Guest blog by Hazel Henderson, Ethical Markets Media SOURCE: Justmeans DESCRIPTION: The wild swings on Wall Street and other now interconnected bourses in today’s global casino have seen billions withdrawn by small investors. Their instincts are correct. Today’s markets are becoming too erratic and volatile for investors – driven by frantic speed trading and speculators. […]
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UN Global Compact’s Outgoing Director to Join Board of Values-Based Asset Management Firm
SOURCE: United Nations Global Compact DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, August 31, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Today, after 15 years at the helm of the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, Georg Kell will step down as Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, the organization he helped found in 2000 and which he has built into a global movement […]
Video: How Do You Invest Directly In Green Assets For Sustainable Growth?
SOURCE: Old Mutual DESCRIPTION: Old Mutual Investment Group Head of Sustainability Research and Engagement, Jon Duncan, answers the question: “How do you invest directly in sustainable growth?” Watch more videos and read more articles here. Old Mutual is serious about raising awareness about responsible investment, and in June 2015 Old Mutual Investment Group held a […]
Money and Spirit: An Argument for Rediscovery
SOURCE: RSF Social Finance DESCRIPTION: by John Bloom Money would not exist without spirit. That is, money first occurred as a concept, which is itself a manifestation of human spiritual capacity. Money was generated out of a perceived need to materialize value through physical things, large and small, and as an evolutionary step to replace […]
Islamic Climate Declaration Asks Muslims to Take Action On Climate Change
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Islamic leaders have issued an Islamic Climate Declaration, calling 1.6 billion Muslims around the world to work towards phasing out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and towards a 100 percent renewable energy strategy. Their collective statement makes several detailed political demands likely to increase pressure on oil-producing Gulf States ahead of the Paris […]
Sustainalytics and Morningstar Partner to Launch First ESG Scores for Funds
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Investors are placing increasing importance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices. Earlier this year, a Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing study showed that 71 percent of individual investors are keen on sustainable investing. The number of financial institutions that have signed the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) […]
RSF Social Finance Makes a Loan to Hudson Valley Harvest
SAN FRANCISCO, August 14, 2015 /3BL Media/ – RSF Social Finance (RSF) is pleased to announce a new PRI loan to Hudson Valley Harvest (HVH), a food hub providing timely and efficient distribution services that connect small and medium sized farmers in upstate New York with wholesale food buyers in New York City. RSF provided a line […]
Impact Investments can Bridge $2.5 Trillion Annual Gap for Development
by Vikas Vij SOURCE: Justmeans DESCRIPTION: Investments that have a social or environmental benefit have grown substantially in the last few years. A recent report from the Washington-based Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment said that socially responsible investment assets in the U.S. stood at $7 trillion in 2014, registering an increase of 76 percent […]
Impact Investments can Bridge $2.5 Trillion Annual Gap for Development
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Investments that have a social or environmental benefit have grown substantially in the last few years. A recent report from the Washington-based Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment said that socially responsible investment assets in the U.S. stood at $7 trillion in 2014, registering an increase of 76 percent over 2012. A […]
“Taste of Kiva Zip”
Impact Hub NYC Launches SOCAP-Themed Programming with “Taste of Kiva Zip” Event Expanded Financial Inclusion Opportunities for US-based Social Enterprises WHO Impact Hub NYC, a shared coworking and events space for a global membership community of entrepreneurs, activists, creatives, and professionals taking action to drive positive social and environmental change. Kiva Zip, part of the […]
RSF Social Finance Purchases $9 Million in Solar Bonds from SolarCity
San Franscisco, July 23, 2015 /3BL Media/ — RSF Social Finance (RSF) is pleased to announce that it has purchased $9 million in solar bonds from clean energy leader SolarCity, which launched its public bond offering to individual consumers in October. The investment in SolarCity solar bonds is a strong strategic match with RSF’s mission of transforming […]
Rule of Law: Enabling Social Finance and Sustainable Development
Sustainable development has reached a critical milestone. The United Nations (UN) is moving toward ratifying the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – 17 overarching goals that will replace the Millennium Development Goals due to expire this year that will set the global stage and norms for development from 2016 to 2030. So where will the funding […]
Impact Investing Scores $60B in Sustainable Assets – The Minute
Activity in the financial sector defined as responsible investing or socially responsible investing, has gotten a new term to fit a fast-growing, related practice: impact investing. Impact investing describes efforts that provide a return on investment while focusing on social and environmental issues. Criteria for the projected profitable outcomes of targeting such issues are an […]
What is Social Finance?
