As part of IEN's Net Zero Endowments initiative, we are hosting a regular virtual series of presentations on Investing in Climate Solutions. 

These online sessions are typically 45 minutes long and feature a speaker sharing a brief presentation (~20 mins) of their market views on a particular aspect of investing in climate solutions, followed by Q&A and dialogue amongst the participants (~25 mins). 

Participation is open to all IEN members.  Please register to reserve your spot via the links below. 

• Accessing Pure-play Climate Solutions through Private Credit | Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) - Wednesday, December 20, 2023

• Fixed Income and Climate Solutions | Breckinridge Capital - Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - 2:00pm ET

• Infrastructure Investing for Climate Solutions | I Squared Capital - Tuesday, March 28, 2024 - 11:00am ET 
  

• Public companies leading the transition to a low-carbon economy | Terra Alpha Investments - Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 1:00pm ET 
  

• Investing in an Inclusive, Clean Energy Future | Sunwealth - Wednesday, May 22, 2024  - 1:00pm ET
  

• Community Solar – The Middle Market of the US Solar Industry | Aligned Climate Capital - Tuesday, June 25, 2024  - 2:00pm ET
  

• Driving Solutions at Public Companies | Congruence Capital - Tuesday, July 23, 2024 - 1:00pm ET

• Climate Investing in 2024: Juggling Feathers in a Rainstorm | ScopeFour Capital - Thursday, August 15, 2024 - 10:00am ET

• Energy Transition: The Acceleration Ahead | Mercator Partners  - Tuesday, September 17, 2024  - 2:00pm ET

• From Climate Ambition to Action | Schroders - Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 12:00pm ET

• Global Endowment Management- November, 2024 (more details coming soon)

• GSSG Solar - Thursday, December 12, 2024

This initiative is generously supported by:

Lead Sponsors

Supporting Sponsors

We’re excited to share that Nicole Torrico has been appointed Managing Director of the Intentional Endowments Network (IEN).

Nicole has made a significant impact across our organization and the broader field, and her appointment is a testament to her expertise, leadership abilities, and continued contributions to IEN’s organizational success. Nicole has been an integral member of the IEN team, driving our mission to  encourage and support higher education institutions to adopt investment strategies that create an equitable, low-carbon, and regenerative economy.

The Russell Family Foundation Achieves Platinum Rating Through the Endowment Impact Benchmark | September, 2024

Hampton University & the University of Southern California Win the 2024 IEN Student Corporate Engagement Challenge | May 22, 2024

26.4 Billion Higher Education Endowment Dollars Assessed and Rated by New Framework for Sustainable and Impact Investing l April 18, 2024

Nation’s Largest 4-year Public University System Joins Intentional Endowment Network Membership | November 28, 2023

Eight Historically Black Institutions Join the Intentional Endowments Network Membership | September 18, 2023

Six Investor Networks Commit to Advancing Racial Equity Lens Investing | May 11,2023

Presidio Graduate School & Central Washington University Win The 2023 IEN Student Corporate Engagement Challenge l May 3, 2023

The Crane Institute of Sustainability Receives Grant from the Tipping Point Fund to Develop an Endowments Rating System | February 2, 2023

The Intentional Endowments Network Expands Steering Committee with Five New Sustainable Investing Leaders | January 26, 2023

Breckinridge's Tim Coffin Brings Fixed Income and ESG Expertise to the Intentional Endowments Network's Net Zero Steering Committee | January 19, 2023

Northlight Foundation Signs Sustainable Investing Retirement Pledge for Faculty and Employee Plans | November 17, 2022

Warren Wilson College Endowment Announces 80% Success Rate at Shifting Corporate Behavior by Activating Investment Portfolio l August 17th, 2022

Bard & Virginia Wesleyan Win Top Honors In National Collegiate Investment Competition l May 3rd, 2022

Finalists Announced for 2022 Corporate Engagement Competition l April 28, 2022

Report: University of Illinois Sustainable Investing Program Generates Positive Returns and Impact | March 2, 2022

12 University Teams to Compete for Top Honors in Sustainable Investing, ESG Shareholder Advocacy Competition | January 25, 2022

The Next College Sustainable Investment Target: Faculty Retirement Plans | December 2, 2021

