http://www.cchange.net Covering the transformations to social, environment and economic sustainability Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:08:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sea Change Radio covers the transformations to social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Change is accelerating in positive and negative directions: the clock is ticking in the race to see which will tip first—the problems or the solutions. Join Sea Change's Host, Alex Wise, as he provides in-depth analysis to help our audience understand possible remedies and potential pitfalls. Sea Change interviews sustainability experts including Paul Hawken, Stewart Brand, Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Lester Brown, and many others. Sea Change airs on over 30 radio stations around the country. Alex Wise clean Alex Wise awise@cchange.net awise@cchange.net (Alex Wise) 2007-2011 Making Connections for Sustainability Sustainability, Climate Change, Human Rights, Environment, Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing, Accountability, Stakeholders, Clean Tech, Renewable Energy, Green Jobs, Wealth Divide http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/cwr-images-archive/SeaChangeRadioTAG_square144_sm.jpg http://www.cchange.net Weekly http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/investing-in-sustainability/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/investing-in-sustainability/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:32:28 +0000 Francesca Rheannon http://www.cchange.net/?p=330 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/investing-in-sustainability/feed/ 1 Cary Krosinky,corporate governance,HSBC,human rights,interfaith center on corporate responsibility,John Ruggie,Nick Robins,responsible investing,Shareholder Engagement,shareowner activism,social investment forum,Sustainable Business Today, Sea Change Radio talks with Nick Robins of HSBC and Cary Krosinsky of Trucost about their book, Sustainable Investing.  We also visit the Responsible Investing Forum, produced in association with the Social Investment Forum, (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nickrobins-150x150.jpg)(http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/carykrosinsky-150x150.jpg)Today, Sea Change Radio talks with Nick Robins of HSBC (http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/home) and Cary Krosinsky of Trucost (http://www.trucost.com/) about their book, Sustainable Investing (http://amapedia.amazon.com/view/Sustainable+Investing:+The+Art+of+Long+Term+Performance+(Environmental+Markets+Insights+Series)/id=930674).  We also visit the Responsible Investing Forum (http://www.iievents.com/event_details.asp?eventID=708518&expired=true), produced in association with the Social Investment Forum (http://www.socialinvest.org/), where we speak with Tim Smith of Walden Asset Management (http://www.waldenassetmgmt.com/) about shareowner activism and hear the excerpts from the keynote (http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Ruggie-address-to-Responsible-Invest-Forum-12-Jan-2009.pdf) of John Ruggie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruggie), the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights (http://www.business-humanrights.org/Gettingstarted/UNSpecialRepresentative). People have long considered the impact of their financial transactions on society and the planet. In the 1970s, the launch of the Pax World Balanced Fund formalized SRI, and the field has grown to where now, one in nine dollars is invested using SRI.  But as the world continues to change, so too does the SRI field.  In 2007, Joe Keefe and Julie Gorte of Pax World coined the term "sustainable investing" to describe a process based less on values, and more on the value created by investing in a sustainable world.  In our conversation with Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins, we explore the distinctions and commonalities between SRI and sustainable investing. Francesca Rheannon clean