Posts Categorized: Impact Investing

September Market Commentary

September has historically been the worst month for stocks, which have fallen a median 0.42% and experienced negative returns over 55% of the time going back to 1928.[1]  And while not much else in the… Read more »

One Earth: Philanthropy for Climate

The term net-zero refers to the idea of completely negating the amount of greenhouse gases produced by human activity by reducing emissions and implementing methods of absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.  Karl Burkart, Deputy… Read more »

Pricing Down vs. Pricing Up

Over the long term, we believe that companies and assets facing significant climate risk will price down and those that offer solutions for decarbonization or adaptation will outperform. However, we expect a bumpy road ahead…. Read more »

Robert Downey Jr.’s Footprint Coalition

Individual investor access to climate focused investments in the venture capital space is generally not so easy to find.  Footprint Coalition Ventures, founded by Jonathan Schulhof, Robert Downey Jr., and Steve Levin, is a sustainable… Read more »

Integrating Climate Science and Investing

An increasing number of asset managers are hiring climate scientists to do research, as it is very difficult to separate climate-focused investment strategies from climate risk science and data.  In this week’s edition of The… Read more »