wrap over it in the microwave? Or eat
vegetables from cans, which often have plastic liners in them? ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/does-shareholder-advocacy-create-shareholder-value-3919.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-03-19 16:12:06</pubDate>
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      <title>Contact Me</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It's been two months since we got our microsite, FA green, up and
running and the print edition of FA green will appear in the April
issue of Financial Advisor magazine. I've spoken to many
financial advisors and investment advisors interested in sustainable or
socially responsible investing, but I'd like to hear from many more of
you.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/contact-me-3913.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-03-17 01:37:35</pubDate>
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      <title>Top 10 For Women</title>
      <description><![CDATA[KLD Research & Analytics launched a North America Women Investment Index (NAWI) last Thursday that includes 216 U.S. and Canadian firms in various sectors that rank highly on promoting gender equality. Who made it into the index?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/top-10-for-women-3896.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-03-09 21:34:20</pubDate>
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      <title>Merck Signs On</title>
      <description><![CDATA[With another day of punishing losses in the stock market and economic
uncertainty looming over us like a mushroom cloud, little attention was
paid to something positive that Merck & Co. Inc. announced
yesterday: The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant signed on to the
United Nation's Global Compact. I didn't know much about the compact
until I read the press release, and I found it encouraging. Merck's
action might come across to you as just good PR, but you might also
find that companies that take steps like this give you some hope for
the future.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/merck-signs-on-3885.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-03-06 03:08:25</pubDate>
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      <title>This Tax Credit Is Wasteful, Expert Says</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Rafael Coven, managing director of the Cleantech Group and manager of The Cleantech Index, thinks at least one of President Obama's energy initiatives is a waste of money.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/tax-credit-for-residential-solar-is-wasteful-expert-says-3874.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-03-02 16:39:59</pubDate>
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      <title>Time To Talk To The Big Spenders</title>
      <description><![CDATA[My co-workers and I were talking the other day about how it doesn't
matter whether you are rich or poor, some people just spend to the
limit-and beyond. Chances are you have some clients who fall into this
category, and I'm sure you know it if you do. But it's possible in the
last few months that their situation-even beyond their investment
portfolios-has deteriorated very quickly, and you might not know it.
They might be embarrassed to admit that, after all, even to you. But
now is the time to ask and press them for details.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/time-to-talk-to-the-big-spenders-3873.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-02-27 00:47:34</pubDate>
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      <title>Clients Want Accountability</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maybe you heard this last night too: A new national poll by CNN/Opinion
Research Corp. shows that the majority of Americans think Washington
will make better moves to overcome the recession than Wall Street, the
banks or the auto makers. And that's even among Republicans. The
financial meltdown, exorbitant CEO pay and the well-publicized scandals
involving Madoff and others have made Americans angry, disgusted and
searching for more accountability. And this is just what some financial
advisors are hearing from clients, too.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/clients-want-accountability-3842.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-02-24 04:27:24</pubDate>
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      <title>KKR Saves Millions From Environmental Efforts</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Companies can save money by implementing changes that also help the
environment. Just ask private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
& Co. The New York-based firm, one of the pioneers of leveraged
buyouts, announced Wednesday that its partnership with Environmental
Defense Fund has resulted in it saving millions at three companies.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/kkr-saves-millions-from-environmental-efforts-3832.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-02-20 02:36:05</pubDate>
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      <title>Green Spending Debate Heats Up</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The fight over public spending on climate change could get a lot hotter
this year. The $787 billion stimulus package that President Obama is
signing into law today provides about $50 billion for clean energy, but
that's a far cry from what many leaders are calling for to be spent on
"greening" the global economy.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/green-spending-debate-heats-up-3822.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-02-17 01:00:00</pubDate>
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      <title>How Green Is My Building?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[REITs have been a part of the green building trend, although the
economic crisis is slowing or postponing some of those efforts. I
recently chatted with Jason Mattox, chief administrative officer of
Behringer Harvard, a commercial real estate company based in Dallas
with properties domestically and internationally, to get his take on
the trend and to talk about what his firm is doing.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/how-green-is-my-building-3818.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-02-12 23:43:57</pubDate>
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      <title>Stocks For The Long Run?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Financial advisors interested in learning which companies are regarded as good investments based on sustainability criteria can get some quick insight by looking at the Global 100.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/stocks-for-the-long-run-3799.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-02-09 02:27:30</pubDate>
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      <title>Take Action To Keep Clients Happy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[During this severe economic downturn that's driven revenue lower for many advisory firms, it's more important than ever for advisors to come up with creative ways to serve clients and keep their business. Advisor Judith L. Seid has found an interesting way to do just that.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/take-action-to-keep-clients-happy-3793.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-02-05 04:23:17</pubDate>
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      <title>Clean Energy Blues</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Let's face it, from an investing standpoint there's no way to feel good about a sector that dropped 70% last year, except maybe if you got out in 2007. But most investors didn't get out of clean energy then.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/clean-energy-blues-3758.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-02-02 12:39:52</pubDate>
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      <title>21st Century Pioneer</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Feldman is one of the first people to create a retail-investing product that aims to deliver returns from business and government initiatives to slow climate change.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/21st-century-pioneer--3748.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-01-26 14:51:15</pubDate>
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      <title>Pickens At Your Desk</title>
      <description><![CDATA[T. Boone Pickens is taking his message all over the country these days about how he thinks we should reduce our dependence on foreign oil by harnessing domestic alternatives. Whether you agree with the Pickens Plan or not, it's worth hearing him describe it. One of easiest ways to do that will be to hear the live Webcast, "Energy Solutions For the 21st Century," on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 4 p.m., that will feature Pickens and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC President Bruce Bond and National Sales Manager Robert Brooks. It's sponsored by Powershares, and you can sign up by visiting http://www.invescopowershares.com/webcast/.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/pickens-at-your-desk-3740.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-01-21 21:10:52</pubDate>
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      <title>Seeing Green</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be great if we could say that mutual funds always outperform when they invest in companies that are developing technologies to lessen our dependence on fossil fuels or that manufacture products without hurting the environment or that put a priority on worker safety?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/seeing-green-3738.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-01-21 02:43:26</pubDate>
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      <title>Important Reading</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Why bother trying to understand socially responsible or sustainable investing concepts if you are a mainstream financial advisor? You might not realize it, but you owe it to your clients.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/important-reading-3731.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-01-16 13:39:54</pubDate>
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      <title>Dependent On The Arabs-Again</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the United States we've been talking about breaking our dependence on foreign oil for decades, and the promises we've been hearing from Obama and the publicity around promising new technologies make the prospect seem more possible than it has seemed in a long time.