Sustainable development is increasingly on the front page – from growing demand for green bonds to the need for reliable power in sub-Saharan Africa – and a confluence of environmental, social and governance (ESG) trends are rapidly reshaping the global economy. We’re at an inflection point right now. Interconnected and complex global environmental, social and […]
ESG Risks and Opportunities in Affordable Housing Investments
The PRI’s Fixed Income Case Study series highlights examples of interesting and innovative approaches to responsible investment. Written by fixed income practitioners from around the world, the case studies cover topics such as integrating ESG, negative and positive screening, thematic investment and engagement. WHY DO ESG ISSUES MATTER FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? The investment opportunity of […]
The Opportunities and Challenges of Legislating Corporate Social Responsibility
Legislating Social Good Recent studies have shown that many companies are giving more generously to social causes than ever before. Some, like Unilever, Coca-Cola, GSK, and others, have begun to champion the notion that social and financial profit can be achieved simultaneously. But even the most progressive companies often sideline social investment and corporate social […]
Calvert Expands Responsible Indexes; Launches New Funds
BETHESDA, Md., July 1, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Calvert Investments, Inc., a global leader in Responsible Investing, announced today a major new initiative that the firm describes as the next step in the evolution of responsible investing. The firm is building upon its global Responsible Investing research expertise and has launched a suite of Responsible Indexes […]
Investment Funds Target Sustainable Aquaculture
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – The U.S. imports more than 90 percent of its seafood. This supply is becoming increasingly constrained as global demand is on the rise and wild-caught production is declining. According to the World Bank, aquaculture will supply two-thirds of global fish consumption by 2030. This is the lucrative area where private equity and […]
New ESG Investment Indexes and Funds for Investors
ESG-driven tools and products for investment continue to be developed by financial institutions to help investors, asset managers, and analysts more accurately define a company’s valuation. The most recent offering comes from Calvert Investments, which has launched a new initiative that it describes as “the next step” in the evolution of responsible investing. Building on 30 […]
The Vatican Encyclical and Responsible Investing
Guest blog by John Streur, CEO, Calvert Investments SOURCE: Justmeans DESCRIPTION: Pope Francis has crafted a compelling message. With Catholics representing 17 percent of the world’s population – 21 percent in the United States – and Catholic values expressed through large institutional investment portfolios worldwide, even non-believers should take note. Just as the Pope is […]
Good Governance Helps Good Companies Do Better
The reasons for companies to be more sustainable are many: risk avoidance, consumer/society demand, cost savings from reductions in use of resources, lower costs of renewable energy, and a more motivated workforce. The final rationale is an enhanced bottom line with increased profits earned from sustainable strategies and practices. But the overarching principle could be […]
Merrill Lynch Launches New Sustainable Impact Portfolios
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Socially responsible investing has increasingly begun to influence how asset managers invest portfolios. It not only involves practices that are aimed at avoiding harm by screening companies that are a part of an investment portfolio, but also includes more proactive approaches such as impact investing, community investing and shareholder advocacy. Merrill Lynch […]
USA Today Highlights Socially Responsible Investment in Financial Advice Column
USA Today, the most widely circulated newspaper in the U.S., has discovered socially responsible investing. An “AdviceIQ” column gives an overview of the field for its large audience (average daily paid circulation: 1.8 million copies) in “Investing To Do Good.” Author Kimberly J. Howard, a financial planner, explains impact investing and social impact bonds; points […]
S-Network Global Indexes to Host CSR Investing Summit in New York
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – According to a 2014 report by the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, sustainable investment trends show a sharp rise in the U.S. From 2012 to 2014, U.S. assets in sustainable, responsible and impact strategies recorded a growth of 76 percent, from $3.74 trillion to $6.57 trillion. A Sustainable Reality report from […]
Sustainable Mutual Funds Grow 76% in Two Years to $6.5 Trillion
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – A growing interest in sustainable investing has encouraged the financial sector to offer more socially responsible mutual funds that are designed to meet the demand. Investors are increasingly looking to put their money behind investments that not only offer a healthy economic return, but also hold true to their personal values. As […]
BlackRock, Ceres Launch Investor Guide on US Corporate Engagement
Large Investors Increasingly Expected to Engage on Sustainability Matters, and Better Understand Emerging ESG Risks SOURCE: Ceres DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, May 28, 2015 /3BL Media/ – The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has teamed up with nonprofit sustainability leader Ceres to create guidance for U.S. institutional investors on engaging with companies and policymakers on sustainability issues. The guide, […]
InvestWithValues.com Launches News Center
InvestWithValues.com is the leading gateway for the sustainable, responsible and impact investing community with its free educational resource and just launched news center. May 27, 2015 10:30 AM ET Tweet This: News Center offers curated articles by leading providers on #impinv #SRI #socfin #communityinvesting http://bit.ly/1IYClZf @InvestValues Press Release ARMONK, N.Y., May 27, 2015 /3BL Media/ […]
Exploring the Purpose of Gift
