November/December 2013 – Sustainable Investing & Business

>> Back to November/December 2013 HSBC, VF Corporation, insurance firms provide insights on key business sectors   In the wake of a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report re-confirming the reality of climate change and clarifying its effects, business and investor leaders talked today about the ways in which global warming is already affecting

Sustainable and responsible investors have been, and continue to be, a force for positive change, according to a Report released in September 2013 by the US SIF Foundation’s Center for Sustainable Investment Education. The Impact of Sustainable and Responsible Investment details how sustainable and responsible investors have influenced the investment industry, investors, companies, communities, and

>> Back to November/December 2013 Issue In addition to Weinreb Group\’s work placing sustainability professionals with employers, we continue to publish unique reports on the sustainability profession and its leaders. Today marks the introduction of a new series. Pioneers of Sustainability Report in September 2013 Today, Weinreb Group is pleased to announce our newest research

>> Back to November/December 2013 Issue Honest Tea\’s co-founders share how they built their mission-driven business in the innovative new book Mission in a Bottle, which tells their entrepreneurial story in a vivid comic book format. The new book, “Mission in a Bottle, The Honest Guide to Doing Business Differently, and Succeeding” is on sale

>> Back to November/December 2013 Issue   Sonen Capital, a leading Social & Environmental investment firm, in collaboration with the KL Felicitas Foundation (KLF), recently announced the launch of a landmark report detailing the financial performance of the Foundation’s investment portfolio. The October 2013 report, titled Evolution of an Impact Portfolio: From Implementation to Results

>> Back to November/December 2013 Issue The Green Transition Scoreboard® tally jumped from $4.1 trillion reported in February to $5.2 trillion as of July 2013. The Green Transition Scoreboard tracks private investments, since 2007, in creating cleaner, greener economies globally. Models show that investing at least $1 trillion per year until 2020 will lead from

>> Back to November/December 2013 Issue Publishers Note by Cliff Feigenbaum, GreenMoney Before I begin, here is some big news: GreenMoney’s e-Journal is going monthly in January, featuring a new and improved design. See more details and our list of upcoming writers below. We chose “Integrating Sustainability” as a theme to reflect the growing desire

>> Back to November/December 2013 Issue A new book by Kevin Wilhelm Why is it that after 20 years of people talking about sustainability in business, there are so few examples, outside of Interface and a few others, of companies that have integrated sustainability into everything they do?  After consulting with clients ranging from Nordstrom

>> Back to November/December 2013 Issue By Patricia Aburdene Today, there are signs that a critical mass of humanity is expanding in consciousness. Millions the world over practice yoga and meditation or voice their commitment to social justice on sites like Avaaz.org. As awareness grows, so does the desire to heal persistent poverty and epidemic

Back to November/December 2013 Issue I am an eater, as are you. My relationship with food, farming, and living systems is very personal. As Barbara Kingsolver writes, “Recall that whatever lofty things you might accomplish today, you will do them only because you first ate something that grew out of dirt.” Is it inconceivable to