But then you read an article like the one that ran in The New York Times on January 12, Gulf Oil States Seeking a Lead in Clean Energy, and another possibility sinks in. The gulf states are "making a concerted push to become the Silicon Valley of alternative energy ... aggressively pouring billions of dollars made in the oil fields into new green technologies ... putting millions of dollars behind research projects at universities from California to Boston to London ..."


Meanwhile, in the dark days at the end of the Bush era, the United States is pouring billions of dollars into broken banks and automakers. It's hard to imagine how our country will come up with anywhere near the amount of cash for alternative energy that the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates are investing.


Are we arriving late to the party to become energy independent through our own renewable energy efforts, as The Times article suggests? The party isn't over yet, but if we don't make enough of a public/private commitment to renewable energy so that the proper infrastructure is put in place and the price is affordable for most people, 50 years from now we'll still be talking about the U.S.'s energy dependence on the Middle East.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/dependent-on-the-arabsagain-3723.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-01-14 03:06:02</pubDate>
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      <title>What Do You Think?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I've been writing about financial planning for a long time now, but my
interest in socially responsible investing, particularly sustainable
investing, is relatively new. Although I've always felt it important to
protect the environment, I've never been an activist or done much more
than recycle old newspapers and bottles. And until the last year or so,
I never considered whether the companies I invest in do things that
make good environmental or social sense.

But I don't want to ignore those factors anymore when it comes to my investments. I've seen and read enough now to believe climate change is a real threat to the planet. I think pollution can make people sick. I don't think there's enough clean water to go around. I think if the BRIC countries start using resources at the same rate we do, environmental problems will get worse-and at a faster pace. I think it's bad business practice to mistreat workers. I really like the idea that new technologies are coming along that will make us less dependent on oil. 

A company that considers risks and opportunities involved with environmental and social issues is a better-managed company. So shouldn't their attitudes and performance on those issues have some effect on long-term returns? No one can guarantee that they will, but it makes sense.

It seems to me that more and more mainstream investors would like to know which companies meet such criteria, especially if their goal is long-term retirement planning. Unfortunately, very few SRI funds are offered in 401(k) plans, so for most retail investors there's no easy do-it-yourself way to build a diversified retirement portfolio based on SRI. Not only that, but SRI itself involves many different styles, so there are no one-size-fits-all funds out there. 

For those reasons, I believe advisors can offer real value to clients by being well informed about SRI choices. What do you think?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.fa-mag.com/news/dorothy-blog1-3694.html</link>
      <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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