Your impact investing journey: Measuring and managing your impact investments

A common debate in impact investing circles is over the best way to quantify, and/or qualify, the non-financial impact of an investment.

Shareholder AdvocacyAsYouSowAugust 1, 2019Brad Harrison, Shareholders

Coke and Pepsi abandon the plastics lobby

New York (CNN Business)Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, two major sellers of plastic bottles, have made sweeping sustainability commitments. Now they are stepping away from a plastics lobbying group.

Waste, Circular EconomyAsYouSowAugust 1, 2019Danielle Wiener-Bronner, plastics, plastic waste

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Leave Pro-Plastics Lobbying Association

As more and more companies are transitioning away from single-use plastics and actively seeking more sustainable alternatives, The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo have announced their exit from the Plastics Industry Association.

A Conversation on ESG and Sustainability With As You Sow CEO Andrew Behar

In this interview, Motley Fool analysts Maria Gallagher and John Rotonti chat with Andrew Behar about sustainability, corporate responsibility, and ESG investing.

Shareholder AdvocacyAsYouSowJuly 29, 2019Maria Gallagher, John Rotonti, ESG

WASTE ONLY: How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World

THE STUDENTS AT Westmeade Elementary School worked hard on their dragon. And it paid off.

Waste, Circular EconomyAsYouSowJuly 22, 2019plastics, Sharon Lerner

More Minnesota companies tying environmental, social goals to executive pay

Xcel Energy’s record on employee and public safety last year helped CEO Ben Fowke earn an annual cash-incentive bonus of $2.9 million.

CEO PayAsYouSowJuly 22, 2019Patrick Kennedy, CEO Pay

The Disney heiress who slammed CEO Bob Iger's pay as 'insane' says she went undercover at Disneyland and was 'livid' when she saw how the company treats its employees

Abigail Disney isn't happy with the way her great uncle's media empire is run — but she never considered taking a role in the company to try and change it from within, she told the Financial Times.

CEO PayAsYouSowJuly 22, 2019Taylor Nicole Rogers, CEO Pay

New Bill Aims to Compel Companies to Disclose Climate Risks to SEC

A bill that would require public companies to disclose the risks posed to their business by climate change passed a crucial committee vote in the House on Wednesday.

EnergyAsYouSowJuly 22, 2019climate, climate change, Karen Savage

EEOC Data Is Investors' Next Diversity Push

Workforce data is poised to become the next battleground in investors’ fight for diversity disclosure as a group of investors representing $1.61 trillion in assets plans to send letters to 3,000 large global companies asking them to increase disclosures on workplace demographics and equity policies.

Invest Your ValuesAs You SowJuly 22, 2019Lindsay Frost, gender

Investors must look hard at the future of plastics

Newton Abbot aims to be a plastic-free community.

Waste, Circular EconomyAs You SowJuly 22, 2019Pauline Skypala, plastics, plastic waste

Sustainability alert: Unifi launches Our Ocean recycled fibers

Greensboro, North Carolina-based Unifi Inc. has launched a new sustainable product that it says enables customers and consumers to play a role in solving the problem of ocean plastic.

Climate activists find warmer reception at shareholder meetings

BOSTON (Reuters) - Climate activists found companies more receptive to steps like cutting emissions or buying clean power this year, a new tally of shareholder resolutions shows, a trend proponents said undercuts the case for proxy rule changes sought by business groups.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowJuly 15, 2019Ross Kerber, climate, climate change, homepage

Courts grapple with Amazon’s responsibility for dangerous products

A tragic accident and a faulty rhinestone dog collar are at the center of a court drama that could have far-reaching effects on how products are sold online.

Do you know what industries your mutual fund invests in? There are ways to find out

Investors are increasingly expanding their attention beyond past performance to evaluate what the mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in their accounts are invested in.

Invest Your ValuesAsYouSowJuly 8, 2019Gender Equality Funds, Fossil Free Funds, homepage

Amazon Won’t Stop Selling Toxic Products In the U.S.

It started in 2014, when a California-based civil enforcer Larry Lee found dangerous levels of mercury in skin-lightening creams sold on Amazon.

Environmental HealthAsYouSowJuly 4, 2019Ankita Rao, amazon, amazon skin-lightening creams

BlackBerry’s use of non-standard metrics violates SEC rules

BlackBerry Ltd. reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Wednesday that led with and were dominated by non-standard numbers, putting the company at risk of an enforcement action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

CEO PayAsYouSowJune 27, 2019CEO Pay, Ciara Linnane, Francine McKenna

Companies Can Deny Climate Change But They Can't Shun The Capital Markets

Denying climate change is one matter.

EnergyAs You SowJune 27, 2019Ken Silverstein, energy, climate

How to Build Your Own ESG Portfolio

Investors who decide to put their money where their values are have a small but fast-growing array of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to choose from.

Invest Your ValuesAsYouSowJune 27, 2019Karen Hube, Fossil Free Funds, ESG

Investors Representing $1.61 Trillion in Assets Tell Companies to Disclose Workplace Equity Data

The 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.

Democrats want companies to disclose their climate risks — and fossil fuel industry is worried

Democratic presidential candidates have a sweeping array of proposals to fight climate change, but virtually all the leading hopefuls agree on one relatively simple proposal: forcing companies to disclose the risks they face from a warming atmosphere.