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
>> Back to July 2015 Issue by Dimitrios Mavridis, Communication Executive of the European Sustainable Investment Forum [Eurosif] The Inherently Heterogeneous Case of SRI in Europe In the U.S., the notion of socially responsible investment took off in the 70s on the back of several socio-political movements. By contrast in Europe, despite the first European
By Simon Howard and Charlene Cranny of the UKSIF The UK is Europe’s largest Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) market with at least £1.4 trillion worth of assets under management, according to the 2014 Eurosif SRI study. Our SRI sector framework is well-developed and far-reaching with all the expected commercial elements at play: large retail
by Jessica Robinson, CEO, Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) and the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) Asia – A Market With Huge Potential Asia is a region full of contrasts: it is home to some of the wealthiest individuals, but it also shelters some of the poorest nations. The
Explorer Philippe Cousteau and Dr. Adam Seitchik interviewed by Cliff Feigenbaum, founder of GreenMoney Journal One of the more enjoyable tasks at GreenMoney is interviewing true leaders in our world. This interview features Philippe Cousteau, Explorer, Social Entrepreneur, Environmental Advocate and Philanthropic Partner of the AdvisorShares Global Echo ETF (GIVE) and Adam Seitchik, Ph.D., CFA,
