Impact Investing

Fund Adds Sustainability Criteria

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The Gabelli SRI Fund Inc. will now consider sustainability criteria and its name is changing to ... 

Gender Investment Indexes Announced

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Do companies that encourage gender equality have a better chance of being financially healthy and delivering ...

IW Financial Expands Research For Advisors

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Portland, Maine-based IW Financial is making it easier for asset managers and investors to access its ...

Water Scarcity Becomes Growing Financial Threat

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Global climate change is exacerbating water scarcity problems around the world, yet few businesses and investors ...

RiskMetrics To Acquire Innovest

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RiskMetrics Group announced today that it will acquire Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. RiskMetrics is ...

TIAA-CREF Expands Community Bank Program

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TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, medical and cultural fields, announced ...

Clients Need Help Choosing Environmental Investments

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Most Americans need financial advisors to help them participate in green investing, according to the results of the ...

SRI Retirement Plan Provider Has Positive Outlook For 2009

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Social(k), an SRI retirement plan provider that works with nearly 400 financial advisors, had a good year in 2008 ...

Nominations Sought For Bavaria Awards

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Ceres and Trillium Asset Management Corp. are inviting nominations for the second-annual Joan Bavaria Awards  ...

Religious Leaders Urge Investing In Clean Energy, Green Jobs

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A petition signed by thousands of religious leaders and lay people across the country will be delivered to Congress and the President today urging them not to falter on investing in ...

Financial Advisors Ask Obama For New Office

Leading SRI financial advisory firms are among 50 U.S. and overseas groups that are asking the Obama Administration to ...

Major Utility Aims To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is the first utility to be recognized as a SmartWay Transport partner by the U.S. ...

ESG Issues Should Be Part Of Financial Analysis, Report Says

Although the financial industry understands the necessity of developing methodologies and tools that examine ...

SIF Urges Obama To Advance Shareholder Rights

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President-elect Obama should move swiftly to restore shareholder rights and to advance corporate responsibility ...

Venture Capitalists: Clean Tech Most Promising

Although U.S. venture capitalists are predicting a difficult 2009, more agree that clean technology ...

Advisor Emporium

FTSE Expands Environmental Indexes FTSE Group is expanding its FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series with the addition of nine new indexes designed to appeal to...

T. Boone Pickens To Speak To Advisors

T. Boone Pickens will be a keynote speaker at TD Ameritrade's Partnership 2009 National Conference ...

What is FA green?

In these trying times, there's still one group of investments getting attention: exciting new companies that follow sustainable, responsible business practices and offer fabulous growth...

FRONTLINE NEWS

Tumult At CFP Board's Ethics Commission After the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards enacted changes to both the member selection process...

A Compelling Inconvenience

by Tracey Longo

Dick Vodra may be the only investment advisor talking about climate change and how it affects his clients.