Investing in the Mission and Beyond

This week, Council on Foundations is holding its Annual Conference in Philadelphia.

Tides CEO, Melissa L. Bradley, was a panelist at the conference and has authored this guest post on Mission Related Investing.

To see more from the Council on Foundations Annual Conference, click here to read blog postings from conference participants.

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Make Your Money Work for Your Values

Every day, we're faced with choices about aligning our values with our financial activity. Our concern for the environment may lead us to buy local produce or to stop buying bottled water. In support of human rights, we might monitor which apparel manufacturers employ sweatshop or child labor. We might select Credo Mobile, who donate a portion of their profits, as our cell phone carrier. Or we can choose to use a credit union or a local bank as an alternative to the Wall Street institutions implicated in the financial ...

Shareholder Activism Wins Victories

Guest post by Timothy Smith, Senior Vice President, Environment, Social and Governance Group at Walden Asset Management

The investment portfolio at Tides has been managed for decades by Walden Asset Management (formerly U.S. Trust of Boston), a leader in sustainable and responsible investing.  Here are four areas where Walden helps Tides' investments to support a double bottom line of financial returns and social change:

Screening: Tides' investment choices utilize environmental, social, and governance...