Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity of Fossil Fuels

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity of Fossil Fuels Stephen Heintz, left, with Valerie Rockefeller Wayne and Steven Rockefeller on Tuesday. Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times ·        Share ·          ·          By JOHN SCHWARTZ September 21, 2014 John D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. …

Sonen Capital: Impact Investing in Real Assets

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

  Report Release September 2, 2014       Upcoming Events    Putting Human before Capital: Innovative investments in Education  Sept 2, 2014   Impact Investing in 2014: The State of the Field Sept 3, 2014   Impact and Land-based Real Assets 101 Sept 3, 2014   Putting Money to Work …

Green Bonds Add to $5.7 Trillion Privately Invested in the Green Economy

Ethical Markets - RGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Green Bonds Add to $5.7 Trillion Privately Invested in the Green Economy Saint Augustine, FL, September 1, 2014 ~ The first two quarters of 2014 show the Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) at $5.7 trillion in private investments and commitments since 2007. This confirms the green economy is …

PRI Webinar: Carbon emissions – Understanding, managing and reporting

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

25 July 2014 Financial institutions are increasingly required to provide information about the steps they are taking to protect themselves – and their stakeholders – from investments exposed to systemic carbon and climate change risks. This webinar provides practical insights into how investors can identify and manage risks concealed in …

Zevin Asset Management Q2 2014 Investment Results

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Zevin Asset Management Q2 2014 Investment Results   Please click here to see Zevin Asset Management’s Q2 2014 results and corresponding charts. Attribution analysis, factbooks as well as the performance of our taxable composites are available upon request.   During the quarter, our Global Appreciation non-taxable composite increased by 2.01%, …

(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 …

[HIP] VOTE for People as an Asset; RSVP for Compelling Events in Impact Investing

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

  IN THIS ISSUE: I.  Upcoming HIP and Impact Investing Events: Join These Exciting Events & Hear from the HIP experts at many of them II.   Going Fossil-Fuel Free in Your Portfolio?: More Investors are quantifying future risk, especially from the carbon inefficiency of fossil-fuel firms; learn and watch recent HIP …

Green Transition Scoreboard® Tops $5.3 Trillion

Ethical Markets - RGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Resource Efficiency, Greentech, Trendspotting, Earth Systems Science, Advisors' Forum, News You Need, Reports You Need

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Green Transition Scoreboard® Tops $5.3 Trillion Privately Invested In The Green Economy  Saint Augustine, FL, March 31, 2014 ~  Again for 2014, the Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) finds, with $5.3 trillion in private investments and commitments since 2007, the green economy is on track to reach $10 …

Webcast: Generating high and consistent levels of alpha in a euro-zone equity portfolio

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  Webcast event: Generating high and consistent levels of alpha in a euro-zone equity portfolio Date: Tuesday, January 14th 2014 Time: 14:00 UK, 15:00 CET Presentation by: Guy Lerminiaux, CIO Equity Member of the Management Board of Petercam Institutional Asset Management Didier Van De Veire Petercam Institutional Asset Management Presenter: Brendan Maton …

Verge: Greenbuild sharpens focus on health and transparency

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  By Elaine Hsieh, Program Director & Senior Analyst – VERGE Greenbuild – the world’s largest green building conference – officially kicks off in Philadelphia today, and I’m excited to be here with about 40,000 others to take it all in. This is my eighth year attending, so it’s a reunion …