Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing Hits the Big Time
by Michael Kramer
When every major media outlet, Congress, the Department of Labor, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are all focused on issues pertaining to sustainable, responsible, and impact (SRI) investing, it’s clear that this segment of the financial services industry has hit its stride in terms of popularity, impact, and yes, controversy.
2022 Sustainable & Responsible Impact
Despite the market downturn in 2022, interest in sustainable investments continued to increase across the United Sates.
ESG Investing: Reaping What We’ve Sown
by Michael Kramer
Driven by ever-increasing investor demand, most major investment institutions are practicing sustainable, responsible, and impact (SRI) investing.
Spotlight: East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative
by Kulu Maphalala
The East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative (EB PREC) is a Black women-led cooperative founded in 2017 and incubated out of a partnership between the People of Color Sustainable Housing Network (POCSHN) and the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC).
Spotlight: Ecosystem Integrity Fund
by Greg Pitts
When Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF) came to my attention in 2014, the members were raising capital for their second venture fund. I found them to be particularly attractive because of my background in physics and environmental science and their serious focus on environmental sustainability.
Spotlight: Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF)
by James Frazier, CFP®
The good old-fashioned cooperative (co-op for short) continues to demonstrate its merit as a time-tested alternative to extreme concentrations of wealth through private business ownership.
Download a full PDF copy here: Investing with Intent– Impact Report 2022