IEN Press Release: Guide to Sustainable Retirements |  June 10, 2021

Impact Investing Leader Julia Parker Joins the Intentional Endowments Network as Managing Director | June 3, 2021

Arizona State University Students Take Top Honors In National Sustainable Investing Contest l May 13th, 2021

Leading Higher-Education Institutional Investors To Guide New Initiative For Net Zero Endowments, Targeting 50 Endowments Over Two Years | May 6, 2021

IEN Report: U.S. Colleges and Universities yet to Divest From Fossil Fuels may be Home to Student Investment Funds That Have Done So l April 6, 2021

College Endowment Activates Its Portfolio to Bring Investments in Line with Campus Leadership on Sustainability | October 15, 2020

New Guide Helps College Endowments Promote Racial Equity | August 20, 2020

Investor Organizations and Financial Industry Firms’ Analysis of Public Comments on Department of Labor ESG Proposal Shows Landslide of Opposition | August 20, 2020

Support Available for Colleges, Universities to Accelerate Climate Solutions | March 16, 2020

IEN Report: ESG Investing Performs “As Well Or Better” Than Traditional Approaches at Early-Adopter U.S. College, University Endowments | February 19, 2020

Two Leaders in Sustainable Investing Join Intentional Endowments Network’s Nonprofit Board of Directors | November 25, 2019

The Crane Institute of Sustainability - Home of the Intentional Endowments Network - Expands Board with Two Key Additions l June 27, 2018

New Case Study Details Hampshire College’s Mission-Based Endowment Investing l November 15, 2017

Intentional Endowments Network and Cambridge Associates Outline a Blueprint for Action for Investors Wishing to Uphold Aims of Paris Climate Agreement and Implement Environmental Factors Into Portfolios l June 19, 2017

Intentional Endowments Network Builds Momentum l May 2nd, 2017

New Report on Campuses and Endowments Investing in Clean Energy l November 2, 2016

Hank Paulson, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to speak at Intentionally Designed Endowments Forum at Loyola University Chicago November 2, 2016 l September 23, 2016

"77 Founding Members Launch the Intentional Endowments Network to Support Growing Interest in ESG Investing" | March 14, 2016 

The violent insurrection at the US Capitol yesterday was an horrific attack on democracy.  We join many others in condemning those involved, including Donald Trump for inciting this violence and praising those defacing the Capitol Building and terrorizing those serving our nation.  We have been heartened by the strong statements from college and university presidents across the country.  It is crucial that higher education and the investment industry call out this ongoing threat to our democracy.  

It is also critical to recognize that so many of the lies and conspiracy theories threatening a peaceful transfer of power are fueled by explicitly racist ideologies proactively working to preserve and strengthen white supremacy in America.  Colleges and universities must continue to enhance and improve their efforts on anti-racism, and this extends to how endowment capital is invested.  The investment management industry must continue to change and proactively invest for racial equity across all investments, and engage with the social media and tech companies they own to address their role in enabling these destabilizing and dangerous trends.  

It is our hope that these events -- like so many of the other painful challenges over the past year -- provoke meaningful reforms and an awakening that will help us shift from an extractive, inequitable system, to an equitable, regenerative society.

October 2020

Dear IEN Community,

It is bittersweet to share the news that our co-founder Tony Cortese will be retiring this fall.  

This marks not only a milestone for the Intentional Endowments Network, but also for an amazing career of service, leadership, and vision. 

Tony’s story is a powerful one. Starting in Boston’s North End (“Little Italy”), he graduated from Boston Latin School and was the first in his family to attend college at Tufts and receive a doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health. Deeply driven by the impulse to serve, Tony charted a path in public health and sustainability in public service for the US EPA and MA Dept. of Environmental Protection. He then turned his attention to Higher Education, inspired by the power of education to improve society.

As a systems-thinker he was able to connect dots few others saw as related. As a visionary he has been able to inspire whole movements. And with determined persistence, he has shepherded these movements through to concerted action. 

Tony has been strategically and responsibly preparing for this transition and the team and organization are well-positioned to continue thriving. And, we won’t be letting him leave the work all together; he will remain involved as a volunteer Senior Fellow, to continue to provide valued strategic advice and counsel. He will also continue to actively support the higher education sector and sustainability movement in other ways, as a volunteer, mentor, and through other affiliations.  

