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Socially Responsible Investing 
The Politics of Corporate Campaign Disclosure: Keep an Eye on the 2013 Proxy Season(0)
The continuing debate in Washington, D.C. over corporate campaign disclosure will pit the major political parties against a number of groups advocating greater disclosure. But a more far-reaching — and far less predictable — debate will occur between corporate executives and some of their large investors.
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Impact Investing: Finding Resources for CSR Start-Ups
Impact investing is an emerging asset class focused on the flow of capital towards companies that align market incentives with scalable impact. In other words, investing in for-profit companies that are making the world a better place. One problem: there is actually very little investment being made, especially for seed and early-stage companies.
JP Morgan:Impact Investing Offers Trillion Dollar Opportunity
A study by analysts at J.P. Morgan concludes that impact investing – which is intended to generate social good as well as financial return – could represent a highly-profitable trillion dollar market over the next decade. “In fact, we believe that impact investing will reveal itself to be one of the most powerful changes within the asset management industry in the years to come,” the study says.
Study Finds Sustainable Companies ‘Significantly Outperform’ Financially
A new study by researchers at Harvard Business School and London Business School concludes that companies which have voluntarily embraced sustainable business cultures with a substantial number of environmental and social policies “significantly outperform their counterparts over the long-term, both in terms of stock market and accounting performance.”