Michelle Mosser

The Truth Behind Sustainability Investing

From RobecoSAM Back to February 2014 Issue   Financial markets are the most powerful mechanism to address pressing sustainability challenges. Essentially, this is the philosophy behind all of what we do at RobecoSAM (www.robecosam.com ). Our recent video, “The Truth Behind Sustainability Investing,” helps debunk some of the most common myths associated with Sustainability Investing, […]

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Green Investing – More Than Being Socially Responsible

by J. Patrick Costello, CFP and CLU, book author   As a Certified Financial Planner™ serving clients in Northern California, I have been queried with increasing frequency about Sustainable, Green, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). In response, I have published “Green Investing: More Than Being Socially Responsible,” a book that is both important and unique. The

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In Mandela’s Footsteps – The Long Walk Continues

>> Back to Most Read   “Eliminating poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice… Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. People have created and tolerated poverty. And it is people who will overcome it.” – Nelson Rolihlhla Mandela   On July 18, Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday, children

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2014 Outlook for Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)

by Amy Domini, Founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments Back to February 2014 Issue   What lies ahead for responsible investors during 2014? Certainly new products, particularly those that are cleaner or more local, certainly a more predictable stock market, and probably enhanced interest in the value added by utilizing social and environmental considerations

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ImpactAssets Releases Annual Impact Investing Firm Showcase

>> Back to January 2014 Issue Public, Searchable “IA 50” Features Experienced Impact Investment Managers     ImpactAssets ( www.impactassets.org ) recently launches the “IA 50,” a free online resource for impact investors and their advisors. The annual compilation includes experienced fund managers representing a broad range of investment opportunities that deliver social and/or environmental

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Extracting Fossil Fuels from Your Portfolio: A Guide to Personal Divestment and Reinvestment

>> Back to January 2014 Issue From Green Century, 350.org, and Trillium   Green Century Capital Management (Green Century), 350.org, and Trillium Asset Management, LLC (Trillium) recently the published a new paper, Extracting Fossil Fuels from Your Portfolio: A Guide to Personal Divestment and Reinvestment. You can download a copy of the new Guide at

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Calvert CEO Barbara Krumsiek Talks to Women Entrepreneurs about Corporations, Careers and Choices

>> Back to January 2014 Issue   Calvert CEO discusses why so few women are top corporate leaders and provides insights to navigating three distinct phases in women’s careers At the recent fourth annual Tedx BayArea Global Women Entrepreneurs event in December 2013, Calvert CEO Barbara Krumsiek addressed an important question for women building their

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The Next Financial Bubble: Indigenous Peoples Rights Report Exposes Risk to Shareholders When Indigenous Rights Are Ignored

>> Back to January 2014 Issue By Rebecca Adamson and First Peoples Worldwide   Are extractive companies operating on Indigenous land overvalued? First Peoples Worldwide released its Indigenous Rights Risk Report at the recent 2013 SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing. The report analyzed 52 U.S.-based extractive companies listed on the Russell 1000® Index

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SRI Investing and the “P” Word – Performance

>> Back to January 2014 Issue By Chuck Carlson, CFA CEO, Horizon Investment Services   Let me just start by saying that what you are about to read may anger and possibly even offend you. That is not my intent. My goal is to bring a newbie’s perspective to the topic of socially responsible investing

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What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? How Money Really Does Grow on Trees

>> Back to January 2014 Issue By Tony Juniper, book author   When a catastrophe like the recent typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines draws public attention towards the sublime power of Nature to wreak havoc in human affairs, we can see clearly how our livelihoods, both existential and financial, depend upon a healthy relationship to

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