Michelle Mosser

Lisa Woll interview with Devin Thorpe of Forbes    

Featuring Steve Schueth, President and Chief Marketing Officer, First Affirmative Financial Network  

Investors and stakeholders present new reporting framework for impact of equity engagement   The multi-stakeholder Impact of Equity Engagement (IE2) initiative released a new Report in mid-November 2014 revealing the positive outcomes of investor engagement on the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) practices of publicly traded companies. Investors often engage in the proxy process,

“The Innovative 30” are building stronger local economies and investing more resources in the communities they serve   Across the country, forward-thinking community foundations are finding new ways to deploy all their resources to build community wealth. The Democracy Collaborative’s new report, A New Anchor Mission for a New Century, lifts up the work of

The first wide-scale business and human rights benchmarking and ranking project   In early December 2014, a group of investors, an NGO, a think tank and an investor research agency, today announce the launch of the first wide-scale project to rank companies on their human rights performance. A total of 500 of the top global

By Michelle Mosser, BrandNature.net and Grace Communications   During the unseasonable arctic freeze that swept across America in November, the Slow Money Alliance convened their largest US gathering to date where a groundswell of relationship-hungry investors, local food activists and a new breed of farmers gathered to advance a common cause: The restoration of healthy,

From the US SIF   In recent years, numerous trends have shaped the evolution and growth of SRI within US financial markets: • Money managers increasingly are incorporating ESG factors into their investment analysis and portfolio construction, driven by the demand for ESG investing products from institutional and individual investors and by the mission and

From the US SIF   ESG Incorporation – Environmental, Social, Governance The total assets that are managed with ESG factors explicitly incorporated into investment analysis and decision-making are valued at $6.20 trillion. Of this total, $4.80 trillion were identified within specific investment vehicles managed by money managers or community investing institutions, while $4.04 trillion were

By Lisa Woll, CEO of US SIF   What’s in a name? ESG, Ethical, Green, Impact, Mission, Responsible, Socially Responsible, Sustainable and Values are all labels that investors apply today to their strategies to consider environmental, social and corporate governance criteria to generate long-term competitive financial returns and positive societal impact. While the variety of

From the US SIF Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing (SRI) in the United States has grown substantially over the past two years. The total US-domiciled assets under management using SRI strategies expanded from $3.74 trillion at the start of 2012 to $6.57 trillion at the start of 2014, an increase of 76 percent, according to