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Impact Investing for Climate Change
August 1, 2023
As climate change continues to pose severe threats to our planet and societies, impact investing emerges as a key financial ...
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Impact Investing in Sustainable Agriculture
June 9, 2023
For people interested in impact investing—that is investing in assets that can potentially generate an attractive return as well as ...
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Impact Investing in Affordable Housing
June 5, 2023
Impact investing—that is investing in assets that can generate an attractive return as well as positive social or environmental impact—can ...
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ESG Metrics: What are they and what are the common metrics you should be tracking?
May 25, 2023
One of the most common discussions we have with clients, friends and family goes something like this: “I have worked ...
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4 Climate Change Books Driving the Climate Discussion
January 3, 2023
The climate crisis continues to intensify, as we all experience its impact in fiercer storms and deadlier wildfires, in rising ...
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The Pros and Cons of ESG Investing
September 14, 2022
Once the province of a relatively small number of socially responsible investors, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics into ...
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Investing for Impact in the Public Markets: How to Pick a Great ESG Fund
September 6, 2022
If you are reading this article, you are likely interested in sustainable investing—aligning your investments with your values and making ...
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Introduction to Sustainable Investing
September 1, 2022
For many high-net-worth investors, it’s not enough to earn competitive financial returns. They also want to have a positive impact ...
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Maximize the Impact of your Charitable Giving with a Donor Advised Fund
August 15, 2022
According to Giving USA, charitable donations in the U.S. grew 4% in 2021 to $485 billion, a new record. For ...
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Helping the World’s Youth Reach Their Potential Through Impact Investing in Education
May 31, 2022
Education is one of the most powerful tools available to reduce inequality and foster a peaceful, prosperous world. According to ...
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A Future We Can Believe In
May 31, 2022
Did you know that educating girls can have a huge impact on solving climate change? Neither did we, until we ...
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Investing in Women and Girls Globally: Join us for Two Events!
April 29, 2022
Hello to all CCM clients, family, and friends, We hope you are enjoying your spring so far! As some of ...
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Resources
Annual Impact Report
Our annual impact report provides an overview of our work, the markets, etc…..
ESG Metrics and Insight Report
ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) metrics are an increasingly important way for investors to measure the sustainability and attractiveness of potential investments in large publicly traded companies. Learn more about the details of ESG investing and the related concepts of Sustainable and Impact Investing in our 2022 ESG Metrics and Insights Report.
Impact Investing
in Affordable Housing
Social impact investing in real estate focused on affordable housing shows great promise in easing the epidemic of homelessness and the housing affordability crisis, while providing investors with opportunities to potentially earn attractive returns.
Impact Investing
for the Environment
Growing concern about climate change has led many impact investors to reduce their exposure to fossil fuel companies and to invest in clean energy and other environmental sustainability solutions.
Impact Investing
Closing the Gender Gap
Women lag behind men in key areas like pay, promotion and education. Gender Lens impact investing – that is, making investments that seek both financial returns and a positive effect on the status of women and non-binary people – is a potentially powerful approach to addressing this problem.
Impact Investing
in Sustainable Agriculture
Impact investing in sustainable agriculture can help slow the damage caused by destructive factory farming methods, while providing consumers with healthy, natural food.
Suggested Reading
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
John Bogle
Enough
John Bogle
Stocks for the Long Run
Jeremy J. Siegel
Your Money or Your Life
Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, Monique Tilford
Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth
Nick Murray
Pioneering Wealth Management
David Swensen
The Big Short
Michael Lewis
Invest Like a Billionaire
Warren Buffett
The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
The Investment Answer
Daniel C. Goldie, CFA, CFP, Gordon S. Murray