In the coming year, we will have more to share on Tony’s legacy, and will be inviting you to join us in celebrating his monumental contributions to society --- and, at Tony’s insistence, doing so in ways that aren’t about the individual, but about the collective effort to create a better world for all people, now and in the future; and that help advance this critical work in concrete ways. 

On behalf of Tony and our entire team, we thank all of you in the IEN community for your leadership, hard work, openness and commitment to supporting higher education and creating a better world.

Sincerely, 

Georges 

--

Georges Dyer

Co-founder and Executive Director

International Endowments Network & 

The Crane Institute of Sustainability

www.intentionalendowments.org

Sustainable Retirements Initiative 

IEN’s Sustainable Retirements Initiative supports institutions in ensuring retirement options take material ESG factors into consideration.  

The approximately 4,500 colleges and universities in the US alone represent a tremendous pool of retirement assets - totaling over $900 billion - that must be safeguarded from sustainability risks. 

Many colleges and universities are working to align their education, research, and operations with the Sustainable Development Goals. While many have taken steps to integrate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into their endowment investment decision-making, there’s a tremendous opportunity for institutions to provide sustainable investment options for a vital constituency- their own employees.

The Sustainable Retirement Plans Pledge

• The Sustainable Retirement Plans Pledge, drafted with support from Second Nature and The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), establishes that university “employees deserve a range of sustainable investing retirement fund options that consider environmental, social, and governance factors, consistent with the goals of reducing risk, protecting capital, and enhancing financial returns.”

Guide to Sustainable Retirements

• Guide to Sustainable Retirements (June 2021) - practical information relevant to plan sponsors, human resources and finance officers and personnel, advocates, employees, investment advisors, legal scholars, and others to address misconceptions related to the use of ESG funds in retirement plans.
  
  

Webinars & Presentations - Integrating Sustainable Investment Options into Higher Ed Retirement Plans

• FinPublica Webinar: Sustainable Investing for Retirement | May 9, 2024
  
• Institutional Investor Roundtable at Climate Week NYC Panel: ESG in Retirement Plans — the Sustainable Retirements Pledge | September 2022
  
  
• 2022 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit Session: Integrating Sustainable Investment Options into Higher Ed Retirement Plans | April 2022
  
  
• Climate Action Pursuit session: What Do Retirement Plan Sponsors Need to Know about Sustainability?  | (Feb. 2021)
  
  
• Climate Action Pursuit session: What's in My Retirement Plan? | (Feb. 2021)
  
  
• Webinar: Fiduciary Duty Considerations | (Nov. 2020)
  
  
• TV Segment: Investing for a Thriving and Sustainable Society | TheIMPACT on Fintech.TV (2020)
  
  
• Webinar: Integrating Sustainable Investment Options into Higher Education Retirement Plans (May 2020)

Expert Council:

Adam Polacek, Managing Director, TIAA

Kevin Finney Managing Director, Consultant Relations at Natixis Investment Managers

Jennifer Manser, Head of Corporate Communications, North America & Head of Intermediary Marketing, US, Schroders

Dr. Erica Frank, Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia and founder, nextGenU

Michael Rhim, Principal, PRM Consulting Group

Deb Boyden, Head of US Defined Contribution, Schroders

Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability, North America, Schroders

Mike Fiorio, Trustee, Northland College

Jeff Gitterman, Co-founding Partner, Gitterman Wealth Management

Erik Gross, Associate Vice President, UNH Foundation

Tiffany Mcghee, CEO and CIO, Pivotal Advisors

Jeff Mindlin, Vice President, and Chief Investment Officer, ASU Enterprise Partners

Chris Walker, Senior Advisor, Intentional Endowments Network

Georges Dyer, Executive Director, Intentional Endowments Network 

Background & Scope

The initiative was launched in 2019 through an initial phase of design, formation, research and engagement. It is designed to engage a broad network of universities and other nonprofit institutions to help fiduciaries ensure they are considering all material, pecuniary, ESG investment factors in fund selection for defined contribution (DC) 403b plans; as well as support defined benefit (DB) plans in effectively doing the same. 

This initiative is modeled after a similar project led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) for corporate retirement plans: Aligning Retirement Assets with Corporate Sustainability Commitments (ARA). The ARA brought together leading asset management firms and financial advisors with WBCSD member companies to identify the barriers and the ways in which to address them so that they can better align their retirement plans with their sustainability commitments.  

