There are two common but differing opinions about millennials floating around society. The first is that our generation is lazy, and we feel “entitled.” The second is that we are going to change the world because we don’t settle for following in the set paths that have been established before us. As a millennial that […]
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Dutch pension fund moves from impact alignment to impact management
2030 Finance PGGM takes stock of what and how much impact its investments have, but on who remains a mystery How do you turn a supertanker? By degrees. Institutional investors that last year declared their “alignment” with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and other impact frameworks are now confronting the hard work of actually managing their investments […]
Millennials and Money: We are Not as Different as You Think
The financial services industry is a bit obsessed with trying to understand the next generation of investors – the notorious millennials. And for good reason – millennials represent the largest generation in history with a spending power of $1.5 trillion and growing[1]. Many millennials are well into their wealth accumulation phase and have already begun […]
ANNOUNCING: DJSI – HOW INSIGHTS INSPIRE ACTION
ANNOUNCING: DJSI – HOW INSIGHTS INSPIRE ACTION Leveraging the Value of the Corporate Sustainability Assessment April 6, 2018 Presented by Governance & Accountability Institute in collaboration with RobecoSAM Hosted at Baruch College/CUNY in New York City The aim of this workshop is to increase the participants’ knowledge about the importance of and methodology behind the […]
A Big Year, 2018 – Tipping Points For Developments in Corporate Sustainability & Sustainable Investing
Volume & Velocity Those may well be the key characteristics of developments in corporate sustainability and in sustainable investing in the year 2018. Linda-Eling Lee, Global Head of Research for MSCI’s ESG Research Group and her colleague Matt Moscardi (Head of Research Financial Sector, ESG) this week described what they are projecting in the traditional […]
SRI Cred from Giant Hedge Fund
Ray Dalio wants to see more “social impact investing.” Yes, that Ray Dalio, author of Principles: Life & Work, a best-selling business book that proselytizes for “radical transparency” as guidelines for his hard-charging, high-octane hedge fund firm. As the founder, chairman, and CIO of the $160 billion Bridgewater, the world’s largest hedge fund, Dalio’s […]
BlackRock just did one thing that changed the game for anyone who invests
Smarter Money CEO of world’s largest asset manager tells companies that measuring impact is no longer optional Photo by Christine Roy on Unsplash My firm, Village Capital, always tells entrepreneurs to build a product that’s a painkiller, not a vitamin. Vitamins are products people theoretically want, and make you feel better. People don’t need them, though. Painkillers are […]
2018 Better World Fund Ranking
Illustration by Benoit Tardif While the sea ice is melting in the Arctic at the fastest pace in 1,500 years and the California forests are burning at a rate greater than at any time in recorded history, the silver lining peeking through is that the world’s most important investors are no longer missing in action […]
Failure to launch
Illustration by Benoit Tardif When the Asset Owners Disclosure Project released its 2017 Global Climate Index last April, it came as no surprise that Canadian pension funds continued to lag behind their peers in addressing climate risks. No fund earned the designation of “Leader,” and nearly one quarter of the country’s largest asset owners were […]
The Important Group of ESG Rankers for Institutional Investors Expands to a Significant Player — Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)
Traditional Corporate Governance Focus Expanding to Encompass ISS Environmental & Social QualityScores for 1,500 Public Companies Coming in January… Expanding to 5,000 Companies in Q2… by Hank Boerner – G&A Institute Chair A significant new player is now entering the mix of the growing number of organizations providing institutional investors with ESG rankings and data. […]
Sustainable Investment in Europe at a Crossroads
An interview with Flavia Micilotta, Eurosif’s Executive Director Sustainable and responsible investment is helping mobilize and direct finance towards building a more inclusive, stable and greener European economy. We talked to Flavia Micilotta, Executive Director at Eurosif, to discover how. Eurosif is the pan-European sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) membership organization whose mission is to […]
From Sundial and Unilever, an M&A Trend We’d Like to See More of
It’s been a busy few months for Richelieu Dennis, the founder of Sundial Brands. After selling Sundial, the personal-care products company he founded, to Unilever in late November, he kicked off 2018 by buying Essence, the storied black culture magazine, from Time Inc., returning the magazine to black ownership. “I’m very focused on giving back, investing and growing my community,” […]
Socially-Responsible Online Investment Platforms: The Current Landscape
As the socially-responsible investing (SRI), ESG, and impact investing movements have gained steam, so has the number of companies offering products aligned with investors’ values. Providing low-cost, low-effort personal investment options, U.S. robo-advisors currently have more than $100 billion in assets, and are estimated to reach $2.2 trillion by 2020. To differentiate themselves within the […]
