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From CERES Announce Specific Commitments to Scale-Up Energy Efficiency, Better Working Conditions Worldwide, Green Investing Sustainable business practices got a powerful, public boost today when a group of globally prominent investors, Fortune 500 companies and organized labor announced a series of coordinated commitments to combat climate change and other societal challenges while building a safer,

“I am a firm believer in the power of business. Business is the strongest, fastest change agent that we have. Businesses need to become more sustainable and create donations to support their local communities—not just their economies. Everybody’s got to start working together across the lines to really spike this up as opposed to everybody

by Harvey Stone We all know the experience. The plane shakes. Peanuts roll off the tray table. The Captain says: “There’s turbulence ahead.” WBut what is “turbulence?” One definition says “chaotic changes taking place.” Others use words like “random” and “highly irregular.” No big deal, right? We’ve all flown in turbulence. We’ve invested in turbulent

Chris Laszlo and Nadya Zhexembayeva Consumers, employees, and investors are beginning to demand socially and environmentally-savvy products without compromise, while radical transparency is putting every company under a microscope. In recent years three big trends – declining resources, radical transparency, and increasing expectations – have redefined the way companies compete. The linear throw-away economy, in

by Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen Do you believe in global warming (or as it is perhaps more accurately described, global weirding)? Polls say that many otherwise literate people now question the science that human caused emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are changing the climate in unappealing ways. The millions of dollars

We at Equal Exchange appreciate Ted Ketcham\’s status report on Fair Trade coffee in the Winter 10/11 edition of GreenMoney Journal. Fair Trade in general, and Fair Trade coffee in particular, has been an important and encouraging victory in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) sector, though not without its ups and downs or its controversies.

By Michael Van Patten My early years heavily influenced my decision to focus my career on growing the impact investing space through the establishment of my current company, Mission Markets. I spent the majority of my teenage years in Ecuador, where my father worked as a diplomat. At this impressionable age, I had the unusual

By R. Paul Herman You feel it – your portfolio can be a tool for good. But how do you measure it? How can you quantify the human, social and environmental impacts of your portfolio – cash, fixed income, equities, venture investing, commodities – and allocate more dollars to sustainable investments? Are positive impacts and

Mindy Lubber of CERES and Matt Patsky of Trillium Asset Management Welcome to the fourth of GreenMoney’s new Icons Series, in which we invite Socially Responsible Investment & Business leaders to interview others who have also assumed SRI and CSR leadership. This issue features Mindy Lubber, President of CERES, the leading U.S. coalition of investors

by the Social Investment Forum Every few years a very exciting report comes out on the sustainable and socially responsible investing (SRI) industry. It covers the scope of SRI in the U.S. including ESG incorporation, shareholder advocacy, and community investing. Before we reveal the Trends Report\’s positive findings it is helpful to understand the definitions