NEWS BRIEF:
SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
UN Adaptation Database Highlights Corporate Sustainability Efforts
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change publishes an online database featuring case studies
of climate change adaptation activities undertaken by private companies.
BOOK REVIEW:
BOOK REVIEW | SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT
Book Review: Evolutions in Sustainable Investing: Strategies, Funds and Thought Leadership
Trucost executive Cary Krosinsky edits a book of essays demonstrating that sustainable investment
in an era of growing resource scarcity yields significant opportunities for portfolio
outperformance.
NEWS STORY:
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | WATER SCARCITY | INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Ceres Aqua Gauge Helps Investors and Companies Manage Water Risk
As population growth and climate change make water risk management an issue for investors and
companies to address without delay, the Ceres Aqua Gauge provides a framework for evaluating
corporate strategies.
NEWS STORY:
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | CARBON MANAGEMENT
Climate Change and COP17 from an African Perspective
SocialFunds.com talks with Graham Sinclair, President of AfricaSIF, about his impressions of the
recently concluded climate change conference held in South Africa.
NEWS BRIEF:
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT | WATER RESOURCES AND SCARCITY
Shortfall in Water Infrastructure Investment Could Reach $84 Billion by 2020
The American Society of Civil Engineers warns of environmental and public health consequences of a
failing water infrastructure, and maintains that private investment is crucial to reversing current
investment trends.
NEWS STORY:
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT | IMPACT INVESTORS
New Report Surveys Current State of Impact Investing
The Global Impact Investing Network finds that impact investors often provide debt investments to
microfinance institutions in emerging markets, but provides little to distinguish the practice from
sustainable investing.
NEWS BRIEF:
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT | FIXED INCOME INVESTING
Community Capital Management's Flagship Fund Surpasses $1 Billion in Assets
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Qualified Investment CRA Shares fund, which helps banks meet
the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, now has over 300 bank shareowners.
NEWS STORY:
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | COMMUNITY INVESTMENT | ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Green Retrofits Outpace New Construction for First Time
The US Green Building Council says that LEED-certified square footage of existing buildings now
exceeds that of new construction.
NEWS BRIEF:
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Crowdfunding to Help Small Business Development in Underserved Communities
Opportunity Finance Network and Starbucks collaborate on Create Jobs for USA, which will leverage
donations to fund small business job creation in communities hit hardest by the recession.