December 2020

Women and Investing

Shaw Legal Services, a Self-Help Credit Union borrower based in Chicago, IL, provides free legal services to immigrants and people who don’t have access to the legal system. Photo courtesy of SHCU

Welcome to our December 2020 issue on “Women and Investing.”

This month’s writers include: Ebony Perkins of Self-Help Credit Union, Jane Carten of Saturna Capital, Dr. Cathy Key of World Tree, and Jennifer Coombs of the College for Financial Planning. Each of them offers a glimpse at what sustained them through 2020, as well as resources for resilience in the year ahead. Additionally, we are including a powerful video interview from thought-leader Marie Forleo with her guest Dr. Edith Eger on choosing hope, love and compassion over suffering.

With our lives being a bit hectic last month between elections, Thanksgiving and the on-going pandemic, let me remind you about our November issue on ‘Aligning your Finances with your Faith.’ In case you missed it, you can still access all the thought-provoking articles and video conversation about how we can improve the stewardship of both our planet and our finances.

– Cliff Feigenbaum, founder/publisher

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How Investing in Women Helps Everyone During a Pandemic-by Ebony Perkins-SHCU

How Investing in Women Helps Everyone During a Pandemic

Ebony Perkins
Self-Help Credit Union
Economic insecurity among women brings long-lasting consequences for families and the overall economy. Many women are now the breadwinners in their households. Their loss or reduction of income impedes their ability to provide for their families. This, in turn, can have a negative impact on the well-being of children and can lead to increased education and economic inequality.
 

The Future Can Be Female-Starting the Finance CEO Pipeline-by Jane Carten-Saturna Cap

The Future Can Be Female: Starting the Finance CEO Pipeline Even Earlier

Jane Carten
Saturna Capital
If we wish to see more women in finance, it’s up to us as role models to volunteer in schools and other youth organizations. We can also help to teach girls financial literacy and the power of money by linking it to achieving better environmental and social outcomes; after all, as values-based, sustainable, and impact investors know, money is often the key to making real change in this world.
 

Advancing Women Through Sustainable Investing-by Jennifer Coombs-College for Financial Planning

Advancing Women Through Sustainable Investing

Jennifer Coombs
College for Financial Planning
Far more women advisors are seeking to help women investors in the sustainable investing space. Because sustainable investing, which includes screening investments for ESG factors is no longer just a way to simply feel good; it makes sense from a business perspective. All of this leads to a far more equitable society, and a more efficient and resilient economy.
 

Swing Out Sister-How Women Founders Can Shine in 2021-by Dr.Cathy Key-World Tree USA

Swing Out Sister: How Women Founders Can Shine in 2021 and Beyond

Dr. Cathy Key
World Tree USA
This year World Tree became the highest funded female-founded company on Wefunder. We raised over $2 million and became the third most funded company on the platform ever. Our core mission is to “Elevate, Educate, and Innovate for the Planet.” We value people and we value Mother Earth. Our business is designed to address big issues like climate change, poverty, and deforestation.
 
 

December 2020 Additional Articles

Glenmede Report-Gender Lens Investing Focuses on Widening Range of Issues Yielding Strong Returns for Investors

Gender Lens Investing: Strong Returns for Investors and Society

When Gender Lens Investing started a decade ago, the focus was largely on the number of women in management and CEO roles, but a more nuanced and far-reaching approach is now emerging and it is likely to find increasingly wide acceptance among all investors, according to a recent report from Glenmede.
Fortune-Most Powerful Women-GreenMoney-Dec.20

Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business 2020

Kristen Bellstrom & Beth Kowitt
Fortune
This year has been like no other – and it was clear that this year’s ranking must evolve to meet the moment. The 2020 MPW list covers industries ranging from space exploration to book publishing, and highlights women who are using their power in myriad ways. It is the most diverse and dynamic list that Fortune has ever published.
GM Has What it Takes to Put Everyone in an EV--by Mary Barra CEO

General Motors’ Mary Barra on Putting Everyone in an Electric Vehicle

Mary Barra
Chairman and CEO, General Motors
As Chairman and CEO of General Motors, I now have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to use my engineering mindset to help make the world a better place on a very large scale. At GM, we have a vision of zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. That zero-emissions, all-electric future is underway right now, and we are moving faster than ever.
Why Climate Finance? Why Now? by John Howell-Climate & Capital Mediua-GreenMoney

Why Climate Finance? Why Now?

John Howell
Climate & Capital Media
In 25 years of reporting on sustainable business, I have become fascinated by the pivotal relationship between capital and innovative solutions to climate-related issues. More recently, I have engaged with organizations, companies, and events as many have focused ESG, impact investing, and SRI strategies and practices that address climate change.
Biomimicry and Business-How Companies are Using Natures Strategies-by Margo Farnsworth

Biomimicry & Business: Companies Using Nature’s Strategies

“Biomimicry and Business is exactly what the movement needs right now examples of people successfully practicing biomimicry to help heal their part of the world. This new book [by Margo Farnsworth] represents the next step and will be important in the annals of this emerging discipline” said Janine Benyus, Co-Founder of the Biomimicry Institute.
Resonance of Stone-Terry T Williams-illustration-Castleton Tower by R.Williams

Terry Tempest Williams reads The Resonance of Stone

Terry Tempest Williams
author
When Terry and her husband meet with a team of geologists from the University of Utah who are studying the lifespan of rock formations within the Colorado Plateau, sacred landforms important to the religious beliefs of many Native American nations, she learns these geologic landforms sound alive; you just have to know how to listen.

 
 

Featured Video

Holocaust Survivor Dr. Edith Eger on Choosing Hope, Love & Compassion Over Suffering

Thought Leader Marie Forleo Interviews Dr. Edith Eger on Choosing Hope, Love & Compassion Over Suffering

Dr. Edith Eger is one of the favorite MarieTV guests of all time. In this powerful and uplifting interview, she shares the miraculous lessons she learned as a Holocaust survivor imprisoned in Auschwitz, and how we can all choose hope and compassion over suffering and anger every single day.

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