Green
Investing: A Guide
This guide is designed to provide an introduction to “green” or environmentally responsible investing; to offer links to organizations, publications and online portals that have a focus on eco-investing and sustainable business practices; and finally to highlight green investment opportunities as well as resources for further education. The information provided here should by no means be considered investment advice and does not represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks.
Portals
From Outside, a print and
online
magazine dedicated “to covering the people, sports and activities,
politics,
art, literature, and hardware of the outdoors,” an informative investment
guide for beginners interested in “putting their
money
where the green is.” Profiles mutual
funds and stocks that are environmentally friendly, gives
an overview of the
hot sectors in green technology, and provides links to further
resources on the subject. Helping
green businesses grow,”
Sustainable
Business.com is an internet community that culls the most
compelling
news, articles, and
columns from
over 35 leading sustainable business trade
publications and individuals. Also includes a business connections
section,
green jobs, and a
resource directory, and publishes Progressive
Investor,
a monthly newsletter that guides investors and advisors toward sustainable
investments. Touted
as the internet’s “most
comprehensive finance site devoted to socially responsible investing,”
Social
Funds provides complete
coverage of social mutual
funds, community investment, and shareowner action. The site also
provides
daily news and investment advice,and offers financial services
guides,
directories and resources. Organizations
Ceres is a “national network of
investors,
environmental organizations and other public interest groups working
with
companies and investors to
address sustainability challenges such as global
climate change.” Web site provides news
on corporate reporting of environmental performance
and
corporate and investor
action on environmental sustainablility; and links to publications and
reports. This
nonprofit membership organization works “to harness economic power—the
strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a
socially just and environmentally sustainable society.”
Web site provides a wealth of information on
green business and social
investing,
tips for socially responsible financial
planning. SIF is a “a national nonprofit membership organization promoting the concept, practice and growth of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI).” The SIF web site offers comprehensive information, including a thorough guide on how SRI works, and contacts and resources on socially responsible investing. A major component of SRI is environmental responsibility and green screening. Back to Top Publications
This print and online magazine advocates “responsibility from the supermarket to the stock market” and encourages and promotes the awareness of socially & environmentally responsible business, investing and consumer resources. Articles and content focus on green investing and socially responsible investment strategies. A monthly magazine covering the impact of environmental issues on the lending, insurance, investment and trading decisions affecting industry. Issues include news and analysis on a broad range of environmental issues including weather risk management, renewable energy certificates, emissions markets and "green" investments. Co-op Back to Top Green Funds
No-load
mutual fund with over
twenty years experience investing
in small and medium sized “green and clean” companies. Back to Top Further Reading
Three excellent articles from “Green
Guide,” National Geographic’s online
and print newsletter for green living advice,
that provide information on shareholder responsibility and green
investing.
This
book by Wall Street visionary Amy Domini provides strategies and
techniques for
selecting and investing in companies that are working to make positive
change
in the world, and focuses in part on environmental activism and
investing for a
cleaner world. Back to Top |
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