A new report, Environmental, Social and Governance Investing by College and University Endowments in the United States, finds environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) efforts by endowments are less prevalent than often believed, particularly given their history as pioneers dating back to 1970s anti-apartheid campaigns. These findings are particularly surprising at a time when ESG factors are increasingly factored […]
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How Investors Really Use Proxy Advisers
James McRitchie, 05/30/2012 ,
Voting Decisions at US Mutual Funds: How Investors Really Use Proxy Advisers (more…)
Mergers and Acquisitions and the Universal Investor
James McRitchie, 01/28/2012 ,
The Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute invites you to a webinar to review a new report “Mergers and Acquisitions and the Universal Investor.” The study was conducted by a team headed by Dr. Ben Branch, professor of finance at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst. (more…)
July 2008
James McRitchie, 07/30/2008 ,
ESG Gaining Acceptance Since 2005, KLD has studied the S&P 100’s sustainability reporting practices for the Sustainable Investment Research Analyst Network, a working group of the Social Investment Forum. The 2008 Sustainability Report Comparison reveals encouraging news. Of the 100 largest U.S. publicly-traded companies, 86 maintain corporate sustainability websites and 49 produced sustainability reports in 2007. These numbers represent significant progress […]