Investing for the Earth: Navigating the Sustainable Investing Landscape
Date: December 2, 2019
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Place: Green Mountain Club Visitor Center, Waterbury Center, VT
Panel discussion on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing
US domiciled assets under management using sustainable responsible investing strategies increased 38% in two years to $12 trillion at the start of of 2018.1 Clearly more than a narrow niche.
Learn about ESG and mission-aligned investing, whether it is possible to invest responsibly to make a positive environmental/social impact without sacrificing investment returns. What are non-profits and endowments doing? Are there risks to not investing with an ESG focus?
Come with your questions and opinions, leave with new mission investing financial literacy.
Moderator: Joy Facos – Principal, ESG Research Associates and GMC endowment committee member
Panelists2: Molly Betournay, Director of Social Research and Shareholder Advocacy, Clean Yield Asset Management
David Carris, Wealth Management and Endowment Consultant, UBS Institutional Consulting
For more information, please contact Hope Crifo, Endowment Committee chair, hcrifo@yahoo.com.
1 Report on US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends 2018, US SIF Foundation
2Panelists will not provide investment advice.