Clicking Clean: How Companies are Building the Green Internet. “Here′s who hosts some of the internet′s most popular sites and services in their data centers – and whether those companies are using dirty or clean energy.” [COMMENTARY] Greenpeace has researched and rated internet related companies concerning their green energy usage. Google, Apple and Facebook do best.…

New EU rules require companies to report social impact. “Member states today approved a compromise deal with MEPs that would require large listed companies to file annual reports on their corporate social responsibility, detailing their policies and activities on issues such as human rights, corruption and protecting the environment.” [COMMENTARY] This is great news and…

Stock exchange aims to reinvent investing for birds, bees and trees. “Intrinsic Value Exchange’s (IVE) mission is ’transform intrinsic value into financial capital for natural and societal assets — things like clean air, water, wildlife and human potential,’ according to its website. ’This transformation provides direct incentives to protect and invest in these assets and…

Sustainability Becoming a Mainstream Corporate Strategy: BCG-Sloan Report. “The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and MIT Sloan Management Review have brought out a new report that shows the changing face of corporate strategy worldwide. In a global survey of more than a thousand business executives, BCG and Sloan found that businesses are increasingly integrating sustainability into…

Study: Educated Dutch women favouring SR/ethical investing more relaxed about returns. “Investors with a large proportion of educated female members have extra reason to take socially responsible investing seriously, but can possibly relax about poor returns. That is a fascinating finding of Rachel Pownall, an associate professor of Tilburg University, who has published groundbreaking work…

SRI Research: CSR-Related Shareholder Wins Get Bottom-Line Results. “Adopting corporate social responsibility (CSR) shareholder resolutions leads to large increases in shareholder value and operating performance, according to the study winning the 2013 Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing… Specifically, Flammer’s [the award winner] results show that the stock market reacts positively to the passage of…