LEADER 05800nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910781873003321 005 20230126202554.0 010 $a1-118-15792-3 010 $a1-280-76130-X 010 $a9786613678027 010 $a1-118-15790-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000056688 035 $a(EBL)817379 035 $a(OCoLC)815647403 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000566763 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12208441 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566763 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10562532 035 $a(PQKB)10394657 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC817379 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL817379 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10504169 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367802 035 $a(OCoLC)763160950 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000056688 100 $a20110708d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEvolutions in sustainable investment$b[electronic resource] $estrategies, funds and thought leadership /$fCary Krosinsky, editor ; with Nick Robins & Stephen Viederman 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cWiley$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (512 p.) 225 1 $aWiley finance series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-88849-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEvolutions inSustainableInvesting; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Editor; About the Contributors; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Sustainability Imperative; Sustainability: A Business Megatrend; Getting the Vision Right; Getting the Execution Right; Building a Sustainability Performance System; Summary; Note; CHAPTER 2 Jupiter Ecology; Roots of the Fund; Jupiter Ecology's Investment Process; Good Governance; Building a Following; Building on Firm Foundations; Assessing Companies for the Long Term; Voting and Engagement: Participating in the Process of Change; Finding Great Green Companies 327 $aFund PerformanceNotes; CHAPTER 3 A Predictor of Performance; Investment in Natural Capitalism; Discovering Opportunities; Identifying the Companies of the Future; Summary; CHAPTER 4 Highwater Global; Hawken Takes on Domini; Fund Drivers Based on Global Sustainable Themes; Finding Investment Opportunities; Sustainable Investing Is Responsible Investing; Summary; Notes; CHAPTER 5 Further Context; Starting Point for Measuring Sustainability; Sustainability 2.0's Five Factors; Summary; Notes; CHAPTER 6 Sustainable Asset Management; SAM's Origins and Evolution 327 $aBuilding a Sustainable Investing Practice: Basic Business SegmentsMeasuring Intangibles: Sustainability Research Methodology; Sustainability Lens: Active Portfolio Management; SAM and Performance; SAM's Extended Family: Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes; Sustainability Advocacy and Company Engagement; Summary; Notes; CHAPTER 7 Domini and BP; Domini Social Investments; Safety, Environmental, and Ethical Concerns; Domini Investment Philosophy; Business Model Analysis: Key Performance Indicator Alignment Model; Integrating Business Model Alignment and Stakeholder Relationship Strength; Notes 327 $aCHAPTER 8 The Story of CalvertUnconventional History; Calvert's People; Calvert's Methodologies: Signature, Solution, and SAGE; Calvert's Performance; Summary; Notes; CHAPTER 9 Winslow; Blazing a Trail; Investment Process; Performance Considerations; Summary; Notes; CHAPTER 10 Portfolio 21; Portfolio 21: A History; Theory of Sustainability and Change; In Search of Forward-Looking Companies; Results; Summary; Notes; CHAPTER 11 Northwest and Ethical Investments; Humble Beginnings; New Direction; Evolving Investment Approach; Corporate Engagement Program; Key Products and Performance over Time 327 $aLooking Forward: NEI's Merger with Northwest FundsNote; CHAPTER 12 Looking for a Green Century: Passive-Indexed versus Active Portfolio Management; Background; Green Century Funds; Green Century Equity Fund; Trillium Asset Management and the Balanced Fund; Trillium Asset Management Corporation; Carbon Footprint of the Balanced Fund; Seeking Safer Packaging: The Bisphenol-A Report; Shareholder Advocacy; Summary; Notes; CHAPTER 13 Pictet Water; Evolution of Investment Strategy over Time: Original versus Current Mission; Founders and Key Decision Makers; Methodology 327 $aMetrics: What Is Important and Why 330 $a Sustainable Investing is fast becoming an essential method of generating long-term returns, moving beyond the negative approaches to socially responsible investing that have dominated the field. 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