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INVESTING ESG MAR 03, 2008
Don't count out clean energy stocks, some say

The big hit clean energy stocks have taken this year is just an expected correction, not the end of a fad, green-investing advocates say.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG FEB 25, 2008
Ignoring risk of climate change could put companies in hot water

After a sputtering start, the green revolution appears to be steadily making its way into corporate boardrooms.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG FEB 18, 2008
Envestnet to unveil socially conscious platform

A platform will be launched next month offering what is being touted as the first socially conscious and sustainable-investing account in the financial services industry.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG FEB 18, 2008
Activists push 'genocide-free investing' resolution

An organization advocating divestment from companies that support the economies in countries perpetrating genocide won an initial victory in bringing their cause to the fund boards of more than two dozen Fidelity funds.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG FEB 11, 2008
Showing a little faith

People are no longer content to merely walk with God. They want to invest with him, too.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG JAN 21, 2008
Investors see the green in 'going green,' survey finds

Investors are becoming interested in environmentally aware companies from an economic rather than a socially conscious perspective, and many are turning to their financial advisers for help in going green.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG JAN 15, 2008
Dow Jones Dharma aims for good karma

The new indexes measure the performance of companies in accord with the values and principles of Dharmic religions.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG JAN 07, 2008
Community investment goes mainstream

Investing in disadvantaged communities is going mainstream, with a variety of investment vehicles springing up.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG JAN 07, 2008
Pax fund focuses on firms that empower women

A woman's place is in the House and Senate, said the late feminist and congresswoman Bella Abzug. Today, include the marketplace as well.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG DEC 10, 2007
Socially conscious fund firms spread their asset-class wings

Investors eyeing socially conscious funds are no longer looking merely at the social issues; they are also looking for performance — a change that has resulted in new offerings from fund firms in asset classes that have been underrepresented in this market for nearly a decade.

By Bloomberg
Investing with a conscience can build client trust
INVESTING ESG JAN 31, 2000
Investing with a conscience can build client trust

Can you afford to ignore socially responsible investing? Investors put more than $1 trillion into socially and environmentally responsible portfolios in 1999.

By Barbara J. Krumsiek