[ Forbes ] Does Your Advisor Understand Responsible Investing? Ask them these 5 Questions to Find Out.

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While investor interest in sustainable, responsible, and impact investing (SRI) has greatly increased in recent years, many financial advisors are still woefully unprepared to talk to their clients about SRI.

According to a 2020 survey of 800 Registered Investment Advisors (RIA)s by SEI – a global provider of investment processing, management, and operations solutions – only one-third reported growing interest in sustainable investing.… Read the rest

Impact Spotlight: CBRE

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CBRE

CBRE focuses on real estate services to owners, occupants, and investors. This includes leasing, property, project, and investment management.

Buildings make up about 30% of all carbon emissions, making building efficiency a priority climate change issue. We value CBRE because of its strong focus on building efficiency.… Read the rest

[ Forbes ] Insurers Have a Responsibility to Use Risk Management for a Greater Purpose

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Life as we know it is at a tipping point in more ways than one. As an advisor who has specialized in sustainable, responsible, and impact (SRI) investing for nearly 20 years, I’ve seen first-hand the commitment of individuals to invest their dollars in companies working to positively impact our planet, society, and future.… Read the rest

Texas Senate Bill 8 Cannot Be Tolerated

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Earth Equity firmly believes in a woman’s right to make her own healthcare choices. The draconian law enacted in Texas recently severely limits a woman’s right to choose and creates a perilous environment for healthcare providers by giving individual citizens the right to interfere in a patient’s private decisions.… Read the rest

Peter Krull Recognized in ThinkAdvisor’s Inaugural LUMINARIES Awards

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We are proud to announce that our Founder and CEO, Peter Krull, has been selected among the LUMINARIES Class of 2021 by ThinkAdvisor in the category of Thought Leadership. This inaugural recognition program highlights individuals and firms that are changing the investment advisory industry where it matters most by taking creative and bold steps to push the industry and clients’ best interests forward.… Read the rest

[ InvestmentNews ] SRI or Die: Time to Get on Board the Responsible Investing Trend

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“If you’re not talking with your clients about sustainable, responsible, and impact investing, they’ll be speaking with someone else.” That’s a line I used last week while speaking to a group of financial advisers at a conference in Michigan. And it’s true.… Read the rest

[ Forbes ] SRI Investing, An Underrated Climate Change Solution

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On August 9th, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report in which the resounding and unsurprising conclusion was a “code red for humanity.” The evidence is irrefutable that climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying. In 2020 alone, there was a record shattering 22 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States.… Read the rest

Earth Equity Honored As Best For The World™ 2021

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After pausing the Best for the World program in 2020 due to COVID-19,  B Lab has resumed its recognition of the top 5% of Certified B Corps in each of the five areas on the B Impact Assessment – Community, Customers, Environment, Governance, and Workers.… Read the rest

“SRI 2.0” is Not What You Think – You Really Can Have it All

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A lot of folks think all we do is get rid of oil companies and invest in solar, but responsible investing is much more than that. Once known as Socially Responsible Investing, SRI has gotten both broader and deeper as it evolved into Sustainable, Responsible, and Impact Investing.… Read the rest

Why I’m Optimistic About the Climate Challenge Before Us

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Written by Krista Kurth, Ph.D. on her blog, Climate Action for Every Day People.

Momentum for action is building around the world

In the last few weeks, I’ve felt inspired and hopeful about the growing momentum in global climate action. Even though I recently wrote about being daunted by the challenge before us, after attending many events leading up to and after Earth Week where experts and representatives from around the world spoke about the climate crisis, I now am back to being optimistic.… Read the rest