by Thomas M. Kostigen
ImpactAssets, a nonprofit financial services company, has updated its
manager database for advisors and investors allowing people to better
find impact investment managers.
by Tom Kostigen
On Bloomberg terminals, the CSR pages are generating the fastest-growing number of page views.
by Tom Kostigen
The bush plane detoured from its route to circle around something called the "Devil's Egg," a natural rock formation on a cliff...
Harvard University is challenging students to develop entrepreneurial
solutions to problems like global warming and poverty through a $100,000
competition announced today by President Drew Faust.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
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...
by Ellie Winninghoff
HIP Investor Inc. has applied its performance-based sustainability metrics to preferred stocks and REITs.
The government of Canada and the province of Alberta will outline its
program for monitoring the environmental impact of the oil sands
industry, an Alberta environment ministry spokeswoman said.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Three advisory firms explain how and why they serve mainstream investors who want to invest with an SRI bent.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
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.
The U.S. Department of Transportation wants to give more weight to
factors including social and environmental benefits in deciding which local
mass-transit initiatives will get federal money.
by Tom Kostigen
Fund managers and wealth advisors are stretching the definition of impact investing, devising proprietary portfolios comprised of publicly traded securities concentrated on the tenets of...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Financial advisors typically evaluate the maturities, call features and
credit quality of clients' municipal bond portfolios...
by Ellie Winninghoff
Colleges and universities are earning robust returns by using green revolving funds to cut carbon emissions and energy costs.
China, the U.S. and India, the three biggest polluters, maintained
resistance to a time line leading to the next agreement on global
warming.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Socially responsible investors anticipate opportunities in next-generation biofuels.
The EPA said it will weigh rules requiring
disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic-fracturing fluids.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s managing director for environmental markets resigned as the largest U.S. lender scaled back its climate-related practice. UBS also has fired it's climate-change staff.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
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...
by Tom Kostigen
A new business report shows that how business is conducted matters far more than who what, where, or why commerce takes place. And while it may sound intangible, "how" can be measured.
