Many people who embrace sustainable, socially responsible, and impact investing are feeling surprise, disbelief, and despair since the election. It confirmed that tens of millions of people have different values from ours, and it remains baffling that tens of millions of registered voters didn’t think it was important enough to vote. It is too early […]
Resilience is (Still) the New Sustainability Read More »
Natural investments’ Racial equity team (RE team) was established in 2021 to champion our firm’s internal efforts to foster a just, equitable, and safe workplace for all advisors and staff members. The team is currently composed of five advisors who serve a term of at least two years, and participants are compensated for being part
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This quarter’s In the News recaps several articles that show that ESG investing has a positive outlook, and there is a trend for land reclamation by BIPOC communities.
In The News – Fall 2024 Read More »
Our founder, Jack Brill, started as a socially responsible investment advisor in 1985. Jack and his son Hal ran a thriving, father-son business for 22 years, and when I joined Natural Investments in 2000, we became a firm. Manager Christopher Peck and I became co-owners in 2007 and one of the first B Corps in
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Natural Investments donates at least half of its annual charitable contributions towards racial equity and justice organizations, particularly those working on financial and economic issues. In addition, our advisors donate a percentage of their gross revenue to charitable organizations. Many of our contributions are featured on our website: naturalinvestments.com/about/charitable-contributions/
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Natural Investments recently converted its company ownership from six financial advisors to the Natural Investments Purpose Trust. That’s right, we’re now essentially owned by a purpose! Creating this trust over the past 18 months means that Natural Investments will continue to exist in perpetuityas an independent firm owned by an entity rather than individuals. Now
Natural Investments Becomes the First Perpetual Purpose Trust in Financial Services Read More »
LIFE IS WHAT WE FOCUS ON. This has long been a meaningful mantra for me. My adoption of it stems from a time when my obsession with bad news caused me distress. Bad news is everywhere, and modern humans are more aware of the problems of the world than any other time in history. The state of the
Crisis and opportunity have an interesting partnership. They don’t always go together, but when they do, they can catalyze powerful change in individuals, countries, and human civilization. Many forces converged in 2020 to create such a dynamic—a global pandemic, heightened attention to racism, extreme weather events and accompanying natural disasters, the disruption of democratic norms
2020: A Year of Transformation Read More »
JACK BRILL, the founder of Natural Investments and a pioneering thought leader of the socially responsible investment (SRI) industry, passed away recently at the age of 89. As one of the earliest SRI advisors in the 1980s, Jack was a passionate advocate known for his generous heart and tireless work to advance an approach to
One from the Heart: A Tribute to Jack Brill Read More »
Natural Investments as a firm has been on its own path of social justice since it began. It’s the core of our mission. And yet in the area of racial equity, we know there is much more that we can and want to accomplish. Our natural focus is external, in that we are always looking
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