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Dorothy Hinchcliff Dorothy Hinchcliff is editor of FA online and FA green, as well as managing editor of Financial Advisor magazine. She has spent more than 15 years as an editor and reporter covering personal finance and other business issues.

January 26, 2010

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

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Financial advisors should take a closer look at a recent report on SRI fund performance.
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December 07, 2009

Powerful Video

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No matter what your position on climate change, it’s worth watching a video called Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining.
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November 30, 2009

Oil Sands And Our Future

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Canada is the United States' biggest oil supplier, and most of the oil the U.S. gets from Canada in the future is likely to come from oil sands deposits in the province of Alberta. Almost every major Canadian and international oil company has a stake there. But the environmental and social impacts from extracting oil from the area are enormous, and how companies deal with these risks could affect their future returns. A new report rates 13 publicly traded companies with Canada oil sands projects based on how they are handling such risks. Only two scored average or better in all categories.

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October 20, 2009

Researching Sustainable Companies

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A good place to learn about sustainable investing, and maybe even identify some investment possibilities, is at the Web site of Sustainable Asset Management.
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October 13, 2009

Big News For Solar

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Dow Chemical has unveiled a solar shingle, an invention that sounds like it will make it far easier and cheaper to convert homes to solar power. Not only that, but the end result should look better, too.
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October 04, 2009

Sustainability At School

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When I took graduate business courses nearly 20 years ago, the word "sustainability" wasn't found in college curriculums. Times have changed--a lot.
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September 24, 2009

Selling Sustainability

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In London, about 50% of the clean water leaks away because the infrastructure is so old. The cost of digging up all of the old pipes and replacing them would be astronomical. But let's say a company had a robot-like device that could enter the pipes and coat them, stopping the leaks. Wouldn't that company sound like a great investment?
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August 31, 2009

Still On Track?

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A report published last October by a leader in the responsible investing field predicted RI will grow by 25% a year over the next few years and become mainstream by 2015. Almost a year and one financial meltdown later, I contacted Robeco, one of the firms that did the study, to see if it was still as optimistic.
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August 19, 2009

New Ideas

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One possibility for generating electricity is to harness the motion in raindrops. What might surprise you (as it did me) is that an award-winning idea on how to do this comes from an 18-year-old woman.
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August 06, 2009

‘Ecoefficient’ Investing

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