As You Sow, a non-profit focusing on corporate social responsibility, offers an online tool that compares where funds rank with regard to criteria such as deforestation, fossil fuels, gender equality, guns, weapons, tobacco and prisons. Read More →
Read MoreFor investors trying to assess whether their mutual funds are aligned with their values, they now can add a San Francisco-based nonprofit’s expanded report card for funds.
Read MoreInvestors have a new resource at their disposal to make aligning their portfolios with their personal values easier than ever.
Read MoreInvestors are increasingly expanding their attention beyond past performance to evaluate what the mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in their accounts are invested in.
Read MoreThe disclosure of workplace equity data is increasing in its importance to investors and they are letting companies know that this information is material to investment decisions.
Read MoreGender lens investing strategies have boomed in recent years, fueled by the #MeToo movement, increased awareness about how women often are treated, and a recognition that companies benefit when diversity and inclusion is fostered.
Read MoreUber may be tech’s IPO headliner in 2019, but plenty of noteworthy warm-up acts are contributing to a banner year in initial public offerings.
Read MoreThe bull towers 11 feet tall at its shoulder. A staggering 7,100 pounds of shimmering bronze, it stands mid-charge, feet splayed across the sliver of park called Bowling Green at the gateway to New York’s financial district.
Read MoreGender inequality is in the spotlight like never before.
Read MoreFINDING SOCIALLY responsible investments is easier than ever before, but questions still remain around just what impact these investments are actually having.
Read MoreThe government shutdown, Brexit and tariffs — they're all affecting trade.
Read MoreAs You Sow released its fifth Invest Your Values screening tool, Gender Equality Funds, in mid-November 2018. Gender Equality Funds is a free, online tool that enables individual and institutional investors to apply a gender lens to mutual fund and ETF investments. More at- https://genderequalityfunds.org
Read MoreGENDER EQUALITY investors got an early holiday present this week: a new free fund screening tool enabling them to evaluate the gender equality of their mutual funds and ETFs.
Read MoreThe fund industry continues to launch more funds investing with an eye toward environmental, social and governance, or ESG–150 in 2018 alone at last count.
Read MoreIf you’re like most people with a 401(k), you probably don’t know which companies are in your mutual funds, let alone whether those companies have policies to support gender equality or how many women they have on their board of directors or senior management team.
Read MoreSome investment services firms are trying to address the problem by embracing what’s known as “gender lens investing.” The idea is to get investors to put their money into companies that advance gender equality.
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