New impact investing platform harnesses technology, social networks, and scale to help investors, institutions and their advisors invest with purpose. by Reggie Stanley, president and CEO of ImpactUs The term “impact investing” as it relates to private debt and equity is nearly 10 years old, it has been a rarified concept for rank-and-file investors
Parnassus Investments (www.parnassus.com) announced recently that the Parnassus Mid Cap Fund has surpassed $1 billion in assets, a marker of investor interest in the fund’s high-quality responsible investment strategy. The Mid Cap Fund is the third Parnassus fund to reach this important asset level. Parnassus President and Founder Jerome L. Dodson, who served as
by Joe Keefe, president and CEO of Pax World Funds and its investment adviser, Pax World Management, LLC The big news story of 2016 was the rise of Donald Trump. A very nasty campaign culminated in the election of a completely unsuitable and unqualified person to serve as President of the United States, in
In the rush to create a “new SRI”, we must not forget the one thing that truly matters: moral compass! Moral compass is broadly defined as: “Anything which serves to guide a person\’s decisions based on morals or virtues”.
More than thirty years ago, I began work in the community investment field as a Jewish activist working with people of other faiths, races and national origins. Working now at the Calvert Foundation, I have found an eagerness among other faith-based investors to continue growing the impact investing field which has become much larger and more financially sophisticated than it was a generation ago.
The Paris Agreement takes effect on November 4, 2016 and nations around the planet look to implement their commitments and meet their targets on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mitigation, adaptation and financing a low carbon future.
As a Millennial, I have recently noticed a flurry of studies, articles, and reports about my generation, authored by a diverse range of interested parties. Quite a bit of the pure sociological data suggests that the 80 million of us born between 1980 and 2000 are narcissistic, lazy, and optimistic to the point of being delusional – it’s enough to make me want to delete that selfie!
As a Millennial, I have recently noticed a flurry of studies, articles, and reports about my generation, authored by a diverse range of interested parties. Quite a bit of the pure sociological data suggests that the 80 million of us born between 1980 and 2000 are narcissistic, lazy, and optimistic to the point of being delusional – it’s enough to make me want to delete that selfie!
>> Back to June 2014 Issue In April 2014 Rodale Institute announced the launch of a global campaign to generate public awareness of soil’s ability to reverse climate change, but only when the health of the soil is maintained through organic regenerative agriculture. The campaign will call for the restructuring of our global food
>> Back to June 2014 Issue Long-time shareholder advocate and executive director of the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, Sister Patricia Daly, OP has been awarded the sixth-annual Joan Bavaria Award for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets. The announcement was made recently at the annual 2014 Ceres Conference in Boston, MA. A pioneer
