From 3BL Media: 2013 Ceres Conference - An Interview with Michael Robinson, Vice President, Sustainability & Regulatory Affairs at General Motors. He talks about the relationship of GM and Ceres over the years including signing the Climate Declaration, Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy.

TORONTO, November 7, 2012 /3BL Media/ - Recently, 3BL Media attended the Canadian GRI conference at the Toronto Stock Exchange and had the opportunity to interview Stephen Donofrio, Project Manager at the Carbon Disclosure Project and discuss the latest trends in sustainability reporting and ESG disclosure in the USA and internationally.

ESG (environmental, social and governance) is a generic term used in capital markets and used by investors to evaluate corporate behaviour and to determine the future financial performance of companies. Financial Times

Peter Kinder President and Director of KLD Research & Analytics sat down for an interview by Christine Arena of 3BL Media at the 2011 Ceres Conference held May 11th and 12th 2011 in Oakland, CA. The company offers environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research for institutional investors.  Mr. Kinder's background is law and politics.

Ian Simm CEO of Impax was interviewed by James Epstein-Reeves of 3BL Media at the 2011 Ceres Conference held May 11th and 12th 2011 in Oakland, CA. Impax is an investment management in the environmental market space.

Anne Simpson, Senior Portfolio Manager, CalPERS is interviewed by Christine Arena of 3BL Media at the 2011 Ceres Conference held May 11th and 12th 2011 in Oakland, CA.  CalPERS provides retirement and health benefits to more than 1.6 million public employees, retirees, and their families and more than 3,000 employers.

Ms. Reyes was a driving force behind Zurich’s decision last year to invest $1bn in “green” bonds that finance projects aimed at mitigating climate change.

Cecilia Reyes joined Zurich in 2001 as Regional Manager for Group Investments with responsibility for North America and became Regional Manager for Europe and International Businesses in 2004. From April 2006 until March 2010, she was Head of Investment Strategy Implementation. In April 2010, she assumed her current role as Chief Investment Officer.

John Howell of 3BL Media report: Since the 2008 market meltdown, banks and financial services firms have re-set their practices and missions for better performance. That includes integrating environmental, social, and governance issues into their overall business strategy. Ceres, the organization that advocates for sustainability leadership, has signed up several leading banks and financial services firms to its company network, including Bank of America, Citi, State Street, Legg Mason, JP Morgan Chase, Prudential Financial and Wells Fargo. Banks that join commit to improving their sustainability performance and disclosure by engaging with investors, environmental and civil society groups. Published on Mar 7, 2014

Sustainability is pretty clearly one of the world's most important goals; but what groups can really make environmental progress in leaps and bounds? Chris McKnett makes the case that it's large institutional investors. He shows how strong financial data isn't enough, and reveals why investors need to look at a company's environmental, social and governance structures, too.

TED Talks.

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Go where markets and government have failed before. The Status Qou and Business as Usual cannot exist any longer.  Investing as a means, not just an end.  Jacqueline Novogratz, social entrepreneur, and founder of the Acumen Fund.  TEDxEuston,

Intro and Outro music by Kadialy Kouyate performed at TEDxEuston 2011. You can view the full performance here.