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Sustainable Investing:

A Look at the Largest Sustainable Investing ETF
Investopedia (blog)
Building on the environmental, social and governance theme, "sustainability" and "sustainable investing" are some of the latest buzzwords to ...

Sustainable Investing Hits Its Stride
Barron's
When discussing sustainable investing, I sometimes find myself taking a defensive tone, in anticipation of the inevitable eye-rolling and jabs at hippies ...
Sustainability Ratings Tell Half the Story - Barron's
The Top-Performing Sustainable Funds - Barron's

Why ETFs Don't Work For Sustainable Investors
Seeking Alpha
ETFs are immensely popular these days and for good reason. With the continued rise of passive investing as a viable alternative to active managers, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

After the Dust has Settled | HuffPost
HuffPost
Or, more specifically, how to take action on the 17 Global Goals and turn ... Together with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), we also launched the ...

GSSB rates Zenith Bank high on adoption of global sustainability standards
Vanguard
The GRI Standards enjoin all organisations to report publicly on their economic, environmental and social impacts and demonstrate their contributions ...

CSE research on Sustainability Reporting Trends presented in NYC to FT 500 Executives
CSRwire.com (press release)
CSE research on Sustainability Reporting Trends presented in NYC to FT 500 ... Most companies use the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines.

Renewable Energy Investments:

Trump's Visit Didn't Help Puerto Rico's Recovery Efforts. This Sustainable-Energy Plan Could.
The Nation.
The initial financing for launching the infrastructure will require public-sector investment, but since the renewable energy sources will be ...
Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico Could Become a Model for Green-Energy Conversion - Between The Lines

Green Climate Fund to allocate up to $110 million for green energy investments
Astana Times
ASTANA – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) board approved funding of up to $110 million for the GCF-European Bank for Reconstruction and ...
 
Enel Green Signs $330 Million Investment Agreement For Oklahoma's 298 Megawatt Thunder Ranch
CleanTechnica
Enel Green Power North America announced last week that it has signed a $330 million tax equity agreement with the Alternative Energy Investing ...

CDP Sustainability:

From climate science to global goals: How Tetra Pak is realigning its sustainability strategy
edie.net
This puts Tetra Pak level with its 2020 sustainability targets already. ... The company's work regarding sustainable forestry has placed it on CDP's ...

Impact Investing:

Putting The Impact In Impact Investing: 28 Funds Building A Credible, Transparent Marketplace
Forbes
The 28 Best for the World Funds represent the top performers based on third-party-verified impact ratings. Together, the funds manage $1.3 billion and ...
 
Impact Investing—Five Trends Advisors Need To Know
WealthManagement.com
Research shows that clients are interested in impact investing when the options are presented to them, yet many advisors still aren't sure about it ...

Talking About Ethics in Impact Investing
Stanford Social Innovation Review
To make the best and most consistent decisions, impact investors need to think about values as much as they think about growth and financial returns.

Resource Conservation Investments:

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Announces $2.5 Million in Grants from Five Star and Urban ...
Markets Insider
... generating a total conservation investment of more than $7.6 million. ... to continue our long-standing commitment to natural resource conservation ...

Can we improve farm profitability and water quality at a lower price?
Agri-Pulse
That's been one of the key questions for a group of veteran conservation ... investments where they can generate the most economic and resource ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Ethical and socially responsible investing: A real force for change or just a gimmick?
The Sydney Morning Herald
They would pay and treat their employees and customers fairly, be honest and transparent with them, deliver only products and services that were ...
 
University publishes shareholdings as part of Socially Responsible Investment Policy
The University of Manchester (press release)
Following the announcement in May of significant changes to its Socially Responsible Investment Policy (SRIP), The University of Manchester has ...

Announcing the 2017 Moskowitz Prize Winner for Sustainable and Responsible Investing
Markets Insider
The study examined the integration of CSR contracting – that is the linking of ... "The authors' findings add to the mounting evidence that investing in ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

Global Sustainable Investing Is On The Rise
CleanTechnica
The survey also found that investors are increasing the share of money they allocate to sustainable investments, with 64% of investors saying they ...
 
SA in top 10 for sustainable investor behaviour - survey
Fin24
Many investors, however, are not yet allocating wealth to sustainable investment funds. When asked how often they personally contribute to a more ...

Sustainable Portfolio Building Blocks: 2 ESG Funds at the Top of Their Games
Morningstar.com
A low-cost ESG stock-index fund and a bond fund with social and ... Interest in sustainable investing is growing, but many investors don't know where ...

Sustainability Investing:  

Marine Sustainability: Investing in the Antarctic
Nutritional Outlook
For Aker BioMarine, the initiative is a key way to ensure that the company's krill oil business operates sustainably and responsibly while protecting the ...

Philanthropic Investing:

National Philanthropic Trust UK Speaks On Impact Investing In Africa And The Middle East
RealWire (press release)
LONDON/MORROCO – John Canady, CEO, National Philanthropic Trust UK (NPT-UK) today spoke about impact investing and philanthropic trends at ...

3 Players That Exemplify The Complexity Of The Impact Investing Ecosystem
Forbes
Impact Assets, a nonprofit asset manager holding exclusively philanthropic capital, serves as a hub in this part of the impact investing world.

Innovating investments in soil
Boulder Weekly
On Oct. 16 and 17 hundreds of people — investors, farmers, scientists and concerned citizens — will gather in Boulder to launch a philanthropic ...

Green Bond Funds:

Climate Finance Institutional Update: Green Bond Issuance Reaches US$96 Billion
IISD Reporting Services
The Green Climate Fund announced that, by the end of August 2017, a total of US$10 million had been disbursed to 59 developing countries through ...

Cape Town addresses drought, climate change with SA's first true green bond
Business Day (registration)
The proceeds of the hugely successful issuance will be used to fund and ... South Africa's first real green bond supports the City of Cape Town's ...

IREDA lists 5-year Green Masala Bond in UK
Livemint
The IREDA green bond is certified by Climate Bonds Initiative, ... Securities Market to raise funds to finance renewable energy projects across India.

Low Carbon Funds:

HSBC GAM launches two lower carbon funds
Institutional Asset Manager (press release) (blog)
HSBC Global Asset Management has launched two lower carbon funds – the HSBC GIF Global Lower Carbon Equity Fund and the HSBC GIF Global ...
 
Two lower carbon funds launched by HSBC Global Asset Management
FTSE Global Markets
HSBC Global Asset Management today announces the launch of two lower carbon funds: the HSBC GIF Global Lower Carbon Equity Fund and the ...
 
Ontario's $25.8 Million in Funding Available For Low Carbon Innovations
HazMat Management Magazine
The government of the province of Ontario, Canada recently announced $25.8 million has been allocated to the Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) ...