Introduction by Steven Heim, Managing Director at Boston Common Asset Management. Investors increasingly must pay attention to Indigenous Peoples globally because of both risks to their portfolios and opportunities for lasting business partnerships. Much of the world’s remaining biodiversity and natural resources are located on or near Indigenous lands. After centuries of marginalization and oppression
>> Back to August 2015 Issue Extractive industry projects may not be created to victimize women, but violence against women has become a major by-product of these project operations. Rampant exploitation of women happens when thousands of mostly male workers are housed in makeshift “man camps” located at the sites of company operations. For example,
>> Back to Most Read In the early 1990’s The Oneida Nation located in Wisconsin was one of the first Native Nations to formally adopt sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) policies for the Nation’s Trust investments. The policy directed its investment managers to divest from companies that harmed Native peoples or that caused significant harm
In spite of my lack of writing prowess I have chosen to share a story that in many ways parallels one that many of us are familiar with: the story of David and Goliath. Before we follow the path of David and before we identify Goliath, I would first like to share my story.
The recently published Climate Change Investment Solutions Guide outlines a range of strategies and solutions investors can use to address climate change, including low carbon investment, managing and reducing carbon exposure in portfolios, and engagement, as investors around the world work to scale up their efforts to invest in clean energy and shift to lower
TruValue Labs, the leading provider of real-time sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data, today announced that it has signed a data provider agreement with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). SASB is a non-profit organization that develops industry-specific standards for use in disclosing material sustainability information in mandatory filings to the SEC. To
Morgan Stanley announced in June that it has closed on the issuance of a $500 million green bond, the Firm’s inaugural green bond and the latest step in the Firm’s ongoing strategy to advance market-based solutions to social and environmental challenges. Since 2006, the Firm has facilitated over $61 billion of capital for clean tech
InvestWithValues.com is the leading gateway for the sustainable, responsible and impact investing community with its free educational resource and just launched news center. To provide greater value to social and impact investors a News Center with curated articles from leading content providers has been added to the recently rebranded “Invest With Values” website, enhancing the
Global sustainable investing assets grew 61% from 2012 to 2014 to reach $21.4 trillion The global sustainable investment market has grown substantially in both absolute and relative terms, according to The Global Sustainable Investment Review 2014, a report released in late February 2015 by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA). • The report reveals that
Article by Deb Abbey, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association (RIA) In 1973, the YWCA of Canada and the churches published Investment in Oppression, a report that showed how foreign investment in South Africa supported apartheid. Two years later, the churches founded the Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility (TCCR) to use church influence
