Socially Responsible Investments

Are You Being a 'Muppet'?

John Friedman | Posted 05.29.2012

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The most famous Muppet of all, Kermit the frog, famously stated, "It's not easy being green." Turns out, it's not easy as being an empowered investor either.

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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

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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Socially-Conscious Banking: End to Foreclosures & Occupy Your Home

Mitchell J. Rabin | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Children, Robo-Signing, Mortgage Crisis, Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Muhammad Yunus, Barack Obama, Home Foreclosures, Child Abuse, Subprime Mortgages, Grameen Bank, Values, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Occupy Wall Street, Banking Crisis, Foreclosure Moratorium, Foreclosure, Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Potter, Corporate Greed, Children's Health, Healthcare, Family, Business News

Remove foreclosure as an outcome of non-payment and an entirely fresh vision of borrower-lender relationship is put in place, now as cooperating partners, as in a business deal, because that's really what it is.

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Taking Responsible Investing Seriously

Marian Gibbon | Posted 12.11.2011

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Responsible investing continues to grow up and go mainstream. In September, three events -- the publication of two reports and the launch of a new investment product -- highlighted the diverse ways in which it's doing so.

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Want to Make a Difference? Invest Responsibly

Amy Domini | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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

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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Norway Complicit in Human Rights Abuses in Burma: New Report

Matthew Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Foreign Affairs, Burma, Democracy, Corporate Accountability, Investment Banks, Investing, Aung San Suu Kyi, Earthrights International, Human Rights, Norway, Myanmar, Environment, Southeast Asia, Csr, Oslo, Business News

If you're knowingly invested in companies contributing to human rights abuses, you're complicit. But like Norway, you can avoid that complicity by selling your shares in the problematic company.

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Ending Global Poverty Isn't About Doing Good

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Malaria, Half the Sky, Bamboo Finance, Social Entrepreneurship, Impact News

To end global poverty, I am wary and weary of people who want to "do good." How about more people who want to "do smart"?

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Less Exciting Times for Stocks

Amy Domini | Posted 05.25.2011

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The market is neither a bargain nor a balloon-waiting-to-bust. What this implies is that stocks will rise if the earnings at underlying companies rise. And it looks like they will.

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The new dawn for not-so-new socially responsible investing

Marc Stoiber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Risk Management, Green Economy, Green Business, Sustainability Index, Fiduciary-Duty, Corporate Sustainability, Business News

This article was co-authored by Maria Umbach and Marc Stoiber of Maddock Douglas, a leading innovation agency based in Chicago. Thanks go to Michael J...

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Paul Hawken's Winning Investment Strategy

Marc Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

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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

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

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Religious Exchange Traded Funds Increasing In Popularity

DailyFinance | Sheryl Nance | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Religion, Religious Hedge Funds, Exchange Traded Funds, Business News

Increasingly, people are choosing to put their money where their values are, and that sentiment isn't lost on money managers. Just this week, the firs...

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Accountability for Minerals in the Eastern DRC

Zoe McMahon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronics Industry, Supply Chain, Socially Responsible Investments, Conflict Minerals, Hewlett-Packard, Responsible Mineral Investment, Electronics, Traceability Africa, Congo, Democratic Reublic of Congo, Green News

Although the electronics industry can't solve this issue alone, we at HP believe that addressing conflict minerals is a natural extension of our existing efforts.

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Ecopreneur: An Innovative Way to Attract Investors in a Recession

Kristin Boekhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't have to convince the Bangladeshis of the potential of their country. They are keen to change the world's negative perception of Bangladesh; a high-profile, luxury eco resort could do just that.

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Stock Picker Market Now

Amy Domini | Posted 05.25.2011

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The economy is growing stronger and stocks are not overvalued. Washington, however, is not giving us a feel-good experience, and psychology matters.

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Still Not Scared to Invest

Amy Domini | Posted 05.25.2011

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I see a lot of encouraging news out there. Though GDP growth may continue to suffer, I believe we have again achieved a backdrop against which stocks should be able to trade on underlying earnings.

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Don't Trust Vanguard: Vote For Genocide-free Investing

Susan Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the vast number of people who feel it is unethical to help fund genocide, the decision to vote in favor of the Vanguard shareholder proposal is an easy one.

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Feeling Good in Bad Times

Amy Domini | Posted 05.25.2011

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The recent rally has allowed us to breath. No one is predicting a V-shaped recovery, which I find interesting. It sure has looked like one so far.

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$3.9 Trillion Sitting on the Sidelines

Amy Domini | Posted 05.25.2011

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It seems hard to believe, but 92% of companies' stock prices are not at their low point for the trailing year. So before letting the headlines set the tone, consider some of the underlying indicators.

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"You're About to Witness A Crime."

Max Keiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Workers and savers end up footing the bill for Wall Street's bonuses and Fed-crimes against the dollar.

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Dan Solin: Smart Advice For the HuffPost Investor

Huffington Post | Dan Solin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is it worth paying a premium to invest in a socially responsible mutual fund? The securities industry thinks so. Some of these funds have front end sa...

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