Participation

Participation is open to interested parties from all colleges, universities, and other nonprofits – including trustees and investment committee members, CFOs, HR professionals and other administrators, faculty and staff interested in the impact of their retirement funds.

There is no cost or obligation for representatives from nonprofit institutions to participate.

Leading asset management firms are providing expertise, guidance, and financial support of this initiative.

The Expert Council, made up of representatives from IEN, participating colleges and universities, and supporting asset managers provide strategic input and help steer the direction of the initiative.

Please reach out to [email protected] if you would be interested in joining the initiative, and/or use this link to receive updates on this work.

For more resources related to sustainable investing options in higher education retirement plans visit the Retirement Resources page in IEN's resource library. 

This initiative is generously supported by:

Lead Sponsors

Noreen Marton, Director of Operations

Intentional Endowments Network & the Crane Institute of Sustainability

Georges Dyer, Co-founder and Executive Director

Intentional Endowments Network & the Crane Institute of Sustainability

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cambridge Associates and Intentional Endowments Network Outline a Blueprint for Action for Investors Wishing to Uphold Aims of Paris Climate Agreement and Implement Environmental Factors Into Portfolios

BOSTON, MA and ESSEX, MA (June 19, 2017) --  Though the United States government is no longer supporting the Paris Climate Agreement, hundreds of American institutions -- including endowments and foundations -- have joined businesses, philanthropists, cities and states across the country in remaining committed to the international accord.

Many institutions struggle to integrate environmental objectives and considerations (including ESG factors) into their investment portfolios, and the language of the Paris Agreement provides a good framework for moving forward. To integrate this framework effectively, they would do well to focus investment decision-making around three elements of their organizations and missions -- their Purpose, Priorities and Principles -- and to ensure their investment policies reflect those guideposts, according to the Intentional Endowments Network (IEN), a non-profit peer learning network, and global investment firm Cambridge Associates. IEN and CA have created related resources for institutions, "Considerations for ESG Policy Development" and "Paris Agreement in the Investment Policy."

"The investment risks and opportunities associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy remain salient for many long-term investors, and the U.S. exit from the Paris Agreement should not prevent them from integrating environmental factors into their investment decisions," says Georges Dyer, Principal of the Intentional Endowments Network.

"Long-term investors understand that climate change and human responses to it will present both risks and opportunities for their portfolios," says Tom Mitchell, Managing Director in the Mission-Related Investing Practice at Cambridge Associates. "The guiding objectives of the Paris Agreement provide investors a sound framework for integrating sustainability factors and considerations within investment policy, which serves as a blueprint for action and support our longer term view on the importance of resource efficiency and sustainability."

Dyer and Mitchell explain how articulating Purpose, Priorities, and Principles in a well-designed investment policy can help institutions effectively incorporate environmental concerns into their investment portfolios. Questions investors should explore include:

• What is our institution's purpose? That is, what are our primary goals and core beliefs -- and how should they inform our investment decisions? An institutional purpose usually takes an aspirational, longer-term time horizon. For example, an investor's Purpose statement may simply be to support the transition toward a low-carbon economy. Ultimately, defining a purpose ensures that the institution knows what it is striving toward with its investments. 
• What are our core environmental or social priorities, and how can we express them in policy language? Thinking about priorities allows investment committees to link their broad purpose to specific investment areas. If an institution's purpose is to support the transition toward a low-carbon economy, for example, its investment priorities may exist in areas like renewable infrastructure, clean transportation and smart energy management. 
• What are the principles that inform our investment decision-making? Endowments and foundations should think of these principles as overarching guidelines that help ensure the investments they make are in line with their purpose and priorities. For instance, a guiding principle for some investors may be that all investment opportunities should be viewed through a sustainability lens.

Dyer and Mitchell add that decision-makers at endowments and foundations should also proactively study sustainability themes to remain aware of potential opportunities to align their portfolios with their environmental goals.

Ultimately, note Dyer and Mitchell, open discussions among key stakeholders are essential for defining and refining an institution's investment purpose, priorities and principles. If institutions do not seek input and build consensus internally, they will be more likely to fall short of their sustainable investment goals.

