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Shareholders Activists Geared For An Active 2012

by Jerilyn Klein Bier

Proxy season doesn't kick off for several more months, but it's likely to be a productive one.

Pinpointing Sustainability

by Ellie Winninghoff

Domini Social Investments uses more than 600 key performance indicators to assess corporate sustainability.

Potential In The Pipeline

by Jerilyn Klein Bier

Socially responsible investors anticipate opportunities in next-generation biofuels.

Renewable Power Trumps Fossils For First Time

Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments, shaking off setbacks from the financial crisis and an impasse at the United Nations global warming...

EPA Accepts Environmental Petition On Fracking Chemicals

The EPA said it will weigh rules requiring disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic-fracturing fluids.

JPMorgan World Bank Veteran Leaves, Saying CO2 'Died'

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.

One Less Pork Chop

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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...

HOW To Do Business

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. 

Most Solar Manufacturers May Vanish by 2015, Trina CEO Says

Most of the biggest solar-equipment makers may disappear in the next fewyears as plunging prices erode margins and drive the weakest out of business, according to Trina Solar Ltd.

S&P 500 Showing Record Sales Clashes With Slower Growth Rate

Standard & Poor's 500 Index companies are poised to report the biggest annual sales increase on record even as analysts reduce their estimate for growth in 2012.

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.

Sun Will Eventually Shine On Solar

by Jerilyn Klein Bier

Solar stocks have been pummeled, but some investors see opportunity in an industry with solid long-term potential.

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...

Fat Replaces Oil For F-16s As Biofuels Head To War

Biofuels face their biggest test yet -- whether they can power fighter jets and tanks in battle at prices the world's best-funded military can afford.

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.

Solyndra Investigations Likely To Hurt 'Green Jobs' Not Obama

President Barack Obama is fighting for his "green energy" initiatives as Republicans in Congress criticize the programs after solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC collapsed.

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