Impacting the Next Generation Without a doubt we, the Millennial Generation, believe that we can change the world. There is a “change agent” in each and every one of us. How do I know? Well, becaus we are different. Huge economic, cultural, and social shifts have changed our view on the world, and as […]
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Millennials: A Generation Forging a New Economic Path
The Millennial Generation has been a source of much debate in recent years. Commentators seem to disagree passionately about what the ultimate legacy of this generational cohort will be. Will Millennials answer the call and step up to solve some the pressing environmental and social challenges of our time? Or will they confirm the beliefs […]
Community Impact Investing
Green Money Journal’s January 2016 Issue Self Help Credit Union’s Green Impact Capital By Melissa Malkin-Weber, Sustainability Director, Self-Help Credit Union A Dialogue on Community Development and Impact Investing with CEI – featuring Ron Phillips, founding CEO of Coastal Enterprises Inc (CEI) talks with Ellen Golden, Senior VP for Corporate Development Impact Investing in 4 […]
Community Development & Revitalization – How It’s Done
A Dialogue on Community Development and Impact Investing: Featuring Ron Phillips and Ellen Golden of CEI Ron Phillips is the founding CEO of Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), the Community Development Corporation (CDC) and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) based in Maine. He will be stepping down from CEI in July 2016 after 38 years. Ellen […]
The Four P’s of Impact Investing
I hope you enjoyed your Holidays with family and friends as much as I did. In talking with mine about what we’re thankful for, health is always is at the top of my list, which then elicits my mother’s story of how my strong health foundation started with her making all my baby food rather […]
Morgan Stanley’s Sustainable Investment Themes 2016
Sustainable Investing Themes for 2016: ESG Integration, Climate Change and Inequality by Audrey Choi, CEO of Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing Sustainable investing is gaining momentum and increasingly taking its place at the center of mainstream investment conversations. We believe we are at a critical moment of sea change where integrating environmental, social and […]
Responsible Investing Provides Careers for Women
Finding Real Opportunities to Succeed I recently attended the PRI in Person conference on the Principles for Responsible Investment held in London last September and came away quite impressed. While I came away with plenty of new information to digest, and more than a bit overwhelmed, the reoccurring theme that stood out was not […]
Women and Investing
Green Money Journal’s November 2015 Issue Investing With Her By Gloria Nelund, Chairman & CEO of TriLinc Global, LLC Fixing a Flaw in the Financial Sector by Geeta Aiyer, president & founder of Boston Common Asset Mgmt Why Investing in Women Pays Off By Leslie Samuelrich, President of Green Century Capital Management Responsible Investing Provides […]
Fixing a Flaw in the Financial Sector
Women & the Future of Wall Street For much of my life, I have found myself inadvertently combining two elements that don’t always sit naturally together. For example, trying to balance the demands of parenthood alongside the demands of work, or bringing my Indian roots together with US culture to ensure my children enjoy […]
Investing ‘With’ Her and Her $28 Trillion of Wealth
By 2030 Women will control 2/3 of the private wealth in the US In 2001, at the age of 40, I became the CEO of Deutsche Bank’s $50B North America Private Wealth Management division, where among 200 executives across the Bank, I was the only woman. As I had done for the majority of my […]
Why Investing in Women Pays Off
What do the studies demonstrating the value of having women in leadership positions mean for those of us in the field of impact investing? For starters, it is helpful data to concretely back up what many of us already know from our experience – women can be strong leaders, communicators, problem-solvers and staff managers who […]
Biomimicry: How Business Learns From Nature
Janine Benyus, founder of Biomimcry 3.8 interviewed by Katherine Collins, founder of Honeybee Capital What does biomimicry have to do with Green Money? Well, everything. Biomimicry is the conscious emulation of nature’s wisdom, a methodology that is based not on harvesting nature but on learning from nature. This approach is beginning to shape our cities, our companies, […]
The Solutions Issue
Green Money Journal’s October 2015 Issue GreenMoney Interviews Series: Janine Benyus of Biomimcry 3.8 interviewed by Katherine Collins of Honeybee Capital Paul Hawken from “Changing of the Gods: Planetary and Human Revolution” (A forthcoming film by Kenny Ausubel of Bioneers) GreenMoney Interviews Series: Jessica Houssian of Women Moving Millions interviewed by Nina Simons of Bioneers […]
Impact Investing Picks Up Speed
Green Money Journal’s September 2015 Issue In the Right Place Now: Impact Investing By Amy Domini, founder of Domini Social Investments and partner in The Sustainability Group Impact Investing: Aligning Capital with the Conservation of Nature By Mark R. Tercek, President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy GreenMoney Interview Series: Hunter Lovins, president […]
Natural Capital – Why the Nature Conservancy Works with Wall Street
Today’s environmental challenges are bigger than ever. And a rapidly growing population coupled with climate change will only exacerbate current threats. Big challenges like these will require bold solutions. The environmental movement must try new approaches and scale up our work so it’s bigger, better and faster. Although our usual sources of funding—traditional philanthropy and […]
Investing in a Healthy Future: Sustainable Agriculture, Organics & Fair Trade
“If you do just one thing – make one conscious choice – that can change the world, go organic. Buy organic food. Stop using chemicals and start supporting organic farmers. No other single choice you can make to improve the health of your family and the planet will have greater positive repercussions for our future.” […]
The Global Impact of CSR
GreenMoney Interview Series: The Apple Interview Jacky Haynes, Senior Director of Supplier Responsibility at Apple is interviewed by Bennett Freeman, Senior VP for Sustainability Research and Policy at Calvert Investments Measuring a CSR Champion by Michael Jacobson, director of Intel’s Corporate Responsibility Office At Campbell’s Sustainable Business is a Long-Term Journey By Dave Stangis, Vice […]
Reflections from a Career Investor – Amy Domini
By Amy Domini, founder of Domini Social Investments and partner in The Sustainability Group Women and Investing. The feminist in me is struggling. The mere asking of the question implies a difference, and a difference, when it comes to women, tends to mean a weakness. Women and the sciences, women and sports, the debates about […]
Women & Investing
Welcome to the April issue on Women & Investing Abeer, Cliff, and Julie. Photo by Melanie West. It’s good to be back writing an introduction. First, I want to thank Mark Regier of Everence Financial, who served as Guest Editor of our February issue on “Faith & Investing.” The writers presented what proved to be […]