RLP Capital, Inc., has launched The Green 401k, which offers more than 130 socially responsible mutual funds, as well as over 8,000 traditional mutual funds.
Hand Benefits & Trust, a BPAS company, has announced that the MIZAN Fund, a Shariah-compliant collective investment fund, is now available upon request through Nationwide.
Pax World Management LLC, investment adviser to Pax World Funds, has
joined with Morningstar Associates to create and manage a series of
asset allocation funds that integrate environmental, social, and
governance (ESG) factors.
TIAA-CREF announced it has kept its holdings in only one of five companies it targeted last year for potential divestment over their business relations with the government of Sudan.
Specific environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors
can have a positive impact on portfolio returns, according to a new
Mercer report.
A recent paper says that investors gain 2.5% higher returns every year, on a risk-adjusted basis, by investing in "sin" stocks–publicly traded companies involved in alcohol, tobacco, and gaming–versus investing in stocks with comparable characteristics.
FTSE Group, a global index provider, has launched capital investment tools to help investors identify and gain exposure to the environmental technology sector.
Buck Consultants, an ACS company, introduced a green awareness consulting service to help employers change their employees' behaviors in the office and at home.
Standard&Poor's announced the launch of the first in a series of global low carbon indexes to meet investor demands for environmentally focused indexes.