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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Bank of America Puts the Freeze on Financing Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration
Earlier this week, Bank of America became the last of the big banks to state that it will not finance oil and gas exploration in the Arctic. This announcement from the company comes after years of pressure from environmental and…
Q3 2020 Market Update: Political Parties, the Economy, and Financial Markets
We are all riveted by COVID-19 and by the presidential election. Nothing else seems to matter. We claim no insight on either, but as investors who respect history and who relish debunking conventional wisdom and market myths, we would like…
Fall into Charitable Gifting Season
Note: This is an updated version of an article originally published on September 30, 2019. It has been updated to incorporate changes made in 2020 to the rules governing required minimum distributions (RMD).
As portfolio managers, we have slightly different…
Night School: Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Even casual followers of economic and financial news sense that GDP is critically important to economists, investors, and policymakers. What is it, and why is it so important?
According to the International Monetary Fund, “GDP measures the monetary value of…
The end is nigh: The fossil fuel reckoning is upon us
Photo credit: Jim Mendell
The headlines are coming fast and furious:
“Exxon Used to Be America’s Most Valuable Company. What Happened?”[i]
“BP Says the Era of Oil-Demand Growth Is Over”[ii]
“Stop Expecting Oil and the Economy to Recover”[iii]
“The End…
Climate Change and Impact Investments
For many, the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about investing to combat climate change is divestment from fossil fuels and investment in climate solutions. Clean Yield strives to take a holistic approach by investing in companies and…
2020 Engagement Update
At Clean Yield, we believe in the power – and the privilege – of active stock ownership. The power lies in the ability to elevate different perspectives and voices and spark lasting changes that serve long-term shareholders and stakeholders. This…