Cambridge Associates' Mission-Related Investing Practice works with institutions to design and implement their mission-related investing programs.

To learn more about how investors can organize their investment decision-making around their purpose, priorities and principles, please click here.

To speak with Georges Dyer or Tom Mitchell, please contact Eric Mosher of Sommerfield Communications at +1 (212) 255-8386 or [email protected].

Related Resources from Cambridge Associates

• Mission-Related Investing: Current Practices and Views of Non-Profit Investors, Cambridge Associates (2016)
• The Foundation of Good Governance for Family Impact Investors: Removing Obstacles and Charting a Path to Action, Cambridge Associates (September 2016)
• Risks and Opportunities From the Changing Climate: Playbook for the Truly Long-Term Investor, Cambridge Associates (December 2015)
• Introducing the Impact Investing Benchmark, Cambridge Associates and the Global Impact Investing Network (June 2015)

Related Resources from IEN

• Intentionally Designed Endowments Primer (2014, updated 2016)
• The Business Case for ESG (2016)
• Investing in Clean Energy: Campuses and Endowments (2016)
• Leading Practice Briefing on Fiduciary Duties for Endowments and Foundations Integrating Nonprofit Mission Goals into Investment Practices (2017)

About IEN

The Intentional Endowments Network is a non-profit, peer-learning network advancing intentionally designed endowments -- that seek to enhance financial performance by aligning investments with institutional mission, values, and sustainability goals. Working closely with other leading organizations in the field, the Network engages key leaders and stakeholders in higher education, foundations, business, and non-profits. It provides opportunities for learning and education, peer networking, convening, thought-leadership and information exchange around a variety of sustainable investing strategies, such as ESG integration, impact investing, and shareholder engagement. For more information about IEN, please visit  http://www.intentionalendowments.org.

About Cambridge Associates

Cambridge Associates is a leading global investment firm helping endowments, foundations, pension plans, and private clients maximize their impact on the world by building custom investment portfolios aimed at generating outperformance across all asset classes. CA Capital Management, Cambridge Associates' dedicated OCIO business, provides discretionary outsourcing services to institutions globally, and currently manages more than $20 billion in assets on behalf of more than 80 clients. The firm also provides traditional advisory services and access to research and tools across global asset classes. More than 1,300 employees are located in offices in Arlington, VA; New York; Boston; Dallas; Menlo Park and San Francisco, CA; Toronto; London, UK; Singapore; Sydney; and Beijing. For more information about Cambridge Associates, please visit www.cambridgeassociates.com.

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The Intentional Endowments Network will host a Community Impact Investing Roundtable focused on opportunities for place-based investing. The Roundtable will convene endowment and foundation decision-makers and other stakeholders interested in enhancing their leadership on sustainable investing.

• Program Agenda
• Panel Videos
• Resources Related to Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11)
• Summary of the Event (on the IEN blog)
• Speakers
• Sponsors

Date: Monday, June 11, 2018

Time: 1:00 - 6:30 pm

Location: The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street #1000, Boston, MA

Size: ~40-50 participants 

Theme: Community Impact Investing – This Roundtable event will explore a variety of community investment strategies, drawing on the experience of community foundations, philanthropic foundations, and endowments as well as investment managers and consultants. It will include a focus on practical approaches for higher education endowments to integrate community impact investing strategies in their portfolios. US SIF defines a “community investment” as having the following three core characteristics:

1. A focus on marginalized areas or communities that conventional market activity does not reach (in practice, low-income neighborhoods or regions, communities of color, and underserved geographic regions such as rural communities);
2. A focus on enabling the delivery of explicit social benefits (affordable housing, economic development, provision of needed goods and services at affordable rates, healthier outcomes) to those areas or communities; and
3. A financial product available for investment that can be managed in terms of risk and return.*

As colleges and universities are often anchor institutions in their communities, the concept of place-based impact investing is a compelling prospect. In addition to generating financial return for the endowment, such investments have the potential for many ancillary benefits. Because they support a more prosperous and thriving local neighborhood they can help improve community relationships, lower crime rates, enhance safety, and attract students, faculty, and staff.  

Audience: Senior administrators, trustees, and endowment/foundation staff from colleges and universities, community foundations, and other investor groups, as well as sustainable investment experts from investment management firms, advisory firms, non-profits, and other relevant stakeholders. The program will be designed primarily for participants who are interested in pursuing sustainable investment strategies on some level and looking to learn about community investment opportunities and how best to implement or advance such strategies.

