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Category Archives: Sustainable Investing
Money Power in the Public Interest: From “Follow the Money” to “Leverage the Money”
The TakeAway: Amazon’s recent purchase of Whole Foods continues a pattern of disruption in both retail and the wider economy that’s unstoppable. It’s part of a massive shift in jobs and income, that exacerbates income and wealth inequality. Rather than … Continue reading
Posted in American public life, Automation, Civic engagement, Ethics and Values, Fiduciary, Inequality, Investor Governance, Politics, Proxy Voting, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing, Wage Gap
Tagged Amazon, Anne Case, automation, Brookings Institution, civic fiduciary, clean energy, Cornerstone Capital, deaths of despair, digital commerce, European Central Bank, housing, incarceration, income inequality, infrastructure, investor governance, Investor Research Responsibility Institute (IRRCi), jobs, Lawyers'Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, opioid addiction, peer-to-peer, Pew Research Center, Prison Policy Initiative, racism, retail, retail apocalypse, Robocalypse, Sir Angus Deaton, wealth inequality, Zevin Asset Management
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Fulfilling America’s Promise: Build Equity, Bridge the Gap
The TakeAway: As we celebrate Independence Day, it’s time to rededicate ourselves to those very ideals on which our nation was founded: liberty, opportunity, and justice for all. That means bridging the equity gap that undermines the American dream and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Ethics and Values, Fiduciary, Investor Governance, Networked Citizenship, Politics, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing, Wage Gap
Tagged "America", 4th of July, American Dream, Charleston church massacre, equity gap, fiduciary, Frank Pasquale, Geoffrey Hodgson, Ground Truth Project, nuclear waste, opportunity gap, police killings, racism, Samuel Francis Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates, William Lloyd Garrison
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The Power of Two, Plus You! OpenLetter2013
The Takeaway: Two friends from Boston, increasingly alarmed by the dearth of meaningful action on climate change, decided to take matters into their own hands. The pair are crowdfunding a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal calling out the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Ethics and Values, Fiduciary, Media & Entertainment, Notable People, Politics, Public Policy, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Civil Rights Act of 1964, climate change, Deb Nicholson, indiegogo, Jordyn Bonds, Joshua Gay, Mike Gintz, moral outrage, OpenLetter2013, Wall Street Journal, Willy Loman
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Gift Xchange: Giving, Investing, and Grantmaking for Good
Part One of Two The TakeAway: Charitable requests are a constant, but the end of the year brings a blizzard of appeals. In addition to our donor dollars, there’s a vast amount of untapped money power held by nonprofit institutions, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Sustainability, Ethics and Values, Human Rights, Public Policy, Sustainable Investing, Uncategorized
Tagged .350.org, Bill McKibben, Bob Massie, Center for Responsive Politics, Ceres, endowments, fiduciary, foundations, Free Software Foundation (FSF), Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), Joshua Gay, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), New Economics Institute, OpenSecrets.org, Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC), Rootstrikers, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
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A Valentine’s Bouquet: Twelve for 2012
The TakeAway: The blooms of sustainable prosperity and justice are fed by at least twelve currents that will get stronger throughout 2012. They involve the maturation of corporate social responsibility and corporate governance; rethinking the meaning of “fiduciary”; balancing internationalism … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Interactive Technology, Investor Governance, Natural Disasters, Proxy Voting, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Apple, B-Corporations, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), climate, conflict, Corporation 20/20, divided societies, ESG, fiduciary, G4, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), human rights, Middle East, MITSloan Management Review, Occupy Wall Street, post-conflict societies, social sustainability, stakeholder engagement, supply chains, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), U.N. International Year of Cooperatives, XBRL
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Song of Sorrow or Call to Arms? Four Stratagems to Improve Our Politics
The TakeAway: While extremist politics dominate Washington, financial markets continue to seize, and US credit-worthiness takes a beating, advocates of sustainability and good governance need to stop moping and get off the bench. Here are four stratagems to reverse the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Politics, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing
Tagged "Super Congress", 501(c)(3) status, Bill Baue, Bob Massie, Ceres, Charles M. Taylor, Deborah Leipziger, debt ceiling, double-dip recession, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), income inequality, International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC), Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), Joan Bavaria, Joshua Gay, politics, Tea Party, wealth inequality
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Cancún Talks Bridge Trust Deficit
The TakeAway: COP16 climate talks accomplished more than expected, while restoring trust in the international process that can lead to stronger future measures. Despite media reports citing lowered expectations – and fear that Copenhagen’s dysfunctions would spill over to this … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Public Policy, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Alden Meyer, Cancún, Cancún Accords, Christiana Figueres, Clean Development Mechanism, COP 16 Climate Summit, COP17, Copenhagen Accords, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Durban, Green Climate Fund, human rights, Kyoto Protocol, Patricia Espinosa, REDD+, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), South Africa, stakeholder engagement, sustainable development, sustainable forestry, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
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Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory
The TakeAway: Harvard’s Initiative for Responsible Investment works to build a “master narrative” for responsible investing, along with educational tools for improving trustee performance. Massive changes in financial regulations and ramped up activism – aided in part by interactive technology – make … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Sustainability, Interactive Technology, Investor Governance, Sustainable Investing
Tagged beneficial owners, communities of practice, Harvard, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Initiative for Responsible Investment, institutional investors, International Foundation, Lord Paul Myners, Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), real economy, responsible investment, Steve Lydenberg, sustainable prosperity, trustees
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IT Leads ET, But Needs Public Policy and $$$
The TakeAway: Information technology leader Google advances energy technology development, but clean energy progress relies on smart policy and capital flows, too. “Google it.” Over the past decade, the term has gone viral, as the name of the information technology … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Public Policy, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Atlantic Wind Connection, Center for Sustainable enterprise and Regional Competitiveness (SERC), clean energy technology, COP 16 Climate Summit, Copenhagen Summit, Dan Reicher, EEOS, General Electric, Google, Google Earth Engine, Google PowerMeter, home energy management, ReChargeIT, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, UMass Boston
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Divesting from Genocide: A Fiduciary Duty?
