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...
View ArticleSustainable 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...
View ArticleSRI 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...
View ArticleScotiabank Proudly Supports the Task Force on Climate-related Financial...
TORONTO, February 5, 2018 /3BL Media/ – Scotiabank today proudly announced its support of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). “As Canada’s...
View ArticleIn the Vanguard: Fund Giants Urge CEOs to Be a ‘force for Good’
by Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor of the Financial Times American markets are spinning on a carousel. As fourth-quarter corporate earnings tumble out this week, analysts are digesting every digit,...
View ArticleInvestors Signal a Shift in Mainstream Finance Towards an “SDG Bonds” Market...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., February 9, 2018 /3BL Media/ – The United Nations Global Compact, in partnership with PIMCO and ENEL, convened a two-day symposium to mobilize private finance and investment...
View ArticleCarbon Tracker Unveils 2˚C Compliant Scenario Analysis Tool on Bloomberg App...
The Carbon Tracker Initiative, an independent financial think tank, announced today that its in-depth analysis of the impact of climate change on a company’s exposure to carbon transition risk is...
View ArticleESG Investment to Grow in 2018—Along with Risks
Sustainalytics has released “10 for 2018,” a report that evaluates risks and opportunities in the coming year. On the upside, Sustainalytics finds that ESG-driven investing will continue to increase in...
View ArticleHow Sustainable Are Corporate Pensions?
Climate change, the low-carbon transition and sustainable development pose some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The global transition is well underway and has urgent and wide-ranging...
View ArticleShareholders Vote Their Values Through Proxies
It’s proxy season again, when shareholders in public companies can file resolutions on issues they would like considered at annual company meetings. A new report offers a look at 2017’s proxy efforts,...
View ArticleSustainable Investing Challenge Expands Its Global Footprint
This year’s 8th annual Sustainable Investing Challenge has attracted the most geographically dispersed slate of finalists yet, with an equally diverse offering of investment proposals. Graduate...
View ArticleMaking Waves: the Strategic Investor Initiative’s CEO Investor Forum
The third CEO Investor Forum, held on February 26 in New York City, has received a lot of attention in the media as the effort to end short-termism on Wall Street gains increasing traction. Responsible...
View ArticleBold Investments Changing the Future of Social Good
Whether addressing income inequality or access to vital resources such as water, food, or healthcare, lasting change only starts with a committed investment or partnership. Reaching a meaningful end...
View ArticleNews From the Capital Markets
Investors and governments are increasingly pushing for more transparency regarding the non-financial impacts of business. GRI welcomes these developments, and seeks to support companies in...
View ArticlePutting Our Feminism Into Our Finances
by Kristin Hull, Founder and CEO, Nia Impact Capital While many of us have been at this for a while now, 2018 is the year we stand to make significant progress in our efforts to bring more women into...
View ArticleWomen in Finance: Plant Your Garden and Tend It
How finance could and should be a tool for good Though it seems incredible, we’ve learned that there are some among us who have managed to skate by, oblivious to the numerous and systemic obstacles...
View Article5 Investment Ideas to Celebrate Earth Day 2018
BALTIMORE, April 20, 2018 /3BL Media/ — Legg Mason, Inc., the global asset management firm, has $159 billion of total long-term AUM (as of March 31, 2017) invested in Environment, Social and Governance...
View ArticleGender Equality: With or Without the Federal Government
by Julie Gorte, SVP, Impax Asset Mgmt/Pax World Funds “The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.” – Japanese Proverb There was a time in human history when size...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley Announces New Commitment to Finance $250Bn in Low-Carbon...
Commitment includes clean-tech and renewable energy financing, sustainable bonds and other low-carbon solutions NEW YORK, April 24, 2018 /3BL Media/ – Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced a new...
View ArticleInvestment Decisions That Impact Your Career
by Bonnie Foley-Wong, Founder, Pique Ventures and Pique Fund There are many paths to a career in impact investing. Some impact fund managers began their careers in traditional venture capital, whilst...
View Article