SOURCE: RSF Social Finance DESCRIPTION: This article was originally published in the Spring 2015 RSF Quarterly. by Kelley Buhles In 2013, a critical op-ed by Peter Buffett was published in the New York Times titled, “The Charitable Industrial Complex”, his term for the growing industry of philanthropy. Buffet explains, “Inside any important philanthropy meeting you […]
Four East Asian Exchanges Commit to Advancing Social Good in Capital Markets – Bringing World Total of “Sustainable Stock Exchanges” to 23
May 19, 2015 6:30 PM ET Tweet This: Four East Asian exchanges commit to advancing social good in capital markets by joining @SSEinitiative http://bit.ly/1PvIwb0 Press Release SEOUL, May 19, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Meeting in Seoul, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the CEO of the Korea Exchange today announced the commitment of the Exchange to promote […]
Breaking News: Semi-annual Changes to the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index
The Governance & Accountability Institute Would Like to Call Your Attention to Its Long Term Strategic Partner – CRD Analytics and the Semi-Annual Re-Balancing of the NASDAQ CRD Global Sustainability Index, Effective May 18, 2015. SOURCE: Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, May 18, 2015 /3BL Media/ — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), and […]
Exclusive Q&A with Audrey Choi, CEO, Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing
Blog Entry by Reynard Loki in Finance and SRI April 30, 2015 – 12:11pm Thursday, April 30, 2015 – 11:30am If you think that sustainable investing requires a trade-off around performance, Morgan Stanley’s Audrey Choi wants to change your mind. (Justmeans/3BL Media) — An important question in the field of sustainable investing is whether or not […]
Three Socially Responsible Companies with Big Free Cash Flows: Google, Microsoft, and Disney – The Minute
SOURCE: 3BL Media, LLC DESCRIPTION: Can companies with “do good” strategies also generate good profits? That ongoing question from investors continues to get positive answers. Three companies with robust CSR practices—Google, Microsoft, and Disney—have gotten a “thumbs up” from investment advisory The Motley Fool for the huge free cash flow they generate. Free cash flow […]
Wall Street Investment Firms Promote Socially Responsible Investing
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Impact investing represents a growing segment where the investors back businesses that combine both financial and social returns. The number of investment funds that incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has gone up from just 55 in 1995 to 925 in 2014, registering a growth of 1,600 percent. The total value […]
TD Bank Leads the Way in Better Banking
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Businesses are typically the largest direct consumers of natural capital, which is the financial value provided by natural resources and ecosystems. As key stakeholders and consumers, it becomes a critical responsibility of businesses to support the growth and preservation of natural capital in economic, social and environmental terms. TD Bank Group of […]
SASB Releases Its 2014 Annual Report
SOURCE: Bloomberg DESCRIPTION: Originally from the SASB 2014 Annual Report: Accounting for a sustainable future. It’s what we do. Our sustainability accounting standards are a reflection of the challenges that affect us today and in the future. They address the things that matter to investors and society —issues with the most risk and opportunity. They […]
The Apple Interview
Latest from the GreenMoney Interview Series SOURCE: GreenMoney Journal DESCRIPTION: GreenMoney Interview Series: “The Apple Interview” Featuring Jacky Haynes, Senior Director of Supplier Responsibility at Apple being interviewed by Bennett Freeman, former Senior VP for Sustainability Research and Policy at Calvert Investments __________________________ Introduction by Bennett Freeman, who was the Senior Vice President for Sustainability […]
Fifth Annual Impact Investor Survey Reflects on Industry Growth, Past and Projected
SOURCE: JPMorgan Chase & Co. DESCRIPTION: Click here to download the report May 4, 2015 /3BL Media/ -146 of the world’s largest impact investors, including fund managers, banks, development finance institutions, foundations, and pension funds report having committed $10.6 billion to impact investments in 2014, with plans to commit 16% more in 2015. The surveyed […]
Investors Tackle the Impact of Water Scarcity on Their Portfolios
Originally posted on Institutional Investor. On a recent trip to New York, Piet Klop, senior adviser for responsible investment at Dutch pension fund manager and adviser PGGM, took in an encouraging sight. At the headquarters of financial data provider Bloomberg, Klop saw a giant map projected on the atrium wall that highlighted the world’s most […]
Moms Make a World of Difference: Mother’s Day Campaign Celebrates the Inspirational Women of Fair Trade
April 27, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Celebrating Mother’s Day this year can be made even more meaningful when shoppers honor mothers from around the world through their Fair Trade purchases. Promoting the many ways that Fair Trade benefits mothers, Fair Trade USA, a nonprofit and the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products, today launched a […]
RSF Social Finance Extends Additional Financing to GREEN CREATIVE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2015 /3BL Media/ – RSF Social Finance (RSF) is pleased to announce a new loan to GREEN CREATIVE, a San Francisco Bay Area-based developer and manufacturer of commercial and specification grade LED lighting solutions. RSF financing, in participation with New Resource Bank, will be used to fund working capital needs and build inventory […]
Introducing the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative (Video)
The Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative is a peer-to-peer learning platform for exploring how exchanges, in collaboration with investors, regulators, and companies, can enhance corporate transparency – and ultimately performance – on ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) issues and encourage sustainable investment. Since 2012, several other leading exchanges have joined the group of SSE […]
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