The TakeAway: Congressional hearing on ways to improve the Sudan Accountability & Investment Act proposes using the UN “Protect, Respect, Remedy” human rights framework to define fiduciary duty. The moral case for flexing investment muscle (from shareowner engagement to outright … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Investor Governance, Public Policy, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Adam Kanzer, Domini Social Investments, Eric Cohen, Fidelity, fiduciary duty, Franklin Templeton, genocide-free investing, Government Accountability Office, Investors Against Genocide, John Ruggie, JP Morgan, PetroChina, Protect, Remedy Framework, Respect, Sudan Accountability and Investment Act
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Both/And: The Big Tent of Socially Responsible Investing
Commentary by Murninghan Post Editor Bill Baue The TakeAway: Seeming dichotomies thrive side-by-side as complementary strategies at the SRI in the Rockies Conference. Attire at the SRI in the Rockies Conference last week in San Antonio ranged from tie-dye to … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Amy Domini, Bruce Kahn, Deutsche Bank, Domini Social Investments, ESG, Generation Investment Management, Goldman Sachs, Marc Fox, Mark Regier, Michael Jantzi, oil sands, Peter Knight, Petrobras, SRI, SRI in the Rockies, Suncor, Sustainalytics, Tim Smith, Walden Asset Management
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The Urgency of Water Stewardship
The TakeAway: The Carbon Disclosure Project’s new Water Disclosure program establishes water risk management as an investor concern while helping companies gauge their “water footprint”. Water is to the world what blood is to our bodies: the vetturale di natura, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Alliance for Water Stewardship, BRIC countries, Carbon Disclosure Project, CDP Water Disclosure, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), FTSE Global 500, Marcus Norton, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), water footprint, water risk, water stewardship
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Burma’s History of Freeing “The Lady”
The TakeAway: The release of Aung San Suu Kyi caps a long process of advocacy including state and local sanctions, shareholder activism, and consumer boycott campaigns. Saturday’s release of Burmese pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (fondly called “The … Continue reading
The $3 Trillion Socially Responsible Investing Market
The TakeAway: Nearly one out of every eight dollars professionally managed in the US employs sustainability criteria, according to the Social Investment Forum SRI Trends Report. As the US economy slumped into the worst recession since the ‘30s over the … Continue reading
The Business Impact on Human Rights
The TakeAway: Social materiality gains traction as the role of business in advancing human rights attracts wider support. After years of neglect, companies now increasingly consider their impacts on human rights as material issues, with clear impacts on the bottom … Continue reading
Sustainability News Roundup
The TakeAway: CalPERS to factor ESG issues in all its funds by mid-2011; GRI announces work on fourth generation reporting guidelines; and a BSR poll shows increased support for CSR/sustainability. Three developments this week demonstrate the rising acceptance of incorporating … Continue reading
Social Materiality: A New Lens for Sustainable Investing
Guest Commentary by Liz Umlas As the concept of ESG – addressing environmental, social, and governance factors in business and investment considerations – gains traction, the focus often seems more firmly on the first and last than on the middle … Continue reading
Say-on-Pay: A Bird’s Eye View
The TakeAway: New SEC rules on executive compensation advisory votes take steps toward broader board-shareholder engagement. On Monday afternoon, the SEC proposed rules for Say-on-Pay (shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation) and golden parachutes (big payouts to executives dismissed after … Continue reading
Who Pays the True Cost of Environmental Damage?
The TakeAway: Institutional investors need to assert their ownership power to offset environmental costs and push for sustainable companies and public policy. Despite the worldwide recession, the economic crisis isn’t the only cause of financial losses affecting innocent bystanders. There’s … Continue reading
Sustainability News Roundup
The TakeAway: This week’s notable news features items on advances in integrated reporting, clean energy, sustainable investing, and women in business Despite the Monday holiday here in the US, it’s been another busy week on the sustainability front. Among the … Continue reading
Something Old, Something New…
Part Two of Three Parts The TakeAway: Organized philanthropy wakes up to new opportunities for connecting their grantmaking ideals to their investments, thereby addressing problems more comprehensively Earlier this week, a group of foundation presidents, treasurers, and trustees – representing … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Investor Governance, Sustainable Investing
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The New Fiduciary: Stewardship and Sensibility
The TakeAway: Changes in financial regulations place new responsibilities on institutional investors, requiring new forms of engagement, education, and behavior. These days, financial and corporate governance reform advocates have concentrated a lot of attention on corporate boards, and for good … Continue reading
A Tale of 3 Cities: Key Events on the Sustainable Prosperity Agenda
The TakeAway: An overview of this week’s events on climate change, corporate governance, and fiduciary duty. It’s a busy week for sustainable prosperity, as people journey to New York City, San Diego, and Cambridge to share insights and forge solutions … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing
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A Window on Corporate Anti-Sweatshop Efforts
Guest Commentary by Conrad MacKerron, Senior Program Director of As You Sow Foundation The TakeAway: Gap, Levi’s and Walmart top first-of-its-kind supply chain scorecard from As You Sow, while Abercrombie & Fitch, Saks, and Sears fail to provide info. Eight … Continue reading →