fossil fuel-free investing
New Publication: Approaches to Environmental Investing
Portfolio 21 recently released a new publication, titled “Approaches to Environmental Investing…,” which is intended to illustrate the key concepts in this field and provide investors with a framework for evaluating various investment strategies. We offer this paper, written in collaboration with Sarah Cleveland Consulting, to fill a
Stop Buying Fossil Fuel
If a company is producing a very profitable product that is known to cause harm to the environment and to your health, should they make the product less harmful if they can do so and still earn a profit? Should they do this because they are able to make the…
Fossil-Fuel Free Investing: A Response to the Counter Arguments
Since Bill McKibben first issued his call to divest from fossil fuel stocks in “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math” last August, there has been quite a reaction in the press and among investors. It is impossible for me to know what has actually happened in terms of divestment, but enough…
New Paper Released: Managing Investment Portfolios without Fossil Fuel Stocks
This week Portfolio 21 Investments released a new paper entitled Managing Investment Portfolios without Fossil Fuel Stocks…. The paper details the unique investment risks of the coal, oil, and gas sector, as well as how our firm manages portfolio diversification without fossil fuel exploration and production stocks. Our investment
The Growing Movement to Divest from Fossil Fuels
A movement is building to push for change in the global energy conversation through divestment from fossil fuel companies. This may seem to be a bold and radical mission, but author-activist Bill McKibben, whose 350.org is at the heart of the message, believes this is a campaign whose time has…
Global Warming by the Numbers
Bill McKibben believes that we’re losing the fight against global warming. In his recent article in Rolling Stone (Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math… in the August, 2, 2012 issue), McKibben writes “we're losing the fight, badly and quickly – losing it because, most of all, we remain in denial
