(Free Webinar) Lowering Portfolio Risk: New Evidence Reveals Higher-Impact Porfolios Can Outperform Traditional Investing

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

      June 10th Webinar Lowering Risk, Enhancing Returns: How High Impact Portfolios Can Outperform Traditional Portfolios A diversified portfolio, driven by smart data and rated for future risk, can deliver stronger returns with lower risk and positive impact Overall, 80% of the S&P 500 stock market valuation is …

The Economic Case for Divesting from Fossil Fuels

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Resource Efficiency

Garvin Jabusch, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer, Green Alpha Advisors   The fossil fuels industry, big oil, big coal, natural gas, and its allied sectors, including some large financial institutions, will not quietly or willingly retire into the history of ideas whose time has passed. That fossil fuels represent the single …

Hip Investor: Going Fossil-Free, a How-To Guide in PDF — and webinar

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

    IN THIS ISSUE: I. Going Fossil-Free, a How-To Guide in PDF — and webinar:  In partnership with 350.org, HIP co-authored Resilient Portfolios & Fossil-Free Pensions, showing city and states how to go fossil-free;  join us Weds, 6/19 for a collaborative webinar II. Federal Reserve Supports Investing for Impact: The Federal Reserve of …

NSFM Roundtable Explores Risk Management and Fundamental Principles of Fiduciary Duty

Ethical MarketsSRI/ESG News

Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘NSFM Roundtable Explores Risk Management and Fundamental Principles of Fiduciary Duty‘ A group of pension fund trustees, senior managers, advisors and academics gathered in Seattle in October, 2012 to discuss the challenges facing pension fund managers and trustees. Participants were …

What Does Fiduciary Duty Require?

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Advisors' Forum

What Does Fiduciary Duty Require? By Katherine Collins, Senior Sustainability Advisor, Ethical Markets Media We place great trust in our fiduciaries, and require much from them in return: fiduciaries are charged with upholding highest principles of stewardship while also managing a wide range of complex operations and processes. This breadth …