Green Investing: By the Numbers
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/green-investing/green-investing-statistics.html
$25.1 trillion: The amount of money currently invested in socially responsible investment funds.
One out of every 10 dollars: The amount of money currently invested in socially responsible funds.
10.4 percent: The amount the Dow Jones Sustainability Index rose in 2007, outperforming the Dow Jones Industrial index, which only rose by 6.4 percent.
260: Socially screened mutual funds in the U.S., with an asset value of $201.8 billion. Mutual funds are the fastest growing option of socially responsible investing.
109: SRI funds available in the U.S. in 2004, compared to 367 SRI funds available in Europe.
348: Number of shareholder proposed environmental and social resolutions in 2007. Of those, 177 of the proposals went to a vote.
40 percent: The amount by which the green energy sector grew, in global sales, in 2007.
50 percent: the amount by which residential solar installations grew in 2007; wind installations grew by 30 percent and organic food production grew by 20 percent over the same period.
Community investing is the fastest growing area of socially responsible investing.
Showing posts with label company: businesses going green. Show all posts
Showing posts with label company: businesses going green. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
5 Major Companies Innovate By Going Green
5 Major Companies Innovate By Going Green
Diverse businesses are learning the benefits of corporate sustainability.
11.18.2009 Link to full article below
While environmentalists, and the public, have many reasons to remain wary about big corporations, it's also true that big business's tremendous wealth and power can be harnessed for good. While no company is perfect, particularly when it operates on an international scale and has a long history, it is worth noting the ways in which companies are going green today.
The following are not necessarily the greenest companies around, but they also aren't niche players. Let's see what lessons in sustainability we can learn from:
Kimberly-Clark
Paper giant Kimberly-Clark has been trying to reverse years of bad environmental press, and earlier this year was recognized by the EPA for being one of the top buyers of green power. After a long conflict with Greenpeace over clear-cutting in Canada's Boreal forest, the company has agreed to source all it's fiber from "eco-friendly sources."
Please read the full article
Diverse businesses are learning the benefits of corporate sustainability.
11.18.2009 Link to full article below
While environmentalists, and the public, have many reasons to remain wary about big corporations, it's also true that big business's tremendous wealth and power can be harnessed for good. While no company is perfect, particularly when it operates on an international scale and has a long history, it is worth noting the ways in which companies are going green today.
The following are not necessarily the greenest companies around, but they also aren't niche players. Let's see what lessons in sustainability we can learn from:
Kimberly-Clark
Paper giant Kimberly-Clark has been trying to reverse years of bad environmental press, and earlier this year was recognized by the EPA for being one of the top buyers of green power. After a long conflict with Greenpeace over clear-cutting in Canada's Boreal forest, the company has agreed to source all it's fiber from "eco-friendly sources."
Please read the full article
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