| Why is Nobody Talking About Financial Advisors?
 By Tyler Jackson If we want environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors to permeate all layers of the financial system, we need to talk about financial advisors. As Jessica Matthews, head of mission-related investing at Cambridge Associates, said at SOCAP16, “We need to think of advisors as a gateway, rather than a gatekeeper to impact investing.” Ultimately it’s financial a…
Leading Hedge Fund Manager Moves into SRI – The Minute
Paul Tudor Jones, founder of Tudor Investment, an $11 billion asset management and investment firm, is moving into the socially responsible investment field. The vehicle is JUST Capital, a nonprofit organization that is developing a measure called America’s Most Just Index. That’s a rating that ranks Russell 1000 Index companies on how they treat their employees, consumers, comm…
After the Election: Can the ‘Impact Economy’ Power Clintonomics? (Podcast)
 There’s still a nail-biting week remaining in the presidential election campaign, so it’s possible the Returns on Investment podcast jumped the gun. Nonetheless, in this week’s episode our regular guests look ahead to the potential for impact investing in a possible Clinton administration. “There are going to be huge challenges that she’s going to face around prosperity, job cre…
Impact Investing in Central America: New Funds, More Support, High Expectations
 Promising impact ventures, new impact funds and growing interest from banks, NGOs and high net worth families – impact investing in Central America may finally be poised for takeoff. One place to take stock of the rising level of activity is Antigua, Guatemala, which is gearing up for this month’s second Latin American Impact Investment Forum for Central America and the Caribbean (“F…
What Cools the Planet Warms the Heart
 Back in September, we blogged that the world’s two biggest global carbon dioxide producers had ratified the United Nations’ landmark climate accord, the Paris Agreement, agreeing to take measures to prevent global average temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Centigrade above pre-industrial levels. Then in October, we told you that enough nations have now ratified the Agreement so…
Cutting the Carbon Cord: A Tale Of Two Utilities
On the cusp of official “entry into force” of the groundbreaking Paris Agreement on climate change, it’s a great time to take a look at how the United States is positioned to drive the Agreement’s objectives forward. With a recently proposed Integrated Resource Plan from Dominion Resources in Virginia and an agreement struck by Xcel Energy in Minnesota, we have two salient examples to…
Investing in Impact Enterprises: Three Principles for Newcomers to Impact Investing
 Most of us enjoy a good burger. But we sometimes feel guilty about the impact of all that beef on the environment. Should we stop eating our beloved burgers? Tech start-up PastureMap has a different answer. PastureMap created an app that helps farmers plan grazing, raise more beef, make a profit, cut carbon – and reduce our burger guilt. When cattle spend a lifetime on native grasslands a…
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