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Category Archives: Leading Edge DevelopmentsIn early April, 650 leaders from around the world met at the UN in New York for a High Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness: Defining a New Economic Paradigm. Yes Magazine provides a good overview of the meeting, which … Continue reading NI Managing Partner Michael Kramer was recently featured in an interesting interview with Joyce Lee-Ibarra, a consultant to non-profits, which focused on B-Corporations and what B-Corp designation means to Natural Investments. See the interview on Joyce’s blog. NI partner Michael Kramer was a featured speaker at TEDx: Hilo in February. In this talk, Michael shares his ideas for transforming capitalism. He describes what’s possible and achievable as we all come to better understand how we spend our … Continue reading
Posted in By Michael Kramer, Leading Edge Developments
Tagged socially responsible investing, sri, sri in hawaii, TED
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A recent segment on the CBS evening news highlighted the emergence of the Benefit Corporation, which provides a legal structure for companies that wish to pursue a social mission, rather than being legally constrained to always maximize shareholder value. As … Continue reading Natural Investments partner Michael Kramer was the recipient of an award announced at this year’s B-Corp Champion’s Retreat. Michael was one of several people bestowed with the “I’m Just a Bill” Award, in recognition of his key role in moving … Continue reading A growing movement to recognize social and environmental benefits as a legitimate purpose of corporate activity, alongside making money, has added two new states to the growing roster of those adding “Benefit Corporation” as a state-recognized legal designation. Both Hawaii … Continue reading Our very own James Frazier is a movie star! Well, maybe he’s not the only one who can point to an online video with pride, but we’re excited to see him sharing his great work as part of a vibrant … Continue reading Andy Loving has once again received national recognition for his compelling approach to investing and investment advising. This time, the kudos came from Financial Planning magazine, which just named the winners of its second annual Influencer Awards. The editors of … Continue reading By James Frazier If you believe that positive change in the world must include fundamental changes in our economy and how we do business, and if you believe that the most power we have to affect real change lies right … Continue reading By Malaika Maphalala Impact Investment , what Natural Investments has termed Regenerative Investment, is an emerging market that is becoming recognized as a new asset class in its own right. It’s generally defined as direct investment aimed at solving social … Continue reading In a recent NI newsletter, Malaika Maphalala highlighted the great work being done by Mission Markets to link high net-worth investors with impact investments around the world. In August, Mission Markets featured an in-depth interview with Malaika on their website, which … Continue reading By Jim Cummings Here at Natural Investing, we’ve been mighty inspired by the Slow Money movement from the moment Woody Tasch began sharing his earliest ponderings. So we’re especially excited to be one of several sponsors of the 3rd Slow … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Investing, farming, food, Green Investing
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By James Frazier Having recently returned from SRI in the Rockies, the annual conference for the socially responsible investing industry, I’m eager to report on a topic that generates more energy and excitement each year: Impact Investing. While it might … Continue reading
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This is exciting: the vision behind Slow Money, which aims to provide ways for people to invest in local agriculture and economies, is quickly finding real-world expressions from coast to coast! Here’s an inspiring article about the No Small Potatoes ”investment club” … Continue reading
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Tagged farming, food, Green Investing, integral investing, slow money
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By Michael Kramer Four years ago, I attended an Investor’s Circle (IC) conference at which Carlo Petrini, founder of the global Slow Food movement, was an honored guest. Woody Tasch, Chairman of IC, used the opportunity to outline his hopes … Continue reading |
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