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A RESPONSE TO BUSINESS WEEK ON CalPERS and CalSTRS
Christopher Palmeri wrongly blames "socially responsible investing" for CalPERS and CalSTRS avoiding companies selling tobacco and those doing business in repressive regimes (Business Week, August 11, 2008, p. 54). Claiming that CalPERS "left $400 million on the table" by screening out investment in China, Colombia and other countries, and that CalSTRS forfeited $1 billion by avoiding tobacco stocks, Palmeri nevertheless admits both pension funds still strongly outperformed the S & P!
True, CalPERS' "double-bottom line" initiative, launched in 2000 by then-State Treasurer Phil Angelides to invest more in California's real estate, has been hurt by the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. Angelides responded that during his tenure both funds posted record results and boosted assets.
The bottom line is political, with both funds targets of conservative attacks from many who are ideologically opposed to the idea of "socially responsible investing." Pressure on CalSTRS to allow investments in tobacco companies may force their board to allow such death-dealing and sickness-promoting "investments."
However, socially responsible investing has now become mainstream, as study after study by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors and other research firms show that this type of longer-time-horizon investing equates with better management and consistently higher returns.
Pension funds in particular, with their long time horizons to provide for their beneficiaries' retirement, should not, in any case, be judged by the short-term results beloved of Wall Street and day traders.
Wall Street has become adept at shifting risk, whether in structured investment vehicles (SIVs), CDOs or CDSs (Credit Default Swaps) now up to $62 trillion outstanding. Shifting risks and costs of death and disease due to tobacco-use to the taxpayer is far too short-sighted for pension fund managers. CalSTRS should resist pressure to invest in tobacco companies. Socially responsible investing and the drive for more ethical markets is reforming 21st century capitalism worldwide.
We all know the story of the tulip mania, a favorite but short-lived asset of Europeans in the 1700s. Gold has always been a favorite safe haven in spite of its volatility and recent efforts of central banks to devalue the yellow metal by leasing it and selling off their reserves. We have lived through bubbles in art, antiques, jewelry, junk bonds, dot.coms and housing, as investors continually search for safety and diversification.
Posted July 8, 2008 by special permission from IPS
Debate is now raging in policy circles about the role of speculators in sky high oil prices, now in the $140 per barrel range. Yes, supply is tight and world demand is rising. In addition, 77% of the world’s proven oil reserves are now controlled by national governments. Political risks abound in the Mid-East, Nigeria and elsewhere. Peak oil is approaching and global warming is bringing a slow end to the Fossil Fuel Age. We are entering the next industrial stage, the Solar Age, based on renewable “green” technologies, solar, wind, geothermal and ocean energy.
The games of traders, speculators, hedge funds, private equity and even pension funds and charitable foundation and university portfolio managers, driving up prices of oil and food, invoke increasing outrage and demands for reform. The recent FAO Summit in Rome called for $10 billion more to pay these higher food prices. Yet, without financial reforms, this money will fatten players in the global casino.
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Awards
Simran Sethi, Host of Ethical Markets TV, Going green on OPRAH for Earth Day.
Simran Sethi Wins Emmy
Congratulations to Simran Sethi, host of Ethical Markets TV series, on winning a 2008 regional Emmy for "A School in the Woods," a PBS documentary about the environmental education program at Island Wood in Washington State. Simran has completed an MBA with distinction in sustainable management—integrating social and environmental values with practical business knowledge. She fuses this insight with her extensive experience in television reportage and passion for social and economic justice. This is the most prestigious of her many awards and the first Emmy of which we're sure many more will come.
We congratulate winner Dr. John Todd of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award. Dr. Todd is also on our Research Advisory Board and our Founder, Dr. Hazel Henderson, was one of the Judges.
MAY 2nd, 2008 NEW YORK CITY The Buckminster Fuller Institute is pleased to announce that Comprehensive Design for a Carbon Neutral World: The Challenge of Appalachia submitted by Dr. John Todd has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Buckminster Fuller Challenge.
For Indigenous Peoples, the Right of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is a requirement, prerequisite and manifestation of the exercise of the fundamental, inherent right to Self-determination as de?ned in international law.
Free, Prior and Informed Consent is a basic underpinning of Indigenous Peoples’ ability to conclude and implement valid Treaties and Agreements, to have sovereignty over and protect our lands and natural resources, and to develop and participate in processes that redress violations of our land and Treaty rights.
Deal tracking: More share sales in the works Did someone give the all-clear for the public markets? A biofuel maker, solar silicon wafer company and battery developer are all shooting for IPOs, along with 14 other deals we spotted over the past week.
She wakes up at 5 a.m. She runs her own company. She has three children. She is president of her neighborhood association. She volunteers at the community center. She bakes her own cakes. She takes her parents to doctor appointments. She runs marathons. Good. Great. So what?
Many of us run around juggling METAPHYSICAL BALLS because our choices are unlimited.
Shift in Action from IONS. Shift in Action from IONS. Stephen Dinan interviews Hazel Henderson, talking about flaws in current economic systems. "Money is not wealth. The real wealth is the wealth of talented people, educated-healthy citizens, healthy ecological systems." April 2008.
Women'sRadio, Pat Lynch interviews Hazel Henderson on the evolution of Green Business over the last 20 years, Dec. 2006
Dreamtime Radio The Emerging Paradigm John English interview with Hazel Henderson on "The New Economy: Changing the Way Economics Changes our Planet" July 2006
Inside Wealth Radio
Scroll through Show Archives (on left) for Stu Zimmerman and Hazel Henderson interviews
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Interviews with scientists who observe the world, create hypotheses, makeand test predictions. Their findings are checked before publication by other experts, in a process known as "peer review."
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Our Host, SimranSethi on "OPRAH" talking about 
