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Sustainable Investing:

Sustainable finance: Can socially responsible investing mitigate climate change?
Open Democracy
In this, socially responsible investment practices are a crucial tool in bringing our financial system in line with our own social goals. Together ...

More & More Millennials Choosing Socially Responsible & Moral Investing
CleanTechnica
Over three-quarters of Millennial investors are currently choosing to or are interested in investing their finances in socially responsible and impacting ...

Sustainable investing giant defends Venezuelan debt holdings
Fund Strategy
An asset manager that is a big proponent of responsible investing argues Venezuelan debt in its $2.3bn emerging markets fund is not controversial ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Is It Possible That GRI Has Never Really Been About Sustainability Reporting at All?
Sustainable Brands
G4, of course, was the next generation of GRI's Sustainability Reporting Guidelines at the time, which since then has been replaced by a new set of ...

Medtronic Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Integrated Performance Report
Nasdaq
Medtronic Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Integrated Performance Report ... Based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Guidelines, it's organized ...

Hong Kong-listed firms urged to step up efforts on environmental, social and governance disclosure
South China Morning Post
... ESG disclosure required by the Hong Kong companies compared to the internationally recognised global reporting initiative standards,” said Ricky ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

CEFC triples investment in renewable projects to $2bn
The Sydney Morning Herald
The CEFC, in its annual report, said it had invested more than $2 billion in new capital to support renewable energy projects valued at more than $6.5 ...

AEP Plots Major Renewable Energy Investments
North American Windpower
In an effort to provide cleaner energy solutions for its customers, Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP) is increasing capital ...

Renewable Energy Investment Attacked by...Immigration Service
AllGov
WASHINGTON (CN) — An alternative energy investment firm representing foreign investors sued the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on ...

CDP Sustainability:

Valmet recognized as a global leader in climate action by CDP
GlobeNewswire (press release)
Valmet recognized as a global leader in climate action by CDP ... Valmet was also reconfirmed as a constituent of the Ethibel Sustainability Index ...

Hess Achieves Leadership Status in CDP's Global Climate Analysis
Business Wire (press release)
This is the ninth consecutive year that Hess earned this recognition from CDP, an international nonprofit group seeking to drive sustainable economies ...

Crown Maintains Leadership Position With CDP for Second Consecutive Year
PR Newswire (press release)
Crown Maintains Leadership Position With CDP for Second Consecutive ... For more information, contact: Dr. John M. Rost, Director – Sustainability ...

Impact Investing:

The Beginner's Guide to Impact Investing
Lifehacker Australia
Impact investing has taken off, and it's no wonder: while people want to put their money in the market and watch it grow, they don't want to stash their ...

Impact Investing -- First Mover On Today And Tomorrow's Megatrends
Forbes
I'm seeing the transition from an emerging asset class populated by boutique funds to most significant asset manager making impact investing an ...

From Goldman To Impact Investing: How This MBA Is Helping Traditional Investors To Help The Poor
Forbes
Clare Murray: I'm the Director of Strategy at LeapFrog Investments, which is a global private equity firm dedicated to impact investing. I'm based ...

Resource Conservation Investments:

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Socially Responsible Investing:

Replicating Indexes In R (Part III): Socially Responsible Investing
Seeking Alpha
Now, let's turn to a strategy of replicating the S&P 500 Index with a handful of stocks that are considered socially responsible investments (SRI).

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

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Sustainability Investing:  

Fundsmith Launching Sustainable Equity Fund After Charity Success
U.S. News & World Report
The move into sustainable investing for Fundsmith, which currently manages 13.5 billion pounds ($17.84 billion), follows growing demand from ...

Philanthropic Investing:

This VC firm is raising a $20M fund to invest in startups with diverse founding teams
GeekWire
Dorsen noted that for the fund's investors, “this is not a philanthropic ... There are other VC firms also making a commitment to investing in startups with ...

Innovating Philanthropy
Stanford Social Innovation Review
And yet Reich and other critics of modern philanthropy argue that the ... which describes itself as a philanthropic investment firm, has furthered the ...

A Nonprofit Channeling Charitable Giving to Clean Energy Tech Startups
Inside Philanthropy
Started in 2014, the concept looks to be working, with PRIME's first recipient weaning itself off of philanthropic investment and now fully backed by ...

Green Bond Funds:

Green bond comment, November 2017
Environmental Finance
The prospects for more US corporates joining the party are good, particularly as there is growing evidence of more green bond funds being created, ...

Fiji issues first developing country sovereign green bond of $50 million for climate resilience
Climate Action Programme
Fiji has become the first emerging market to issue a sovereign green bond ... this green bond to fund our work to boost climate resilience across Fiji”.

Low Carbon Funds:

Wave energy needs EU funds and innovation to deliver low-carbon power for UK
Imperial College London
Several designs have been tested, and wave power has long been heralded for its potential to play a central role in delivering low-carbon, secure ...

The University of Edinburgh moves £60 million into sustainability and low-carbon companies
Climate Action Programme
The investment will be leveraged through two main funds. ... issues, including the production of greener products and low-carbon infrastructure.

Sustainable finance: Towards a low carbon economy
Open Democracy
Funding the low-carbon economy requires concerted effort within public policy, in the financial and corporate sector, and by each of us individually.