Responsible investment is the basis of this collection focusing on those investors, of all sizes, embracing sustainability principles and practices integrating people, the environment, and prosperity into their investment strategies.
Many of the videos in this collection come from interviews conducted at annual Ceres conferences. The Ceres investor Network represents the move towards social and environmental investing sometimes referred to as "impact investing."
The Global Impact Investing Network is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing.![]()
Social Responsible Investing (SRI) another useful term and, as noted in Wikipedia, "is also known as sustainable, socially conscious, green or ethical investing. Basically we look at is investment strategy which seeks to consider both financial return and social good."
The Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, is a non-profit organization that works towards a sustainable global economy by providing sustainability reporting guidance. In short, the group working towards a measurement that incorporates social, environmental and economic elements. Investors look to GRI reports for risk assessment purposes.
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Investor Summit on Climate Risk with Tom DiNapoli |
At the 2016 Investor Summit on Climate Risk, Responsible Investor's Vibeka Mair interviewed New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. DiNapoli, who oversees the state's $184.5 billion Common Retirement Fund, discussed its evolving investment strategy regarding climate change. The conversation highlighted new commitments to a low-carbon index, in partnership with Goldman Sachs Asset Management. This interview, originally published on March 11, 2016, was sourced from the Ceres YouTube Channel, covering the summit held at U.N. Headquarters in NYC. EarthSayers Thomas DiNapoli; Vibeka Mair |