Tough choices before, after divestment
Whether to divest from sensitive or controversial investments such as firearms can be a difficult call for fiduciaries, and making it doesn't put an end to the tough choices.
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Engage on palm oil to advance SDGs
Investors seeking to link the UN Sustainable Development Goals to their strategies can reduce tropical deforestation associated with agricultural commodities by influencing portfolio companies.
A chance to make the future brighter
Top1000funds.com editor Amanda White has been named a member of the Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellowship class of 2018. She discusses the program, the participants, and the opportunity.
The logic against investing in handguns
There is a rational basis for not putting assets into handgun producers but emotions and politics cloud the issue. Judging the case on facts and figures, not dogma, makes the choice clear.
Human rights benchmark a catalyst
The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark aims to intensify the race to the top for companies in their efforts to drive abuses from the supply chain. A new report shows it's working.
Gore spruiks sustainable investment
Former US vice-president Al Gore told the Milken conference the world has all it needs to turn potential environmental disaster into the biggest investment coup ever - with the right approach.
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