August 2014 – The Resilient Investor: Your Life and Your Money

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>> Back to August 2014 Issue   Recently, Sustainalytics announced that its environmental, social and governance (ESG) research assessments are now available to the more than 320,000 subscribers of the Bloomberg Professional service. As a third-party ESG research provider, Sustainalytics will offer clients that subscribe to both platforms access to a subset of Sustainalytics’ ESG

>> Back to August 2014 Issue by Michael Finnigan, CampdenFB   The number of millennials that own or employ socially responsible investments is significantly higher than in any other age group, according to a study that explores family dynamics in wealthy families. US Trusts’ Insights on Wealth and Worth 2014 found that 63% of millennials,

>> August 2014 Issue America’s age of empire is coming to an end. The question that matters now is what will follow it   Article by John Michael Greer, author of Decline and Fall: The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America. One of the perplexities about the contemporary crisis

>> Back to August 2014 Issue by Mark Nelson, author, The Wastewater Gardener From the preface: “This book had its genesis the first time I tipped over an outhouse and shovelled the steaming contents into a wheelbarrow headed for the humanure compost heap. I was a city kid, I didn’t know the stuff was taboo. When

Back to August 2014 By Jamie Evans, Panasonic Eco Solutions, Managing Director, Head of U.S. Eco Solutions Where it All Began In a world where precious natural resources are shrinking and climate threats loom large, actionable steps forward are not only celebrated, but also demanded by an ever growing environmentally-conscious society that knows we cannot

By Hazel Henderson © 2014 for GreenMoney Journal   Asset managers and investors are supposed to be rational actors, cranking in all available information leading to efficient markets and optimal resource-allocation. As market failures continue to proliferate and hidden externalities come home to roost, we find that successful investing requires going multi-disciplinary – far beyond

by Joel Solomon with Rebecca Cuttler, Renewal Funds   The 21st century will see dramatic retooling of the ways we live together on the planet. It’s time to shift capital to the regenerative economy. I’m the Chair of Renewal Funds (www.renewalfunds.com ). We are a social venture capital firm that invests in change by supporting