More Business Are Heeding the Call to be a Force for Good
Climate Change. Inequality. Political dysfunction and divisiveness. These are some of the monumental challenges we face in the year ahead. One encouraging note is that businesses are increasing stepping up and embracing the role of business as a force for good. The most visible sign of this is the B Corp. movement. Since its beginnings […]
7 Trends to Put on Your Radar
Large scale disasters, design thinking, and more will affect corporate social responsibility professionals in 2018 1. Large Scale Disasters will dominate headlines and bandwidth Warren Buffet has stated that natural disasters have a greater economic impact than terrorism. As an example, Puerto Rico’s economy is expected to shrink by 8% because of Hurricane Maria, […]
2017 in Review: Making the SDGs a Reality Through Sustainability Reporting
This year has been challenging for sustainability in many respects, but there have also been exciting developments in the sustainability reporting landscape. In this short series, we look back at GRI’s efforts, and at what 2018 has in store. A recent report revealed that the world needs to pick up the pace if we are […]
We Are Far Now From Milton Friedman’s Prevailing View on CSR in 1970 – Companies Are Showing The Way – Here Are 5 Examples
The stage was set in 1970 by Professor Milton Friedman, who wrote in a New York Times Magazine essay: The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits. He famously said in conclusion: “here is one and only one social responsibility of business–to use it resources and engage in activities designed to increase its […]
Tax Reform: A Real Cohn Job
The seemingly well-intended (but integrity-dependent) tax break to attract our so-called best and brightest to public service has been exploited for personal gain under the gloss of “public service.” By John Fullerton, founder and president of Capital Institute It seems that Gary Cohn, a trader and former heir apparent at Goldman Sachs—a life-long Democrat, let’s recall—and […]
High Water Women’s 2017 Investing For Impact Symposium
By Laura Malo – GRI reporting analyst, G&A Institute On November 30th the High Water Women organization’s 5th Annual Investing for Impact Symposium in New York City drew a record crowd; I was pleased to attend as a G&A Institute representative (G&A was a sponsor of the event). Background: In 2005, High Water Women organization […]
Harvard Business Review – Increased Focus on Corporate Sustainability, Convening CEOs for Critical Conversations on the Theme
Harvard Business Review is one of the most powerful of external influences for the corporate C-suite. Ideas, concepts and themes appearing in the pages (digital and print) of HBR create important initiatives in American companies. HBR editors are focusing these days on corporate sustainability in various dimensions. Remember the debut of the “Shared Value” by […]
SRI Is Growing up Right Before Our Very Eyes
What was once considered the limited domain of environmental and social activists has grown to become an established force in the capital markets that should be ignored at your own risk. The space is expanding and evolving at an accelerating rate, and this trend shows no signs of turning. Over the past few years, we […]
My 2018 Outlook by Amy Domini, Founder, Domini Impact Investments
As simplistic as it is, I believe that when attempting to predict the market action for the year ahead, it is necessary to first review the secular environment. Over the past century, our stock market has tended to take a staircase steps approach to progress. We see roughly 15 years of flat followed by roughly […]
SRI Continues Move to Mainstream
Regular readers of Justmeans will recall several articles about how socially responsible investing is moving from its marginal niche into the wider universe of the investment sector. Increasingly, institutional investors, asset managers, and analysts are incorporating ESG factors into their decision-making. The US Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment estimates that now more than a […]
Business and the Sustainable Development Goals: Why It Matters
In an increasingly interconnected, complex and turbulent world, business is navigating uncharted waters. Amidst this uncertainty, the global community came together in a global call to action to guide all stakeholders– including business– in building a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive society. While the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were designed for and approved by governments, […]
Innovative SRI Method Attracts Investors
Institutional investors are pioneering another pathway in the still evolving field of socially responsible investing. “The recent launch of indices and funds offering smart beta incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations indicates there is investor appetite out there. . .These allow investors to integrate a responsible investment approach alongside smart beta factors that hunt […]
Latin America’s Top 100 Sustainable Companies
Indexed as one of the Top 100 companies in Latin America, the Spanish utility Iberdrola has brought sustainable electricity to this Brazilian family many thousands of others through its Luz para Todos (Light for All) program, a joint initiative with the Brazilian government. (Photo courtesy Iberdrola) Posted for media use By Sunny Lewis November 24, […]
