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Incorporating sustainability and impact into your investments

Inflation Reduction Act Is Spurring Interest in Clean Energy and Climate-Conscious Investing

Inflation Reduction Act Is Spurring Interest in Clean Energy and Climate-Conscious Investing

Renewable energy funds already awash in inflows. How to position your portfolio.
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Aug 14
Today’s climate legislation is likely only the beginning

Today’s climate legislation is likely only the beginning

Investment implications and more pushback on ESG critics
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Aug 12
Cutting Through the Nonsense Around ESG

Cutting Through the Nonsense Around ESG

Block out the noise and focus on these three points.
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Aug 8
Time to Push Back

Time to Push Back

Republican attacks on ESG reflect opposition to climate action, financed by fossil fuel industry (and some other surprising sources)
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Aug 5
Are Sustainable Investors More Likely to Stay the Course?

Are Sustainable Investors More Likely to Stay the Course?

First-half flows into sustainable funds suggest the answer may be yes.
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Jul 29
Sustainable Investing in Emerging Markets Can Help Returns and Make a Difference

Sustainable Investing in Emerging Markets Can Help Returns and Make a Difference

More capital is needed to address climate change and other sustainability issues.
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Jul 26
Toward Sustainable Funds 2.0

Toward Sustainable Funds 2.0

Funds should be more transparent, more focused on impact and engagement.
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Jul 15
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Jul 8

End of Week Notes

Will SCOTUS Deny Investors the Climate-Risk Information They Need?

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Jun 24

End of Week Notes

Is ESG’s Growth Tilt Really Necessary?

Value-oriented ESG funds do…

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Jun 17

End of Week Notes

5 Questions About Sustainable Investing

Answers to questions ranging…

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Jun 3

End of Week Notes

Why the Right hates ESG

It’s all about them wanting to protect the fossil-fuel industry and halt the corporate shift towards stakeholder value.

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May 27

End of Week Notes

SEC Proposes New Rules for Sustainable Funds Aimed at Standardizing ESG Disclosures

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May 27

Sustainability Matters

How to Find Gun Stocks in Your Fund Portfolios

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May 13

End of Week Notes

Sustainability or ESG? Do the Words We Use Make a Difference?

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May 6

End of Week Notes

Why Sustainable Investors Should Stay the Course

Short-term…

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Apr 29

Sustainability Matters

Yes, Sustainability Is Important to Investors

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Apr 22

End of Week Notes

Investing in Our Planet

How to mitigate climate risk and invest in…

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Apr 5

Sustainability Matters

War Prompts Misguided Critiques of Sustainable Investing

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Mar 25

Sustainability Matters

The SEC’s Proposed Climate-Risk Rule Helps All Investors

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Mar 18

Sustainability Matters

Let’s Hope New Texas Law Turns Out to Be ‘All Hat, No Cattle’

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Mar 13

Sustainable Investing and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

It’s not only about exclusions.

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Mar 9

Sustainability Matters

Sustainable funds have lower Russia exposure

But is it…

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Feb 25

A Long-Term Commitment to Sustainability Can Help Investors Weather Short-Term Market Turmoil

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Feb 18

End of Week Notes

Sustainable Funds Landscape — Highlights and Observations

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Feb 7

End of Week Notes

Most Sustainable Funds Sidestepped the Meta Plunge

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Jan 28

End of Week Notes

What The Wall Street Journal missed about sustainable investing

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Jan 21

End of Week Notes

The Shift to Stakeholder Capitalism

BlackRock’s Larry Fink makes the…

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Jan 14

End of Week Notes

ESG index funds produced strong gains in 2021

Further bolstering the…

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Jan 7

End of Week Notes

ESG Ratings: Bottom-line focused but not without broader impact

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Dec 30, 2021

End of Year Notes

From the Archive: Talking Sustainable Investing at Holiday Parties

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Dec 22, 2021

End of Week Notes

4 Things About Sustainable Investing to Keep in Mind in 2022

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Dec 10, 2021

End of Week Notes

The Many Approaches to Sustainable Investing

Spelling out terms and…

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