Sustainable Investing

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SRI Pioneer Plays By His Own Rules

by Ellie Winninghoff

Robert Brooke Zevin's asset management firm has beaten its equity benchmark by using a counter-intuitive, low-risk strategy of avoiding loss.

Tempting Targets

by Bruce W. Fraser

Small environmental firms are ripe for picking from acquirers sitting on piles of cash, according to Impax Asset Management.

SRI Going Mainstream In Alternatives

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Alternative investments with an SRI bent are gaining traction with investors, according to a new study by US SIF Foundation.

Retirement Plans Adding Socially Responsible Investing

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More plan sponsors may add SRI choices to employee retirement plans, says a new study.

Dallas Cowboys And Sweatshops

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Like every other football team this fall, the Dallas Cowboys are under a lot of pressure to make it to the Super Bowl...

Calvert Lauds Automobile Companies

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Toyota, Ford and Volkswagen have been cited by Calvert Investments for leadership in environmental and human rights practices.

Connecting The Dots

by Ellie Winninghoff

Sustainability reports are about accountability, but integrating those reports with financial data is changing the way companies think.

New Findings Provide Financial Reason For Advisors To Consider SRI

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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.

Investors Cautioned To Carefully Evaluate Renewable Energy Producers

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Environmental problems can result in many investors shunning oil and coal stocks in favor of companies involved with solar energy and biofuels...

Solyndra Flop Doesn't Slow $9.2 Billion Push To Aid Wind, Solar

The Obama administration, defying congressional Republicans after the failure of solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, is working to award as much as $9...

Too Much Money At SOCAP11 Conference

by Tom Kostigen

More than 1,000 people were drawn to the streets of San Francisco last week to talk about social capital and impact investing. This was no random event. It was organized by...

Seeking Assurance

by Ellie Winninghoff

The verification of sustainability reports by third parties is leading to hard questions about companies' core business strategies. 

Framework For Social Responsibility

by Jerilyn Klein Bier

New guide discusses why and how corporations should affect human rights improvements.

Human-Made Natural Disasters In Climate, Economist Says

Human behavior is increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters, according to Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University economist.

A New Climate

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In case you haven't heard, Texas Gov...

FAs Can't Sell 'Good'

by Tom Kostigen

Impact investing is talked about a lot, but acted upon very little by financial advisors...

Accounting For Sustainability

by Ellie Winninghoff

The Global Reporting Initiative has created the de-facto standard for sustainability reporting

Soil Capital: A Ground-Level Investing Opportunity

by Ellie Winninghoff

La Montanita has launched a community-supported microfinance fund for local farmers that could serve as a model nationwide.

Wind Power Wants U.S. Oil Tax Break Used By KKR, Blackstone

Wind-power companies want to follow KKR & Co. and Blackstone Group LP in tapping a Reagan-era tax break for oil and gas companies when U.S...

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