There are many different types of socially conscious investing, but a particularly effective method is proxy voting, where shareholders instigate change from within. Individual investors have the power to influence the way a company or a fund does business. And foundations, especially, can leverage their influence to ensure that the companies and funds they invest in work toward goals that are in line with guiding principles. All investors can become better informed as to what proposals are out there when you read the Proxy Season Preview 2008, the fourth annual effort from As You Sow and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
The Culture of Pop!Tech Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2008-10-26 12:19:10 Pop!Tech was a little like the Sundance Film Festival and a little like three days of business school.
The Economy Is the Least Important Factor Affecting the Solar Energy Industry Written By: David Neubert 2008-01-14 16:45:53 Fellow The Panelist contibutor Eben Esterhuizen asks and clearly answers "no" to the question, "Will Recession Lead to A Solar Depression? " To take Eben's analysis a little further, I thought I'd deliniate the factors that do affect the solar industry. Every investor should have an opinion about this list before throwing money after lofty hopes for a clean energy revolution.
Factors affecting the viability of the solar energy industry (in order of importance): 1. Government subsidy/incentives. 2. The amount of sunlight hitting the earth. 3. Technological innovation in solar energy conversion. 4. Energy Prices in this order (gas, coal, oil). 5. Economic Activity (or lack thereof in a recession).
Oil runs the world, fueling industrial processes that make everything from computers to plastic containers. Without it, vehicles, airplanes, trucks that bring food to grocer’s shelves, and ships that bring steel from China wouldn't run. The modern world would grind to a halt.
Fellow The Panelist contibutor Eben Esterhuizen asks and clearly answers "no" to the question, "Will Recession Lead to A Solar Depression? " To take Eben's analysis a little further, I thought I'd deliniate the factors that do affect the solar industry. Every investor should have an opinion about this list before throwing money after lofty hopes for a clean energy revolution.
