Community-wealth.org Newsletter: Raising Student Voices: Student Action for University Community Investment

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

The latest news on community wealth building initiatives!   Dear Colleague, Welcome to our June www.Community-Wealth.org e-newsletter. We are pleased to announce the release of a new report, Raising Student Voices: Student Action for University Community Investment, a joint publication with the Responsible Endowments Coalition. Nationally, institutions of higher education control more than …

Investing Fossil Free

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Greentech

The Shelton Green Alpha Fund has been recognized by 350.org and their Fossil-Free campaign as a truly fossil fuel-free mutual fund. As 350.org founder, Bill McKibben, has said “You can have a healthy fossil-fuel industry or a healthy planet, but you can’t have both”. Garvin Jabusch, Portfolio Manager for the Shelton Green Alpha Fund …

The Challenge of Institutional Investment in Renewable Energy

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance

David Nelson and Brendan Pierpont, Climate Policy Initiative, March 2013             Available via Creative Commons A move toward renewable energy sources will require significant long-term, low-cost investment. Policymakers, faced with fiscal constraints and a still-recovering financial system, have begun to look to institutional investors – principally pension funds and insurance …

DB Advisors to expand fiduciary management for UK SMEs

kristySRI/ESG News

DB Advisors to expand fiduciary management for UK SMEs Institutional investment division for Deutsche AM to grow offering in the US. 18/05/11 Fraud, fiscal irregularities found at half of Dutch real estate companies APG warns against ‘overreacting’ on pensions supervision NEST charges ‘not ideal’, says UK pensions minister ‘No hiding …