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    January 23, 2009

    Lisa Hagerman, Friday, January 23rd, 2009

    KLD Research & Analytics hosts a reception and book signing for Cary Krosinsky, of Trucost Inc., on January 23, 2009. Cary will present “Sustainable Investing,” which he co-edited with Nick Robins, and answer questions about his work.

    This book covers the rise of sustainable investing and the value in long-term investing that incorporates environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors into the investment decision-making process.   There is an excellent chapter on fiduciary duty by Stephen Viederman, member of the More for Mission Leadership Committee with the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.

    Particularly noteworthy is the chapter on -- Sustainable Equity Investing:  The Market-Beating Strategy-- and how social, ethical and sustainable investment strategies are positively correlated with financial return.  Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins shows that sustainable investing funds have significantly outperformed mainstream indices, returning 18.7%, on average, over the five year period (12/31/02 -12/31/07) versus the MSCI World, S&P 500 and FTSE 100’s returns of 17%, 13.2% and 13% respectively.

    posted 10:58AM 01/23/2009 by Lisa Hagerman

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