Since 2002
Postings and Commentaries
by Ron Robins
Podcast: August 2026 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks
August 2026 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks. Includes articles on the top clean-tech companies, AI infrastructure stocks, and ESG funds.…
May 2009
Greenpeace Says IT Firms Need More Focus On Climate Change. – [COMMENTARY] “Greenpeace yesterday launched its newest campaign aiming at urging the IT…
April 2009
New Green Products Tripling And Doubling Each Year In US. – [COMMENTARY] “Research ranging from product launches to retail sales shows that green…
March 2009
SustainableBusiness.com Issues Its Report: The State of Green Investing 2009. – [COMMENTARY] “In 2008, many green mutual funds, ETFs and individual stocks sunk…
February 2009
Europe’s December SRI Fund Sales Hit 1-Billion Euros For The First Time. – [COMMENTARY] “… figures compiled for Responsible Investor by Lipper Feri,…
January 2009
Major Socially Responsible Investor (SRI) Groups Ask Obama To Create ’Office for Innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).’ – [COMMENTARY] “A dynamic Office…
December 2008
American Values: ’Secular Spiritualists’ Surpassing ’Traditional Materialists.’ Markets Being Reshaped. – [COMMENTARY] “The Secular Spiritualist view of the American Dream has been adopted…
November 2008
Top Rated Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Research Team Cut At Citi. – [COMMENTARY] “Industry sources said they had been told that the SRI…
October 2008
Leading Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index Providers, FTSE (UK) & KLD (USA) To Combine Forces. – [COMMENTARY] “With the exception of the FTSE4Good…
September 2008
US Congress Grants Extensions To Green Tax Credits. – [COMMENTARY] “The bill authorizes a one-year extension for federal production tax credits for wind…
August 2008
Eurosif Forecasts Near Doubling Of Wealthy Europeans Investment In Sustainable Investing By 2012. – [COMMENTARY] “Nearly three-quarters of respondents have seen an increase…
July 2008
Investors With $1.5 Trillion In Investments Ask US Senate To Extend Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Tax Credits. – [COMMENTARY] The current tax…
June 2008
Disinvestment In Zimbabwe Gains Traction. – [COMMENTARY] Many investors are now calling for disinvestment from Zimbabwe. Firms with significant interests there include, “Shell, Barclays…
May 2008
Companies In US Coming Clean On Their Political Contributions. – [COMMENTARY] Finally, more US public companies are seeing fit to provide details on…
April 2008
The Dream Of Energy-Efficient Superconductivity At hand. – [COMMENTARY] Green investors take note. Superconductivity has long held-out the promise of enormous efficiencies in…
March 2008
Data Shows Swiss Banks Engaging Heavily In Funding Sustainable Development. – [COMMENTARY] “OnValues, a Swiss sustainable research company…. found that Swiss fund managers…
February 2008
Nearly 45% Of Canadian Bank Shareholders Approve ’Say-On-Pay’ Resolution. – [COMMENTARY] Shareholders of one of Canada’s largest banks, the Canadian Imperial Bank of…
January 2008
UN Global Compact Delists Hundreds Of Companies For Missing Reporting Deadlines. – [COMMENTARY] Similar to ’greenwashing’ where companies say they are green but…
December 2007
American Charitable Foundations Aligning Their Investments To Social Goals. – [COMMENTARY] The $8.5 billion William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the $6.1-billion John D.…
2007 Editors Choice
Ethical Investing IMCA Journal of Investment Consulting Publishes New Paper on Socially Responsible Investments, November 7, 2007, Marketwire.com, USA. Ethical…
November 2007
61% Of French Institutional Investors Had Ventured Into Socially Responsible Investing In 2007, Up From 48% In 2006. – [COMMENTARY] “Altogether, 31% of…
