Socially Responsible Investing: Aspiration & Impact

Socially Responsible Investing: Aspiration & Impact

Published November 26th, 2014 by Peter Kinder

The Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing marked its 25th anniversary this month. Few conferences can claim justly to have changed their field – in this case, financial services –…

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The Australian National University Divests; All Hell Breaks Loose

The Australian National University Divests; All Hell Breaks Loose

Published October 20th, 2014 by Peter Kinder

For a university like ours, which is … a major researcher in environment and alternative energy, we need to be able to put our hand on our heart when we…

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Lessons from Harvard’s Fossil-Fuel Divestment Letter: Elect New Trustees

Published April 11th, 2014 by Peter Kinder

Harvard’s produced an interesting week for those pushing for fossil-fuel free investments. On Monday, its president, Drew Gilpin Faust, posted a long email justifying the University’s positions and…

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Joseph & Pharaoh: A Lesson for a Time of Climate Change

Published November 11th, 2013 by Peter Kinder

I’ve been reading Global Crisis: War, Climate Change & Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century (Yale Univ. Press, 2013) by Ohio State history professor Geoffrey Parker. Parker has…

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Fear, Fortitude & the Future: Toward Investor Standards Based on History for Gauging Preparation for Warming

Published November 1st, 2013 by Peter Kinder

Note: This post is a revised version of a talk I gave at the 24th annual Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing sponsored by First Affirmative Financial Network (FAFN)…

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‘Words of Wisdom’: Talk at the SRI Conference

Published October 4th, 2012 by Peter Kinder

‘Words of Wisdom’ from Peter D. Kinder Co-Founder, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. Copyright © 2012 by Peter D. Kinder. All rights reserved. First Affirmative Financial Network Conference on Sustainable,…

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William James Defines ‘Social Responsibility’

Published September 16th, 2012 by Peter Kinder

A New York Times op ed by Rebecca Harrington on the Harvard cheating affair quotes William James, one of the founders of psychology as a discipline. In a letter to…

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The Isolated Board: A Perspective on Governance Today

Published June 29th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

Boston College Law School & The Boston College Carroll School of Management’s Center for Corporate Citizenship Directors’ Intensive Program on Corporate Governance Panel: Beyond the Quarterly Report: Managing Risk and…

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Bavaria Award for Long-Term Impact

Published May 11th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

Note: On May 10, at the CERES Conference in Oakland, California, I received the Joan Bavaria Award for the ‘long-term impact’ of my old company, KLD Research & Analytics, …

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