Sonia Kowal, president of Zevin Asset Management, joined the Top Tier Impact Group to discuss impact investing. In the interview, Sonia discusses the firm’s approach to pushing for social change, how to distinguish real impact from impact washing, and more.
Bloomberg: The Two Wall Street Liberals Behind ESG's $35 Trillion Explosion
You can learn more by watching the first episode in the series here.
Net Zero Cannot Be a Net Disappointment: The Social Cost of Carbon Offsets
When oil companies announce net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goals but provide no details on how they plan to reduce that in the short term or whether their largest source of emissions — in this case, emissions from the use of products of oil and gas — is included, it’s clear that the term “net zero” can be co-opted. While the growth in corporate net-zero targets is an important signal of increased ambition to fight climate change and is required to move us towards warming below 1.5 degrees C, there is little ability to keep companies accountable to these goals.
Audiocast: Introduction to Marcela Pinilla, Director of Sustainable Investing
We invite you to listen to this audiocast from Marcela Pinilla, our Director of Sustainable Investing, and hear about the issues she sees as the primary focus for Zevin Asset Management, including:
Racial equity
Climate change
Corporate governance
On the Front Lines of Shareholder Advocacy
What a year this has been for shareholder advocacy.
This season we reached a new peak in investor support for ESG (environmental, social, and governance)-related issues. Most of these majority votes during company annual meetings have been for shareholder proposals asking companies to evaluate and describe the rationale for their spending on direct and indirect lobbying activities.