Designing a global financial system fit for (sustainable) purpose
2030 Finance A roadmap for climate- and SDG-finance from the United Nations and the World Bank reflects a shift that’s well underway Photo credit: Getty Images Anti-globalists could have a field day with the new “Roadmap for a Sustainable Financial System” from the World Bank and UN Environment. The bankers and bureaucrats are aiming at nothing than […]
If We Can’t Align Investment With the SDGs We Won’t Achieve Them
The headline to this article is a sobering assessment, but it’s accurate. In a nutshell, companies tend to publish voluminous annual sustainability reports, chock full of contextual information, while investors tend to want this data boiled down to a short list of points that are easy to process, analyze and compare. With an estimated $90 […]
U.N. Secretary-General: End fossil fuel investment and put a price on carbon
Climate Finance Guterres calls for the world to honor its $100 billion (per year) pledge to finance the low-carbon transition U.N. secretary-general António Guterres l Photo credit: UNclimatechange / Flickr António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, gives it to you straight. In his speech at the global climate conference underway in Bonn, Guterres called […]
2nd Berlin ESG Investments & Green Finance Forum 2017
BERLIN, Nov. 14 /CSRwire/ – 2nd Berlin ESG Investments & Green Finance Forum 2017. Connecting Green Finance with Sustainable Brands Topic: “ESG Investments in Digitalization, Clean Energy & Sustainable Brands as Growth Drivers towards a Low Carbon Economy”. Forum dedicated Website: http://sustainabilityforum.de Berlin 14.11.2017 – Location: IBB, Conference Center, Bundesallee 210,10719, Berlin Forum Metrics: 16 int. […]
Corporate Citizenship Presenting at Upcoming Measurement Summit in Washington D.C.
Impact measurement has become a must for today’s CSR professionals. But how are organizations using the data collected to communicate the impact they’re having on their communities and society? November 9, 2017 /3BL Media/ – The forthcoming ACCP Measurement Summit in Washington D.C. on 5th December 2017, kindly hosted by KPMG, will bring together CSR, […]
Faith in Finance
Buddhist statues Yangon, Myanmar, February 2015 (Photo by J. Durok) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis ZUG, Switzerland, October 27, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – First the numbers. Financial investors and leaders of more than 30 faith traditions representing over 500 faith investment groups from eight religions with some three trillion dollars in assets, will […]
Sustainable Investing: From Possibilities to Probabilities
Guest Blog by Joe Keefe, President/CEO, Pax World Funds When industry leaders look at the future of sustainable investing, our tendency is to pat ourselves on the back for the tremendous progress we have made and make optimistic predictions about the wonderful progress that still lies ahead. While not wanting to be the skunk at […]
Can a Long-Term Stock Exchange drive long-term impact?
2030 “We want to liberate those decision-makers who think they have a long-term thesis to act on them” Eric Ries Short-termism in business and finance is blamed for everything from excessive CEO compensation to underinvestment in infrastructure to the Great Recession itself. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink last year took CEOs to task for excessive dividend payouts, […]
Reflections From a Field Builder: The Next 25 Years of SRI Investing
The Unstoppable Growth of Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing by Lisa Woll, CEO, US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment While offering the standard disclaimer that past performance is no guarantee of the future, I nevertheless offer some predictions for, and reflections about, the future of sustainable and impact investing. The field has […]
The SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing is November 1-3 in San Diego
The SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing, is the industry’s seminal event. The 28th annual conference is right around the corner. Thought leaders, investors, and investment professionals from all corners of the Sustainable, Responsible, Impact (SRI) investing universe convene to gain and share knowledge and strategies that align financial performance with positive change. Conference […]
GRI’s Collaboration With PRI Boosts Responsible Investment and Action Towards the SDGs
GRI’s Chief Executive Tim Mohin and PRI’s Managing Director Fiona Reynolds signed a collaboration agreement on September 19 in New York. The collaboration agreement signed by the two organizations reinforces the joint efforts between the leading global sustainability reporting framework and the world’s principal initiative for responsible investment, to align corporate sustainability reporting with investor […]
What Happens When Big Business Media Reports on CSR
The WSJ has published a downbeat assessment of CSR. The article cited a study showing that CEOs exiting Fortune 500 companies were 84% more likely to be fired if they invested strongly in good corporate citizenry yet recorded below par financial results than CEOs at poor performing companies that spent less on “do-good” initiatives. […]
