The Latest
Reflections on Exploring Reparations
Earlier this year, Clean Yield and CQ Strategies hosted a workshop for our clients called Exploring Reparations. It was a three-session series aimed at learning about reparations and considering what reparations might look like for us as individuals and for… Read More >
We Will Keep Saying Their Names
Statement on the Conviction in the George Floyd Murder
The relief we feel in knowing that some level of accountability has been served for the murder of George Floyd is overshadowed by our anger and frustration at how entrenched racism… Read More >
Q1 2021 Market Update: Caution: Slippery Road Ahead
Why caution at a time like this? The COVID vaccine rollout is far exceeding expectations, the federal government is pumping trillions of dollars into the economy, consumer and investor confidence levels are high, and the Federal Reserve has set short-term… Read More >
Reduce, Consume, Compost
Food waste is a significant and avoidable contributor to climate change. According to the USDA, up to 40% of the U.S. food supply is wasted. That waste mostly ends up in landfills, where it produces methane – a powerful greenhouse… Read More >
Impact Profile: Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT (IQVF)
Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT (IQVF) is a farmland finance company that works with mission-driven investors to provide land security to organic and regenerative farmers through long-term leases (74% of total assets), mortgages (22%), and lines of credit (4%). The company… Read More >
Shifting to a Higher Gear with Accell
The COVID pandemic changed many things over the past year. One was that people went outdoors to beat cabin fever or to get a little exercise. An activity that provides both is bicycling, which has become cool again. If you… Read More >
Night School: Company Performance vs. Stock Performance
Surely a successful company results in a successful stock market investment. Not necessarily. At its simplest, the stock market – or any market – reflects the intersection between demand and supply. The more intensely participants want to buy, the higher… Read More >
Stop What You’re Doing and Read This Statement from VT APIDA for Black Lives
Then call your representatives.
The Clean Yield team condemns violence and discrimination against the Asian American community. We are heartbroken and angry but instead of sharing our own perspective, we want to elevate the important words of those with lived… Read More >
Takeaways from Race, Power, Privilege & Being a Change Agent
In late 2020, Clean Yield invited clients to join us for a diversity training series called “Race, Power, Privilege & Being a Change Agent,” hosted by CQ Strategies. We wanted to share this vitally important work with our clients and… Read More >
Announcing Building Resilience 2021
Clean Yield is proud to announce the publication of our latest report, Building Resilience 2021. This report aims to highlight recent bright spots from our work and underscore the various ways we contribute to the creation of a more just… Read More >
Q4 2020 Market Update: The Amoral Market
There are times when it is discomfiting to be in this business. This is one of them. In a year of misery for millions and constitutional democracy in this country at its most perilous moment since the Civil War, financial… Read More >
Mid-America Apartment Communities Issues First Sustainability Report
In November, Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) issued its first annual sustainability report, at Clean Yield’s encouragement.
Faithful followers of Clean Yield’s advocacy program may remember that we filed a shareholder proposal at MAA in 2018 asking the company to issue… Read More >