>> Back to Spring 2012 Issue The world’s two largest markets for organic food expand organic market access NUREMBERG, Germany, and WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb.15, 2012) At a press event in mid-February at BioFach Germany, European Commissioner Dacian Ciolos for the European Union’s (EU) Agriculture and Rural Development and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan of the U.S.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spoke to more than 400 leading investors at the Investor Summit on Climate Risk & Energy Solutions at the UN on January 12, 2012 and proposed hosting a dialogue on the risks of climate change and the need to move forward in a way that ensures broadly-shared prosperity and a sustainable
Investments have met banks’ credit and community development needs. Community Capital Management, Inc. announced in December 2011 that its flagship fund, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Qualified Investment Fund CRA Shares (Ticker: CRAIX), surpassed $1 billion in assets. This milestone demonstrates banks increasing interest in utilizing the Fund to fulfill CRA investment test requirements. The
Hazel Henderson, president of Ethical Markets Media, LLC, has shared Green Money Journal\’s interest in the emerging green economy since she wrote The Politics of the Solar Age in 1981. We in the USA are still mired in this “politics” with 75 members of Congress denying the realities of climate change. After the disappointing stalemate
Edited by Cary Krosinsky, Nick Robins and Stephen Viederman Most people would agree that we are entering a world of peak oil and rising energy prices. There are pending fresh water and food shortages in many parts of the world coupled with theoretically unsustainable yet inevitable increases in population. We further see soaring unsustainable debt
By Antony Bugg-Levine and Jed Emerson We believe today various parts of what has to date been segments of an investment spectrum are discovering a new realm of possibility. These investors are maximizing the total value of their investments and organizations, creating a high-octane blend of economic performance and sustained environmental and social impact. Their
By Michael Kramer, Managing Partner & Director of Social Research at Natural Investments LLC 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the NI Social Rating (the Rating), the nation’s first sustainable and responsible (SRI) mutual fund rating system that made its initial appearance in Investing from the Heart, the 1992 book by Natural Investments’ founder Jack
>> Back to Spring 2012 Issue By Vincent Siciliano, President and CEO, New Resource Bank Do you know where your money spends the night? We’ve been asking that question in a variety of venues, and it typically produces a strong (often visible) response of intrigued uneasiness. Many people are familiar with the concept of socially
>> Back to Spring 2012 Issue By Rebecca Dunn We’re all aware of the confluence of crises facing our communities, our nation and the world, including climate change, economic stagnation, and corporate control of government, to name a few. Many of you probably read GreenMoney Journal to learn how your daily actions, as investors, consumers
Welcome to the long recovery. Many thought, as I did, that our economic “downturn” would end as quickly as it began. But it seems the downturn has exposed lingering problems in our society and financial world as well as in energy, education, and healthcare, just to name a few. And in this election year, let’s
