US SIF Foundation Releases Report On Impact Of Sustainable Investment. “Sustainable, responsible and impact investors have influenced the investment industry,…Continue readingJune 2016

Investors and Their Financial Advisors Need More Education, More Communication about Responsible Investments — TIAA Global Asset Management Survey. “Over…Continue readingMay 2016

2016 Country Sustainability Ranking by RobecoSAM and Robeco. “The country sustainability score is based on 17 environmental, social and governance…Continue readingApril 2016

Controlled Companies Underperform, Boards Less Diverse New Study Finds. “The study finds that controlled companies generally underperformed non-controlled firms over…Continue readingMarch 2016

The SEC Turns A Blind Eye On Corruption In CSR Payments. “In its implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform…Continue readingFebruary 2016

The SEC Isn′t Enforcing Climate Risk Disclosures By Fossil Fuel Companies. “Peabody Energy is not the only fossil fuel company…Continue readingJanuary 2016

Investment Managers Raising ESG Offerings To Meet Demand, Study Says. “Over 75 percent of investment managers are increasing their use…Continue readingDecember 2015

Companies with greater carbon efficiency outperform markets. “According to a new report published by the world′s largest asset manager BlackRock,…Continue readingNovember 2015

Three New Climate Change Index Series Launched by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Toronto Stock Exchange. “S&P Dow Jones Indices…Continue readingOctober 2015

Major U.S. banks call for leadership in addressing climate change. “Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley…Continue readingSeptember 2015

Corporate responsibility efforts boost more than just reputation. “A study by IO Sustainability and Babson College… determined that well-designed CSR…Continue readingAugust 2015

365 Companies and Investors Announce Support for EPA′s Clean Power Plan. “In an unprecedented show of business support for tackling…Continue readingJuly 2015

China update: central bank’s new green bond market regulations drafted; big banks queuing to issue. “Last week the PBoC′s Regulatory…Continue readingJune 2015

Update, re article below: Cut your portfolio′s risk — and feel good as well. The new, exciting study referred to…Continue readingMay 2015

(1) Risky management. “85 per cent of the world′s largest global asset owners are climate ’laggards’ that have taken little…Continue readingApril 2015

The moral maze: How poor company ethics can cost investors. “The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors′ study shows that while…Continue readingMarch 2015

IMF working paper finds support for Islamic finance — and resilience in financial panics. “Using data from Pakistan, where Islamic…Continue readingFebruary 2015

Growing ESG Investment Leading to Transformation of Japanese Companies. “Japanese companies are currently experiencing revolutionary upheaval in the field of…Continue readingJanuary 2015

Report: Energy Industry Spent $721 Million on US Midterm Elections. “The American Progress analysis… found that the energy industry as…Continue readingDecember 2014