Commentary & Opinion

September 2, 2010 Garbage in, garbage out

Source:Investment and pension Europe

Since I was appointed CIO of Boston-based responsible investment specialist Trillium Asset Management in 2004, I have been working towards the fuller integration of social and environmental analysis into institutional investment,...

September 1, 2010 Championing Corporate Social Responsibility

Source:Shannon Schuyler, The Huffington Post

A recent op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal by Aneel Karnani has stirred up quite a reaction in the corporate responsibility (CR) community. For those not familiar with the op-ed, Mr. Karnani argues that "the idea of...

September 1, 2010 Inglorious CEOs

Source:Fast Company

Timing is everything. Could there be a worse time than now be a CEO? First the world economic calamity shined a light into the dark corners of the banking and finance industries. The heads of powerful institutions were called on...

September 1, 2010 5 Warning Signs For Bad PR Stocks

Source:San Francisco Chronicle

Not all bad news is created equal. Patient and savvy long-term investors can leverage short-term setbacks into long-term winnings by realizing that the most likely outcome of a so-called disaster is not nearly as bad as the...

August 30, 2010 Is the BP Gulf Oil Spill a Game Changer for Sustainable Investing?

Source:CSRWire Talkback

Now, companies in other difficult situations – not specifically environmental disasters – experience similar drops in share price, of course. That is the risk – and opportunity – in owning equity.

August 27, 2010 Financial Stocks and Socially Responsible Investing

Source:Seeking Alpha

In my previous post on the U.S. financial sector, I expressed misgivings that it would be a good place to invest over the next decade or so, considering how big it has become. Some leveling off of growth, or reversion to the...

August 24, 2010 Build it Green: Many ways to construct a socially responsoble portfolio

Source:NY Daily News

Many investors might agree with Kermit the Frog, who observed: "It’s not easy being green." If you want your investments to be environmentally sensitive, should you include or avoid shares of a utility that owns nuclear...

August 19, 2010 What Makes a Firm a Good Bet for Socially Responsible Investors?

Source:Marc Gunther, GreenBiz

Recently, after posting a column about BP and socially responsible mutual funds (See Social Funds and BP: How embarrassing!) I heard from Adam Kanzer, who is managing director and general counsel at Domini Social Investments....

August 17, 2010 Where you park your dollars has impact

Source:Metro News - Canada

Our investment choices can make a difference. South African apartheid, a system of legal racial segregation, was dismantled in the 1990s in part because socially responsible outside investors, companies and pension funds,...