Pax World Management LLC, investment adviser to Pax World Funds (Pax World), ESG Shares® and ESG Managers® Portfolios, and a leader in the field of Sustainable Investing, announced recently the results of its shareowner and public policy advocacy work during the 2011 proxy season. Pax World focused on environmental and governance-related initiatives, and also added
By Paul Hawken The following eulogy was delivered at the memorial service honoring Ray Anderson, held August 11, 2011 in Atlanta, GA and reprinted with permission at Greenbiz.com We, who were so fortunate to know Ray Anderson, were in awe. He was many people: a father, executive, colleague, brother, speaker, writer, leader, pioneer. But I
>> Back to Winter 2011/2012 2018 Issue US SIF Foundation Report Finds Strong Growth in Private Equity, Venture Capital, Property Investment and Hedge Funds Weighing Environmental, Social and Governance Criteria The latest sign that sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) is increasingly entrenched in the mainstream of the financial world: It now is making major strides
Theme of the conference, “Redefining Leadership.” Held November 2011 in San Francisco, CA Welcome to the BSR Conference 2011 It is an honor for me to welcome the nearly 1,000 people who have come from 37 countries in all parts of the world to be with us here this week. Seeing so many familiar faces—and
>> Back to Winter 2011/2012 Issue White Paper from RSF Social Finance A New Foundation for Portfolio Management is a paper that proposes new principles for creating an investment portfolio. Authored by Leslie Christian, of Portfolio 21 Investments with the support of Don Shaffer, President & CEO of RSF Social Finance, this paper challenges current
>> Back to Winter 2011-2012 Issue Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin Trust Director Susan White Honored by Colleagues at 22nd Annual SRI in the Rockies Conference Susan White, an enrolled member of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin and director of the Oneida Trust, was awarded the 2011 SRI Service Award in October 2011 during
>> Back to Winter 2012 Issue By Theo Ferguson, founder of Vital Systems After seven years of advocating true cost pricing and true cost accounting to help people understand the impact of their purchases on community, environment and the economy, I embarked on a Central and South American sabbatical to investigate how indigenous people live
An Introduction to Nura Life Sciences Biophysics: A Compelling Solution to the Healthcare Conundrum One remedy for America\’s broken healthcare system lies in the adoption of biophysics- centric therapies. When integrated into patient care, the application of such biophysics technologies will produce better patient outcomes and will reduce current Payor expenditures substantially. Nura Life Sciences
>> Back to Winter 2011 2012 By Amy J. Belanger, CEO of Idealist Marketing & PR Nearly 800 business leaders from 19 countries convened at the Monterey Conference Center in central Calif., on June 7-10, 2011 for the 5th annual Sustainable Brands Conference by Sustainable Life Media (SLM). This event is a relatively new forum
By Amy Cortese, author of Locavesting Here\’s a quiz: if a particular sector of the economy employed half of all private workers, generated half of private GDP, and created more than two out of every three jobs, how much would you say we should be investing in it? Two-thirds of our investment dollars? Fifty percent?
