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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: December 18, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-12-18 13:26:34 -0500
Weekly News Round-Up: December 18, 2020
We hope you’ll enjoy this week’s news as it is the network’s last news round-up for the year - our office will be closed from December 23rd through January 4th for the holiday season.
In this week’s news, we are pleased to announce our member’s newly launched firm Pivotal Advisors. We are thankful to all that participated in our last thought-provoking webinar on how all investments across asset classes affect racial justice. You can see a recording of the webinar here. Additionally, we’d like to remind you to submit a session proposal to contribute your expertise to the Climate Action Pursuit as the deadline for consideration for the February milestone is the end-of-day Monday, January 4, 2021. Stay tuned for early access to Climate Action Pursuit registration soon!
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: December 11, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-12-11 12:32:24 -0500
Weekly News Round-Up: December 11, 2020
As a network, we are delighted to inform you of the smooth development of the Climate Action Pursuit programming and would like to ask you to submit a session proposal here to contribute your expertise to the Pursuit. You’re also welcome to sponsor this brand new concept of climate action Journey toward justice and resilience.
Lastly, remember to register for the December 15 webinar to learn how all investments across asset classes affect racial justice.
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: December 4, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-12-04 13:17:11 -0500
Weekly News Round-Up: December 4, 2020
Hoping you wonderfully practiced Thanksgiving, we’ll like to inform you we are extending IEN’s Annual Member Survey deadline till Friday December 18, to allow members who haven't responded to help us set an agenda that will better serve the network by taking the survey here. Thank you to the 30 members who’ve shared their perspectives so far!
Also, we’d like to remind you of an important webinar on how all investments across asset classes affect racial justice. The session on December 15 will be led by Andrea Armeni, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Transform Finance. Learn more and register for the event here
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Sorelle Ngatchou published A New Approach to Investing in Public Stocks through a Racial Equity Lens in Blog 2020-12-01 18:12:11 -0500
A New Approach to Investing in Public Stocks through a Racial Equity Lens
This post by Keith Beverly, of GRID 202 Partners, is part of a series in which IEN members and network partners share their thinking about intentional endowment investing to address racial injustice and other diversity, equity, and inclusion themes. Follow along to read members' insights on how to invest in public stocks through Racial Equity Lens.
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: November 20, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-11-20 14:08:18 -0500
Weekly News Round-Up: November 20, 2020
As a network, we are pleased to announce that our 2021 Climate Action Pursuit is launching Feb 24-26, 2021 - sign up to be first to know when registration is live. Join Second Nature and IEN on a four milestones ambitious pursuit of climate action, justice, and resilience by signing up today!
We’d equally like to thank everyone who participated in our last webinar on fiduciary duty when integrating sustainable investment options into retirement plans. For those that couldn’t make it and are interested in the subject, you can access the recorded event here.
Additionally, we'll be taking a week off from the roundup next week as our staff will take time to celebrate Thanksgiving.
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: November 13, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-11-13 12:50:31 -0500
Weekly News Round-Up: November 13, 2020
We had a great webinar talk on best practices in impact measurement on endowment portfolios and would like to thank all those that could attend. Take a look at one of the key resources shared, this primer from Global Endowment Management.
This week, join us for an informative and interactive webinar composed of top experts on the state of fiduciary duty for defined contribution plans in the United States to help clarify how plan sponsors and trustees can consider sustainable investing strategies in retirement plans. Learn more and register here.
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: November 6, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-11-06 13:02:03 -0500
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: October 30, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-10-30 13:28:45 -0400
Weekly News Round-Up: October 30, 2020
We’d like to thank everyone who made time in their demanding schedules to take part in this week’s webinar about how World Education Services partnered with TIFF to find investment strategies that reflect WES’s mission and address today's biggest challenges. For those who couldn’t make it, we’ve made the recording available for you to watch at a later time here.
In this week’s news, Illinois State Treasurer called on Russell 3000 companies to disclose their board diversity data, and Yale’s Chief Investment Officer publicly instructed the firms who manage the University’s endowment to diversify their ranks or risk Yale pulling its money from them. Has your organization taken new steps on diversity, equity, and inclusion that you’d like to share with the network?
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up : October 23, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-10-23 13:03:47 -0400
Weekly News Round-Up : October 23, 2020
We hope you enjoyed our updated website with its refreshed network's focus areas and were able to smoothly navigate through our new round-up format last week. Please send us any reactions!
In this week’s news, we’d like to remind you to join our upcoming webinar on October 29 to learn how responsible businesses and investors can rise to the demands of our time, hone their competitive edge, and position themselves for continued success in an unpredictable future. Register here.
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: October 16, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-10-16 13:18:24 -0400
Weekly News Round-Up: October 16, 2020
We are thrilled to announce that we’ve updated our website to reflect our updated strategic plan, with deeper content on the network's focus areas and specific social equity and climate goals for intentional endowments and invite you to enjoy our new round up format as we strive to make the content you expect even easier to navigate.
We equally present to you our recently published case study, Warren Wilson College: Active Ownership in the Endowment, that describes a path all endowments can follow to exercise their ownership stake to ensure that companies are adequately addressing ESG risks and opportunities.
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: October 09, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-10-09 13:08:58 -0400
Weekly News Round-Up: October 09, 2020
We are pleased to announce that IEN has joined the pledge to support an increase in voter participation in our upcoming elections by making Nov. 3rd a paid holiday ensuring employees will have a work schedule that allows them time to vote.
In this week’s news, we would like to remind you that Reuters’ ESG Investment North America 2020 virtual event of October 13th -14th is still open for registration. Join the conversation to unlock the tools and expertise required to effectively integrate ESG and deliver sustainable and above market investment returns.
As the 2020 election approaches, take a look at this toolkit for college campuses to support your community to vote by mail, and businesses and investors can join this pledge to support an increase in voter participation in our country's elections.
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: October 2, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-10-02 12:14:13 -0400
Weekly News Round-Up: October 2, 2020
This week, we're sharing exciting news of a major endowment committing to achieve net-zero emissions from all its investments by 2030, and a report by CFA Institute on climate change analysis and how to integrate climate change into the investment processes.
We equally invite you to join our upcoming Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance webinar where our speakers will speak on their individual institution’s experience and efforts to achieve net-zero carbon portfolios.
As the 2020 election approaches, take a look at this toolkit for college campuses to support your community to vote by mail, and businesses and investors can join this pledge to support an increase in voter participation in our country's elections.
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up : September 25, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-09-25 16:38:30 -0400
Weekly News Round-Up : September 25, 2020
The year's Climate Week has looked different than in the past; this week has also been full of mourning - for Breonna Taylor, for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for the over 200,000 Americans who are among our global losses to the Covid pandemic.
As the 2020 election approaches, take a look at this toolkit for college campuses to support your community to vote by mail, and this toolkit for businesses and investors to support a safe and accessible election.
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Sorelle Ngatchou published Weekly News Round-Up: September 18, 2020 in Weekly News Round-Ups 2020-09-22 09:15:22 -0400
Weekly News Round-Up: September 18, 2020
As a network, we congratulate the seven IEN members among 30 schools that made the 2021 Princeton Review's Green College Honor Roll by receiving a score of 99 (the highest possible score) in the Green Rating tallies. In this week’s news, USSIF released a Policy Action Toolkit on the new Department of Labor rule on proxy voting by fiduciaries of ERISA-governed retirement plans, outlining how to submit a comment letter online and share concerns with your respective members of Congress by October 5.
As the 2020 election approaches, take a look at this toolkit for college campuses to support your community to vote by mail, and this toolkit for businesses and investors to support a safe and accessible election.
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