Socially Responsible Investing

Eight Ways Money Managers Can Be 'HOT': Honest, Open, Trustworthy

R. Paul Herman | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Investment Advice, Investing, Socially Responsible Investing, Personal Finance, Money Portfolios, 401k, Investment Advisor, Mutual Fund Manager, Finance Portfolios, Money Managers, Money Management, Money News
R. Paul Herman

You don't just want smart people to manage your money, you want smart people you can trust -- who are comfortable with the 21st century culture of transparency, not the 20th century secretive approach.

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Lila Shapiro

Walmart Dumped By Pension Fund Over Poor Worker Conditions

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Abp, Walmart, Socially Responsible Investing, Divestment, Investment, Walmart Labor, Ufcw, Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds, Labor Issues, Pension Funds, Business News

A major pension fund and longtime investor in Walmart has blacklisted the retailing behemoth, citing poor labor practices and the company's anti-union...

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Impact Investing: New Kid on the Block?

Robert Zevin | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Investing, Socially Responsible Investing, Amy Domini, Silicon Valley, Impact, Business News
Robert Zevin

The primary question about an impact investment should not be "how profitable is it?" but "how well designed is it to achieve necessary changes in the social-economic context?"

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Public Corporations Are Not Democracies, But They Should Be

Jack Ucciferri | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Socially Responsible Investing, Democracy, Corporate Personhood, Corporate Governance, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Occupy Movement, CEO Compensation, Ceos, Politics News
Jack Ucciferri

While it is true that CEO's dominate contemporary corporate governance, it need not be so. It should not be so. In theory, it is not so.

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Investor Support for the Occupy Movement

Robert Zevin | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investing, Unemployment, Corporate Greed, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Business News
Robert Zevin

As socially responsible investors, we seek the same goals as those protesting. Therefore we stand alongside the Occupy movement, supporting freedom, transparency, human dignity, and responsibility.

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Impact Investing Defined

Jigar Shah | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Energy, Environmental, Socially Responsible Investing, Global Economy, Carbon Emissions, Impact Investing, Renewable Energy, Green Economy, Economic Recovery, Investors, Green News
Jigar Shah

The term "Impact Investing" has taken on many meanings in the past few years. I want to end the confusion and underscore that impact investing must by definition deliver impactful and compelling financial returns.

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Want to Make a Difference? Invest Responsibly

Amy Domini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Shareholder Rights;, Investing, Amy Domini, Socially Responsible Investing, Calvert Foundation, Pax World, Socially Responsible Mutual Funds, Business News
Amy Domini

For socially responsible investors, impact starts by changing the dialog.

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Investors for Immigration Reform

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investing, Walden Asset Management, Boston Common Asset Management, Mercy Investment Services, John Liu, Hispanic Integration Hub, Immigration, Partnership for a New American Economy, Lamar Smith, Conservatives for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Unitarian Universalist Association, Steve King, Elton Gallegly, Politics News
Daniel Altschuler

Why should investors and corporations support immigration reform? In short, because immigration helps the economy, and companies rely on immigrant innovation, talent and complementary labor to thrive.

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Entrepreneurs Are Transforming The Developing World

Randall Kempner | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Impact Investing, South Africa, Socially Responsible Investing, Small Business, Developing World, Developing Countries, Aspen Institute, Entrepreneurs, India, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Investors, Business News
Randall Kempner

At least once a day at work (and all too often at cocktail parties), I have the opportunity to explain to a newcomer in my field why I think small and growing businesses (SGBs) are key to long-term poverty eradication in developing countries.

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Al Gore's Investment Firm Seeks Socially Responsible Companies In Asia

Bloomberg | Jesse Westbrook and Zijing Wu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Gore Asia, Generation Investment Management, Asia Economy, Socially Responsible Investing, Al Gore, Asia, Business News

Al Gore's Generation Investment Management LLP, which buys shares of companies it deems socially responsible, aims to start a $500 million fund to inv...

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Impact Investing -- Using Green Thinking to Make Green Dollars

April Rudin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Investments, Investing, Socially-Responsible Investing, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Bernard Madoff, Green Living, Green Politics, Impact, Business News
April Rudin

It's not easy being green. And we all know that it is not easy "making green." But in the future it will be.

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Is There A Cure For Greed?

John Selby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Psychology of Greed, Greed, Bob Samuels, Student Loans, Socially-Responsible Investing, Investment, Investment Bubble, Business News
John Selby

I've been studying the human phenomenon of greed for 30 years, and I believe we make a mistake when we accuse the lucky rich folk of being greedy, without realizing that greed is a universal human trait.

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Paul Hawken's Winning Investment Strategy

Marc Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baldwin Brothers, Socially Responsible Investments, Paul Hawken, Socially Responsible Investing, Highwater Global Fund, Business News
Marc Gunther

Hawken oversees the Highwater Global Fund, founded on the premise that if a small number of companies set out to do the most possible good, they will do very, very well in the long run.

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The Chamber of Commerce and Climate Change

Joe Keefe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebay, Socially Responsible Investments, Sun Microsystems, Carbon Emissions, Nike, Copenhagen 2009, Chamber of Commerce, Pacific Gas & Electric, President Obama, Microsoft, Sustainable Investing, Clean Energy, Barack Obama, Carbon Footprint, Socially Responsible Investing, Mutual Funds, Sri, Greenhouse Gases, Dow Chemical, Environment, Pax-World, Sustainability, Sec, Climate Change, Copenhagen, US Chamber of Commerce, Socially Responsible Mutual Funds, Green News
Joe Keefe

The Chamber of Commerce is dead wrong on climate change, and dead wrong on cap-and-trade legislation.

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Start-Up Capital for For-Profit Social Entrepreneurs, Part 2: A Resource Guide

Rachael Chong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nonprofit, Social Enterprise, For-Profit, Socially Responsible Investing, Social Venture, Social Entrepreneurship, Start-Up Capital, Start-Ups, Impact News
Rachael Chong

For the second part of my series on start-up capital for social entrepreneurs, I've created a list of investors, incubators, networks and other resources that support start-up social ventures in the U.S.

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Start-up Capital for For-Profit Social Entrepreneurs - Where the heck is it? Part 1.

Rachael Chong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Office of Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, Ashoka, Socially Responsible Investing, Echoing Green, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Investing, Start-Ups, Investor's Circle, Social Entrepreneur, Cheryl-Dorsey, Impact News
Rachael Chong

With all the recent attention given to social entrepreneurs, when will we actually begin to see an acceptable level of investment directed towards these leaders of social change?

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The Tomato, the Banker, and the Alderman

Flora Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leon Despres, Vegetables, Farmers Markets, Food, Gardening, Hyde Park, Ron Grzywinski, Tomatoes, Community Development, Shorebank, Socially Responsible Investing, Urban Gardening, Leaon Despres Tomato, Hyde Park Gardening, Despres Tomato, Chicago News
Flora Lazar

The Despres Tomato's characteristic thin skin and fragility are probably not a reflection of the 100-year-old alderman who was known throughout his career for his tenacity.

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