UUA Joins World’s Leading Institutional Investors In Call For Carbon Pricing, Ambitious Global Climate Deal. We, the institutional investors that are signatories to this Statement, are acutely aware of the risks climate change presents to our investments. In addition, we recognise … Continued
Major asset classes mostly gained in August as volatility that crept into the marketplace in late July receded amid light late-summer trading. Global bond yields inched lower on the month, highlighted by German Bund 10-year yields hitting record lows at … Continued
Today the Unitarian Universalist Association joined other investors in calling on the US Securities and Exchange Commission to to take immediate steps to require publicly traded corporations to fully disclose all political spending to their shareholders. Read the full press release … Continued
Most asset classes finished in the red in July as volatility crept up at the end of the month to levels last seen in April. Global equities tumbled as escalating conflict around the globe overshadowed strong economic data in the … Continued
The Unitarian Universalist Common Endowment Fund (UUCEF) and Climate Change The Socially Responsible Investment Committee (“SRIC”) of the UUA has endorsed the fossil fuel divestment resolution on the ballot at the 2014 General Assembly. If passed, this resolution will allow … Continued
I am often asked to share my knowledge about investing and fiduciary responsibility. My experience in the financial field has given me many insights about risk, investing, and governance, which I happily share with the UUA and fiduciaries who are … Continued
Chevron’s 2014 annual shareholder meeting was remarkable in one respect. It was not marked by what happened. Instead it was notable by what did not happen. This year, Chevron’s management was clearly hoping for a better reception from it shareholders … Continued
Holed up in a hotel, I’m reflecting on what has brought me to Chevron’s annual shareholder meeting in Midland, Texas. I first learned of Texaco’s decades of oil pollution in the Ecuadoran Amazon in the early 1990s. As I was … Continued