Format: The format will be highly interactive, with brief presentations from expert speakers or panels to deliver content and seed conversation, integrated with significant time spent in small-group dialogue sessions at round tables.

Program design: Program content will be driven by responses from participants on what their key questions are on these topics at the time, and what they hope to get out of the event. The agenda will be designed to build through the afternoon to deliver necessary content, facilitate peer-to-peer information sharing and learning, and result in pragmatic, actionable outcomes for participants to take back to their institutional roles. Depending on participant feedback, potential topics may include:

• The state of the field in terms of endowment and foundation-ready community investment opportunities
• Proven models for endowments and foundations to earn a financial return while generating measurable positive impact in their local communities
• Discussions of themes and outcomes, e.g., jobs, affordable housing, innovation, clean energy 
• Strategies for leveraging state and federal incentives, tax-equity partners, etc.
• Enhancing peer-to-peer support and learning across institutions among trustees, endowment and foundation staff and senior administrators

This event is generously sponsored by:

Convening Sponsor:

Supporting Sponsors:

* US SIF, Initiative for Responsible Investment, and Milken Institute (2013). “Expanding the Market for Community Investment in the United States.”

IEN's quaterly newsletter provides an original article from a participant in the network, a spotlight on one school's endowment, updates from the IEN, the top recent news, new reports, and upcoming events. 

Newsletter Archives

• Spring 2024
  • Read two new additions to IEN leadership, the EIB inaugural pilot report, and winners of the 2024 IEN corporate challenge.
  • We welcome Chavon Sutton and Annie Chor Joyce to our Board and Steering Committee, respectively.  retirement plans
• Winter 2024
  • Read about the Endowment Impact Benchmark, IEN's new initiative, and updates from the network.
  •  The California Endowment is moving its entire $4 Billion in AUM into mission-aligned investments Brown University has added a ‘Fossil Fuel-Free’ offering to employee retirement plans
• Fall 2023
  •  Read updates on endowments, mission investing, new case study, events, and more.
  •  Warren Wilson College's briefing paper highlighting the college's direct engagement and proxy voting in the 2022-2023 engagement season.
• Summer 2023
  • IEN Blog highlights including our Juneteeth celebration, and invitation to our 2023 Fall Forum
  • Nicole Torrico, appointed Managing Director of IEN
• Spring 2023
  • IEN featured Q&A Interview with Ben Tabor, Director, Policy Engagement, Ceres
  • Felicia Davis, recognized as the First Recipient of the Intentional Endowment Network (IEN) Leadership Award
• Winter 2023
  • Event Recap: 2023 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit
  • Spotlight: Beyond Carbon Podcast
• Fall 2022
  • Spotlight: 2023 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit
  • Event Recap: Institutional Investor Roundtable at the Nest Summit Campus, Climate Week NYC, September
• Summer 2022
  • Spotlight: Warren Wilson College: Impacting How Companies Do Business
  • Feature Blog: How Can Private Impact Investments Help Address the Current and Looming Global Food Crisis
• Spring 2022
  • Sustainable Retirement Initiative: Q&A with Alex Wright-Gladstein, CEO and Founder of Sphere
  • Feature Blog:Connecting Endowments With Qualified Advisors
• Winter 2022
  • University spotlight: University of Illinois System commitment to sustainable investing.
  • Spotlight : 2022 Higher Ed Climate Leadership Summit 
• Fall 2021
  