Green Alpha Advisors’ Market Commentary – Q3 2017
The global economy is evolving to new levels of efficiency, while minimizing some of the primary systemic risks that threaten to undermine our ecological underpinnings, and thus economic growth. These threats are myriad, but can largely be placed within three major risk groups: climate change, resource scarcity and degradation, and widening inequality. Green Alpha’s investment […]
Moving Beyond VC: New Investment Structures for Impact
By Logan Yonavjak Research shows that the majority of venture capital (VC) investments go bust. The model itself is centered around selecting unicorns that will achieve a home run and can cover the costs of other investments in a portfolio that fail. Much has been written about the failures of the VC approach as of […]
LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT! REGISTER & RESERVE YOUR SEAT AT DEMYSTIFYING THE CSA & DJSI
LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LEFT! REGISTER & RESERVE YOUR SEAT AT DEMYSTIFYING THE CSA & DJSI Focus on Assessment Questions for Human Rights, Human Capital & Supply Chain A Practitioner Workshop on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Presented By Governance & Accountability Institute in collaboration with RobecoSAM The aim of this workshop is to increase the participants’ knowledge […]
SEC Proposes Important Amendments to Corporate Disclosure & Reporting – Changes Are in the Wind — But Corporate ESG Disclosure Is Not Addressed in the SEC Proposals …
October 12 2017 – by Hank Boerner – Chair, G&A Institute On October 11, 2017 important news was coming from the Securities Exchange Commission (in Washington DC) for corporate leaders and investment professionals: a comprehensive package of proposed changes (amendments) to existing rules for corporate disclosure and reporting was released for public examination and comment. There […]
Bank statement
Timothy Lane, deputy governor of Bank of Canada, speaks during the Finance Sustainability Initiative conference in Montréal, Quebec, on March 2, 2017. Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images This past March, the Bank of Canada had its coming out party on the topic of climate change in the form of a speech at the Finance […]
Morgan Stanley Releases New Report Finding Sustainability Communication Disconnect Between Companies and Investors
Communicating Sustainability paper identifies a communications gap and provides best practices for meeting investor ESG needs NEW YORK, October 12, 2017 /3BL Media/ – Today the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing released a new report analyzing the communications disconnect between the environmental, social and governance (ESG) information investors seek and what companies provide. The […]
Bloomberg Becomes First U.S.-Domiciled Corporate Retirement Plan Sponsor to Sign the PRI
October 12, 2017 /3BL Media/ – Bloomberg today announced at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit that it has become the first U.S.-domiciled corporate retirement plan sponsor (ERISA plan sponsor) to join the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). By joining, Bloomberg will incorporate the six, voluntary Principles for Responsible Investment into its investment practices. The principles align […]
B Lab Honors 28 Best for the World Funds
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /CSRwire/ – This week B Lab released the 2017 Best for the World Fund list, which recognizes private debt and equity funds that are setting the measurement and management bar in impact investing. A full list of honorees is published by B the Change, B Lab’s online publication. This year’s list […]
Dear Cities: Resist Amazon’s HQ2
There is something untoward about the feeding frenzy we are witnessing as cities across the country vie to be the site of Amazon’s second headquarters (“HQ2”). There is something untoward about the feeding frenzy we are witnessing as cities across the country vie to be the site of Amazon’s second headquarters (“HQ2”). Amazon, after all, […]
Whirlpool Taps Wind as Propeller Of Sustainability and Community Investment
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Transitioning to clean energy is one of the most efficient ways for companies to mitigate their environmental impact, as it prevents GHG emissions as well as providing a long-term solution for energy needs. For that reason, appliance manufacturer Whirlpool Corporation is pushing ahead with wind energy expansion as part of its efforts to […]
Major Investors and Businesses Support Staying the Course on Strong Vehicle Rules
Investors, Ceres BICEP Network release ads and letters October 5, 2017 /3BL Media/ – Today, 36 institutional investors with over $813 billion in assets and a network of major businesses with over $400 billion in revenue, called on the Trump administration to not weaken the current light-duty vehicle fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions standards. The ask […]
The SRI Conference – 28 Years Strong
Steve Schueth, as producer of the 28th annual SRI Conference, has a unique approach to creating the five track conference agenda that attracts over 700 sustainable investment and finance professional participants. He works with a volunteer agenda committee of twenty-one people from across the industry to help him sift through the 100+ proposals for speakers […]
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