MBAs Meet SRI Written By: Casson Rosenblatt 2007-09-25 14:06:49 Even with the growing presence of corporate social responsibility in the business world and socially responsible investing in the finance world, these are still relatively small issues and niche markets. Business schools, however, are taking the lead and presenting their students with lots of opportunities to explore these emerging fields through classes, specializations, and extra-curriculars. Now comes word that the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley is starting a student-managed SRI fund. Currently there is $250,00 in the fund and investments will begin when $500,00 has been raised, although the goal is to get to $1 million as soon as possible in order to "produce better data on [their] investment criteria and [their] effectiveness."
Mission-Aligned Investing Written By: Casson Rosenblatt 2007-12-30 12:15:27
The LA Times has spent significant energy (at least, in comparison to other journalistic outfits) on discussing foundations and the way in which they invest their endowments. In January, they ran a report on the Gates Foundation, discussing how the foundation's grant programs and investing often act in contradictory manners that set off a firestorm of discussion. Should foundations align their investing as well as their programs with their missions?
The Gates Foundation has yet to agree, but other foundations have moved forward to re-examine their policies. The LA Times'most recent addition to their series reviews all of the forward momentum on this subject that has taken place in the last year. While a foundation's investing choices may not assist with its investment choices, the concepts behind decisions to shift funds towards mission-aligned investing are certainly relevant for everyone.
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Neubert's Rules of Investments to ALWAYS Avoid Written By: David Neubert 2007-05-01 12:52:34 Here are some rules of investments to always avoid. Following these rules have saved me from many financial losses and from guilt. Breaking these rules has cost me money. Hopefully, I can save you from losing money like I did when I broke my discipline:
Next for Socially Responsible Investing: Nuclear Power Written By: Miranda Marquit 2008-08-04 13:39:37 Photo: JamSki, Creative Commons, Flickr
If, as an environmentally-friendly investor, your main concern is global climate change, the latest trend in socially responsible investing may work for you.
Many socially responsible funds are starting to include nuclear holdings in the mix. Why? Because nuclear can be considered "alternative," in that it is carbon neutral. No matter how you feel about waste, potential leaks, and other issues with consideration to nuclear power, this type of energy doesn't put any greenhouse gases into the air (although the same can't be said when it comes to transporting nuclear leavings to a waste site).