  • Feature blog: COP26 Underscores the Need for Endowments to Lead on Climate
  • Featured resource: Updated Sustainable Retirement Guide with two new modules on Fiduciary Duty and an Advocate’s Guide
• Summer 2021
  • Feature Article: IEN Q&A: How to Make a “Net Zero Endowment” Net Positive for Racial Justice
  • Spotlight: 2022 Higher Education Summit
• Spring 2021
  • Feature Article: IEN Q&A: Defined Contribution Plans with an ESG Overlay - The Hurdles & Untapped Investment Opportunities
  • Spotlight: Climate Action Pursuit
• Winter 2021
  • Spotlight: Climate Action Pursuit
• Fall 2020
  • Featured Event: Climate Action Pursuit
  • Spotlight: Warren Wilson College - Active Ownership in the Endowment
• Summer 2020
  • Feature Article: Member Perspectives on Racial Equity in Endowment Investing
  • Spotlight: Investing in Racial Equity: A Primer for College & University Endowments
• Spring 2020
  • Feature Article: Member Perspectives on the Crisis
  • Spotlight: Financial Performance of Sustainable Investing
• Winter 2020
  • Feature Article: Managing Public Equity Portfolios through a Climate Risk Lens
  • Spotlight: Member Post - Hope Is Not a Strategy
• Fall 2019
  • Feature Article: Investors Wield Shareholder Power to Address Climate Investment Risks
  • School Spotlight: California State University
• Summer 2019
  • Feature Article: Wielding Alternative Debt Towards a Resilient Future
  • Spotlight: 2020 Higher Ed Climate Leadership Summit - Registration Launched and Keynotes Announced
• Spring 2019
  • Feature Article: Making An ESG Impact through Public Fixed-Income
  • School Spotlight: Middlebury College
• Winter 2019
  • Feature Resource: Addressing Climate Change Through a Private Equity Lens, Making An Impact
  • Spotlight: Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit Agenda & Attendees

• Fall 2018
  • Feature Resource: The Power and Impact of Community Investing
  • Spotlight: Tony Cortese Named as AASHE Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

• July 2018
  • Feature Resource: Gender Lens Investing Landscape - Barriers & Opportunities
  • School Spotlight: University of New Hampshire

• April 2018
  • Feature Resource: How to Start and Run a Student-Managed SRI Fund Toolkit
  • School Spotlight: Lewis & Clark College and Becker College

• February 2018
  • Special Edition: 2018 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit Reflections

• December 2017
  • Feature Resources: 'Fireside Chat: The Pitzer College Story' and 'Webinar: Passive ESG Strategies'
  • School Spotlight: Hampshire College

• October 2017
  • Feature Article: "The Intentionally Designed Endowment" By: Tony Cortese, Georges Dyer, and David Dinerman
  • School Spotlight: Warren Wilson College

• August 2017
  • Feature Article: "ESG Investing Trends: Common Approaches and Benchmarking" Q&A with: Thomas Kuh, Executive Director, MSCI and Paul Schutzman, Executive Director, MSCI
  • Schools Spotlight: University System of Maryland Foundation

• June 2017
  • Feature Article: "Considerations for ESG Policy Development" and "The Paris Agreement in the Investment Policy" By: The Intentional Endowments Network & Cambridge Associates
  • School Spotlight: Higher Education Signatories of 'We Are Still In'

• April 2017
  • Feature Article: "Fiduciary Duties for Endowments and Foundations: Integrating Nonprofit Mission Goals into Investment Practices" By: Megan Jackson and Keith Johnson
  • School Spotlight: Unity College

• January 2017
  • Feature Article: "Strategies for Investing in a Climate-Safe Future" By: Ken Locklin
  • School Spotlight: Arizona State University

• November 2016
  • Feature Article: "Investing in Clean Energy: Campuses and Endowments" By: IEN's Clean Energy Working Group
  • School Spotlight: Luther College

• April 2016
  • Feature Article: "Moving to 100% Impact Investing Across All Asset Classes: A How-To Guide" By: Paul Herman
  • School Spotlight: Becker College

• January 2016
  • Featured Article: "2016 Proxy Voting Brings Opportunity to Accelerate Corporate Sustainability Progress" By: Stuart Dalheim
  • School Spotlight: University of California, Yale University, Loyola University, Bard College and Swarthmore College

• October 2015 
  • Featured Article: "Fiduciary Duty is Not an Obstacle to Addressing ESG" By: Sonal Mahida
  • School Spotlight: San Francisco State University Foundation 

• August 2015
  • Featured Article: "Thoughts on ESG Investing and Fossil Fuel Consumption" By: Fred Rogers
  • School Spotlight: University of California

• June 2015 
  • Featured Article: "Selling Stranded Assets: Profit, Protection, and Prosperity" By: Bob Litterman
  • School Spotlight: Yale University 

• April 2015 
  • Featured Article: "How Hampshire Invests" By: Jonathan Lash
  • School Spotlight: Humboldt State University 

We do not have any openings at this time.