Thursday, March 22, 2012

Why the World's Largest Investors are Embracing Sustainable and Responsible Investing

Pension plans, college endowments and charitable organizations are some of the largest and most astute investors in the world. As individuals, should we take lessons from their actions?

In recent years, institutions who manage trillions of dollars have begun to take a new approach to investing. They have determined that resource scarcity, climate change, activist consumers and even the speed of social media have changed the investment landscape.

Company reputations are damaged in an instant, and billions of dollars can be wiped away by reckless actions. These institutional investors are increasingly employing a "Sustainable and Responsible Investment" model to help them manage this array of new risks, while positioning themselves to pursue additional opportunities...

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