The 2026 Impact & Public Benefit Report outlines how Natural Investments creates positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes through its investments, internal practices, and industry advocacy. It showcases data and stories about our firm’s impact on communities, our work to advance a more just form of capitalism, and our leadership in promoting racial equity and […]
Last year the market exhibited a brief period of instability in the spring of 2025, followed by recovery and a solid growth period for the remainder of the year. Natural Investments’ assets under management grew to $1.84 billion, an approximately 8% increase, between new clients seeking SRI investmentsand market value stability. While the US capital
Social movements are grappling with a deepening crisis — one measured not only in lost funding, but in the collective emotional toll of watching philanthropy quietly walk back promises to Black and brown communities. Much of this retreat stems from a chilling effect across the philanthropic sector, as foundations and funders grow increasingly fearful of
Stories of Resilience: Philanthropic Organizations are Sustaining Movements Under Attack Read More »
Many call it paradise, but for the Native people of what was once the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, being “priced out of paradise” is a very real threat. Official numbers put Hawaiʻi’s houseless population at about 6,500, the highest per capita in the country. This number is also likely an undercount, only accounting for those on
Puʻuhonua O Waiʻanae: A Village Without a Place No More Read More »
This quarter’s issue of Investing with Intent examines how values-aligned investing is responding to today’s political, economic, and regulatory shifts—exploring cooperative economic models in Italy and Spain, the growing role of judicial action as shareholder advocacy and the evolving case for socially responsible investing, and what market signals, AI disruption, and tariffs mean for Main Street and Wall Street alike. Download a full PDF copy here: Investing with Intent Winter 2026.
I recently returned from a delegation to Emilia-Romagna in Italy and the Basque Country in Spain, organized by the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI). CCI’s initiative, called Reimagining Scale, brought together a group of U.S.-based solidarity economy practitioners ranging from academics to organizers to investors. Emilia-Romagna is a region in Italy with a decades-old robust
What Can We Learn from Cooperative Economies in Italy & Spain? Read More »
This quarter’s In the News recaps reporting on how investors, institutions, and communities are responding to today’s political and regulatory climate—from the resilience of sustainable investing and renewed momentum in climate tech to the growing role of community-owned real estate and rising concerns about transparency and accountability in financial markets.
The last weekend in September, I drove from Washington, D.C. to upstate New York for the Black Farm Fund’s (BFF) annual Abundance in Autumn Festival, a special event for BFF’s community of farmers, funders, and investors. The event, held at the queer- and BIPOC-owned Rise & Root Farm, was a day of planting, listening, eating,
This quarter’s issue of the Investing with Intent newsletter explores values-driven divestment in a turbulent political climate, the meaning of conviction in impact investing, the challenges of AI and copyright, and rising opportunities in renewable energy and shareholder advocacy.
On Wall Street, the word “conviction” refers to one’s confidence that a given investment will be profitable. For example, a “high conviction” investment is one that an investor believes will ultimately be highly profitable and is worth holding—even at the cost of enduring losses along the way. Likewise, an investor could easily get shaken out