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Sustainable Investing: 

Impact investing wants the Church to put its money where its mouth is
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
ROME - Critics often say the Catholic Church would be better equipped to speak up against injustices if it sold “the Vatican's gold” and fed the poor.

Religious Institutions Are Becoming More Involved in Sustainable Investing
The Market Mogul
The roots of sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) can be traced back to religious movements. As early as the 18th century John Wesley, the ...

Armchair Critic: Should sustainable investing sustain your interest?
www.professionaladviser.com
Sustainable investing may divide adviser opinion but, argues Professional Adviser's Armchair Critic Brendan Llewellyn, building sustainability into ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

The Remarkable Rise of ESG
Forbes
However, corporate disclosure on ESG issues has steadily improved since the launch of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in 2000. Today, 80% of ...

Hess Corporation Publishes 2017 Sustainability Report
Odessa American
GRI is an independent organization that provides the world's most widely recognized sustainability reporting and disclosure standards. The report has ...

ACSI report has found the ASX 200 are getting better at reporting on climate risk
Lexology
The report also identified an 'emerging trend' towards ASX 200 companies ... Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Global Reporting Initiative. 

Renewable Energy Investments:

India's investments in renewable energy are growing faster than even China's
Quartz
China may be the world's renewable energy leader, but where the sector's growth is concerned, India is leaving its neighbour behind. Investments into ...

Apple fronts clean energy fund to invest $300 million in China
GreenBiz
Over the past three years, Apple has inspired 23 of its manufacturing partners to commit to powering their operations entirely with renewable energy.

New investor-backed campaign targets a trillion dollars for US renewables
Utility Dive
Additional global investment in renewables alone could reach $11.5 trillion through 2050, according to the 2018 Bloomberg New Energy Finance ...

CDP Sustainability:

Owens Corning Recognized for Its Sustainability Leadership by RobecoSAM, CDP and ...
Business Wire (press release)
TOLEDO, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) has been recognized as a global leader by two independent organizations for its ...

Target, CVS, Tesco Among Orgs with Over $3.3T Spend Scaling Up Supply Chain Sustainability
Sustainable Brands
The list of 115 organizations collecting supply chain data through CDP is up from just 99 last year. The figure has been growing since CDP started ...

Business Notebook: 7/8
Toledo Blade
... received these sustainability honors: Gold Class Distinction from RobecoSAM's 2018 Sustainability Yearbook, named on nonprofit CDP's Supplier ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California beats its 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases
Sacramento Bee
The California Air Resources Board announced Wednesday that total ... even as we face the failure of our national leadership to address climate change," ... California's war on climate change is built largely around AB 32, the 2006 ...

California's Climate Summit Is a Moment to Lead on Oceans, CoastsNews Deeply
I hope that leaders from around the world will follow the lead of California legislators to address climate change impacts to the ocean and coast as they ...

Climate Advocates Unveil Pathway Plan for a Post-Carbon California
Random Lengths
Although California is widely seen as a leader in responding to climate change, Gov. Jerry Brown has acknowledged that “No nation or state is doing ...

Impact Investing:

Georgetown explores impact investing at the 'Grade A' level
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
How to put the square peg of preaching poverty into the round hole of funding Church operations is precisely where “impact investing” enters the ...

Long Story Short #21: The biggest trends in impact investing
Devex
On the heels of the Vatican Impact Investing Conference, reporter Amy Lieberman and associate editor Adva Saldinger discuss what impact investing ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Molson Coors Commits to Science-Based Targets with the Release of Sustainability Report
Brewbound.com
Molson Coors Commits to Science-Based Targets with the Release of ... Science-based targets provide a path forward for companies to reduce their ... Coors has developed a 2025 goal to lower absolute carbon emissions by 50% ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Morals over money: Low-cost options for socially responsible investors
The Globe and Mail
Investing with one's conscience has many labels. The concept of “socially responsible investing,” or SRI, may be familiar to some readers, with a goal ...

How to make it big in socially responsible investing
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7 Socially Responsible Investments to Make Now
Investorplace.com
Warren Buffett's grandson Howard is a Columbia University professor. He's also a big believer in businesses creating social value by collaborating ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

When will “socially responsible investing” become just “investing”?
Quartz
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the global financial crisis, bringing with it an inescapable reminder of the power of the finance industry.

5 Things About Sustainable Investing in the First Half of 2018
Morningstar.com
Whether or not a fund invests in gun manufacturers or gun retailers can lead to some confusion about whether that is part of sustainable investing, but ...

Legendary Investor's Embrace Of Sustainable Investing Is New, But The Movement Isn't
Forbes
Earlier this month, hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones made headlines across the financial press with his comment that “capitalism may need ...

Sustainability Investing:

What's Impact Investing? GoATL Fund Generates Social Change, Financial Return
American Inno
An impact investment fund, according to Mark Crosswell, managing director of social impact strategy for the Community Foundation, is designed to ...

Envest Asset Management, LLC Launched for Investors to Champion Sustainability
Triple Pundit (blog)
You can be prepared for your financial future and make an impact by investing in companies that are making positive social or environmental change.”.

Philanthropic Investing:

Coherent philanthropy: Six key lessons for families
The Denver Post
Bizarrely, such capital can be invested in companies that directly oppose the donors' mission. A foundation promoting health, for example, might invest ...

Invest in research to create intellectual property for India: Kris Gopalakrishnan
Livemint
His wife Sudha and he founded the Pratiksha Trust to pursue philanthropic ... India invests about 0.8% of its GDP on research, out of which 0.6% is ...

Green Bond Funds:

SBI to raise $500-700 million via green bonds
Economic Times
The green bond sale, likely in two tranches, could open for subscription ... the cash for funding green energy projects that do not emit toxic elements.

Bonds: Growing need for retail green bonds
The Edge Markets MY
Issuances of green bonds — funds specifically raised to support climate-related or environmental projects — have grown exponentially over the past ...

Lithuania's Lietuvos Energija sells EUR-300m green bond
Renewables Now
Lithuania's Lietuvos Energija sells EUR-300m green bond ... on Wednesday, Lietuvos Energija said that funds from the bond issue will be allocated for ... 

Low Carbon Funds:

6 major wealth funds agree to encourage greener economy
MyTwinTiers.com
The six funds from Norway, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, ... because they are saying that they think low-carbon economy is the future.".

Ontario cancelling cap and trade akin to pulling out of climate framework: Catherine McKenna
CBC.ca
... for Ontario under the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund is under review, ... Ontario's getting out of the 'carbon tax business,' Doug Ford says.

Doug Ford Cancelling Ontario's Cap-And-Trade Program Puts $420M In Federal Funding Under ...
HuffPost Canada
Ottawa had already approved funding for seven Ontario programs under ... Cancelling the cap-and-trade carbon tax will result in lower prices at the ...