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Ignoring risk of climate change could put companies in hot water
After a sputtering start, the green revolution appears to be steadily making its way into corporate boardrooms.
Envestnet to unveil socially conscious platform
A platform will be launched next month offering what is being touted as the first socially conscious and sustainable-investing account in the financial services industry.
Activists push ‘genocide-free investing’ resolution
An organization advocating divestment from companies that support the economies in countries perpetrating genocide won an initial victory in bringing their cause to the fund boards of more than two dozen Fidelity funds.
Showing a little faith
People are no longer content to merely walk with God. They want to invest with him, too.
Investors see the green in ‘going green,’ survey finds
Investors are becoming interested in environmentally aware companies from an economic rather than a socially conscious perspective, and many are turning to their financial advisers for help in going green.
Dow Jones Dharma aims for good karma
The new indexes measure the performance of companies in accord with the values and principles of Dharmic religions.
Community investment goes mainstream
Investing in disadvantaged communities is going mainstream, with a variety of investment vehicles springing up.
Pax fund focuses on firms that empower women
A woman's place is in the House and Senate, said the late feminist and congresswoman Bella Abzug. Today, include the marketplace as well.
Socially conscious fund firms spread their asset-class wings
Investors eyeing socially conscious funds are no longer looking merely at the social issues; they are also looking for performance — a change that has resulted in new offerings from fund firms in asset classes that have been underrepresented in this market for nearly a decade.
Investing with a conscience can build client trust
Can you afford to ignore socially responsible investing? Investors put more than $1 trillion into socially and environmentally responsible portfolios in 1999.
