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5/16/13 >> Taking Another Look: The Business Reasons Why Financial Advisors Should Care about Fossil Fuel Free Investing |
| May 16, 2013 - It began with a Rolling Stone article. Then came a 21-city tour that was part educational lecture, part political rally and part rock concert. Now, author and activist Bill McKibben’s call for institutional investors to phase out of coal, oil and gas investments has become the topic of position papers, articles and discussions within the socially responsible investment community and beyond. | |
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5/8/13 >> Business Week Reports that Green Century Balanced Fund “Stands Out” as a Low Carbon Fund |
| May 8, 2013 - Business Week published a profile of the 4-Star Overall Morningstar Rated™ Green Century Balanced Fund this week. The Morningstar rating is based on the risk-adjusted performance of the Fund against 802 Moderate Allocation Funds as of 3/31/2013.* The article, Green Century Balanced Fund Seeks Stable, Low-Carbon Returns, reviews how the Fund aims to invest in “upstanding companies outside the oil and gas industries” and highlights a number of the holdings that made the Fund nearly 50% less carbon intensive than the S&P 500®.** | |
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4/3/13 >> Report: Green Century Balanced Fund's Carbon Footprint is Almost Half that of the S&P 500® |
| April 3, 2013 - The Green Century Balanced Fund announced today that it is 49.5% less carbon intensive than the S&P 500® Index* without compromising financial returns for its investors.** Citing both its returns as compared to the S&P 500® and its 4-star Overall Morningstar Rating (based on risk-adjusted performance against 810 Moderate Allocation Funds as of 12/31/2012),*** the Green Century Balanced Fund stated that these results support its belief that companies that seek to protect the environment may be more profitable in the long-term than companies that damage our water, air and land. | |
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3/28/13 >> Our Thoughts on Fossil Fuel Free Investing |
| March 28, 2013 - Our position paper on fossil fuel free investing underscores the importance of taking action on climate change and sheds greater light on the power of divesting from coal, oil and gas companies. | |
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2/21/13 >> Green Century Gets Starbucks* to Reduce Carbon Emissions In Response to Shareholder Concerns |
| February 21, 2013 - Today, Green Century Capital Management (Green Century) announced that Starbucks has agreed to purchase 100% of the palm oil it uses from certified sustainable suppliers by 2015. Starbucks made the change in response to a shareholder resolution filed by the Green Century Balanced Fund, an environmentally responsible mutual fund. | |
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2/15/13 >> Investors Press Oil and Gas Companies to Reduce and Report Risks from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations |
| February 15, 2013 - Citing concerns over water management, toxic chemical disclosure, greenhouse gas emissions and other community impacts, investors have called upon 9 leading oil and gas companies to disclose critical information about the ways they are managing and measuring the risks associated with hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” operations and shale gas transmission. | |
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2/4/13 >> Is It Really Possible to Have a Fossil Fuel Free Investment Portfolio? |
| February 4, 2013 - While traditional investment firms are just now grappling with this concept, Sustainable and Responsible Investing (SRI) pioneers like Trillium Asset Management (Trillium) and Green Century Capital Management (Green Century) have been on the forefront of clean energy and environmental investing for decades. | |
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1/22/13 >> Investors Push to End Corporate Political Spending |
| January 22, 2013 - Responding to the unprecedented level of outside spending in last year’s election cycle, a coalition of investors stepped up their campaign to press companies to refrain entirely from making political contributions. | |
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10/29/12 >> Green Century advocates for wind power in Washington, DC |
| October 29, 2012 - Last week, Green Century Capital Management joined with other investment firm representatives in Washington, DC to build support for extending the current wind power tax credit. | |
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9/6/12 >> Green Century testifies before Maine Board of Environmental Protection on BPA |
| September 6, 2012—Today, Green Century Capital Management (Green Century) will deliver the findings of its report “Seeking Safer Packaging” to the Maine Board of Environmental Protection. | |
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7/23/2012 >> Green Century Comes out On Top of Other Mutual Fund Groups in Support of Climate Change |
| July 23, 2012—How does Green Century’s proxy voting record in support of issues related to climate change compare with that of other mutual fund companies? Click above to find out. | |
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