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Socially Responsible Investing 
JP Morgan:Impact Investing Offers Trillion Dollar Opportunity(0)
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.
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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.”
Proxy Voting for Sustainability
A sustainability advocate argues that it is illogical – and quite myopic – that many large institutional investors refer to shareholder resolutions on climate change and other material issues as “special interest,” “non-routine” or involving “special circumstances.” The opposite is true, she says: if companies aren’t addressing sustainability they won’t be producing long-term value for their shareholders.
Institutional Investors: The Next Frontier in Corporate Governance
Many corporate responsibility advocates think large institutional investors should serve as “stewards” of the companies in which they invest, helping them achieve long-term sustainable value. But do those investors have the capacity to perform the role now expected of them? Two prominent governance experts are not so sure – and think much more research and analysis is needed before the question can be answered.