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News & UpdatesMarch 6, 2010 A Fresh Look at Socially Responsible Mutual Funds
Source:US News and World Report
Most socially responsible mutual funds are born of a desire to help the environment, slow the spread of violence, or boycott certain practices. Parnassus Workplace (PARWX), on the other hand, sprang from between the covers of... March 3, 2010 More Than 50 Companies Voluntarily Adopt“Say on Pay” as Institutional Investors Continue to Press for an Advisory Vote
Source:Walden Asset Management
Washington, DC—Investors pushing for annual advisory shareholder votes on executive compensation today announced that more than 50 companies have now voluntarily adopted giving their shareholders an annual advisory vote on...[more] March 2, 2010 Companies Exposed to Water Risks Are Providing Investors With Too Little Data
Source:Social Funds.com
Global water scarcity has become a material business risk about which investors need information, to the extent that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) included a reference to the issue in its recent interpretive... March 2, 2010 Feel-Good Investing With Real ReturnsSource:Minyanville.comBack in 1995, long before he was a successful mutual fund manager, Adam Strauss spent the spring and summer living out of his pickup truck in Yosemite, where he spent all his time doing what he loved: rock climbing. March 2, 2010 Themed green funds continue sales boom
Source:Responsible Investor
Themed RI funds, which include green investment strategies, continued to rake in assets during December last year – as talks at Copenhagen ploughed on – with total sales of just over €2bn for the month, according to the latest... March 1, 2010 M&S reveals plan to be 'most sustainable retailer' in worldSource:The Scotsman - UKMARKS & Spencer is today expected to outline plans to become the "world's most sustainable retailer by 2015", writes Hamish Rutherford. The plan is an extension of an earlier eco-scheme, called "Plan A", which M&S launched in... March 1, 2010 MSCI buys RiskMetrics for $1.55bn
Source:Responsible Investor
MSCI, the index and risk group is buying RiskMetrics, the New York-listed risk management and corporate governance firm, in the latest twist to consolidation in the ESG research and governance space. It is paying approximately... February 27, 2010 MORE FOR MISSION JOINS HARVARD’S HAUSER CENTER FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONSSource:More For Vision InvestingCAMBRIDGE, MA – February 23, 2010 – More for Mission is pleased to announce that it will now be part of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University. More for Mission is a nonprofit organization dedicated...[more] February 27, 2010 Colgate Announces Implementation ofAdvisory Vote on Executive Compensation
Source:Walden Asset Management
Colgate-Palmolive Company announced its Board has decided to implement an advisory vote on executive compensation at its 2010 stockholder meeting. Mr. Daniel Stranahan, Chair of the Finance Committee of the Needmor Fund and...[more] February 25, 2010 CalPERS Investment Practices Raising IreSource:Globe Street.comSAN FRANCISCO-Critics of some of the California Public Employees' Retirement System's investment deals say the giant pension fund's participation in converting low-rent properties to market-rent apartments conflicts with its... [What would you find useful here?]
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