Active Investor Impact Update – Q2 2022
As we reflect on Boston Common's Q2 2022 engagement impacts, we are also celebrating last year's efforts with our 6th annual Impact Report released earlier this month. Highlighting our engagement efforts in 2021, the report demonstrates our [...]
2021 Impact Report
Boston Common’s sixth annual impact report comes when the rights of women and their ability to access healthcare are in question, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has investors reconsidering their approach to repressive regimes, financial players [...]
Meet Boston Common’s Newest Portfolio Manager, Michelle Buckley
In late 2021, Michelle Buckley, CFA, CAIA, joined Boston Common’s ESG-integrated Investment Team, bringing renewed focus to the U.S. Core Equity strategy, the first strategy launched in BCAM’s nascent days as an ESG investor in [...]
SEC Submission on Mandatory Climate Disclosure
Under the previous US Administration, the potential for climate impact mitigation progress was lost. While investors and businesses continued to address climate, advances were blunted by lack of appropriate US government intervention. This motivated Boston [...]
Investor Guidance for Prioritizing Gender
Prioritizing Gender Investor Brief | June 2022 Lauren Compere, Head of Stewardship & Engagement Companies are mistakenly viewing gender solely in the context of DEI efforts. Investor approaches tend to focus only on board or [...]
Netflix Shareholders Approve Proposal on Enhanced Lobbying Disclosure
Netflix shareholders approve proposal on enhanced lobbying disclosure and oversight following dialogue with Boston Common. On June 2, a Netflix vote on adopting enhanced oversight and disclosure regarding lobbying practices – a proposal that Boston [...]
The Role of Sustainable Chemistry in Human & Environmental Health
Earth Day 2022 calls on us to “Invest in Our Planet”, an appeal to protect and preserve human health and the natural environment through bold and equitable action and innovation. Mindful of this call to action, we are highlighting Boston Common’s work in sustainable chemicals management and green chemistry investing, key elements in fostering a greener, healthier, more just and equitable future.
Active Investor Impact Update – Q1 2022
Recent events have once again shown that depending on countries with repressive regimes lacking internal accountability poses a high risk to investors and citizens alike. There is now a geopolitically driven urgency to pivot immediately [...]
The Other Energy Solution
Geeta Aiyer The energy crisis of the 1970s precipitated a transformation in the auto industry: large gas guzzlers were replaced by small, efficient cars. Fuel efficiency in miles per gallon rose sharply, reducing demand for [...]
Bold, Innovative, & Just Investor Action
Boston Common’s Climate Action Plan By Lauren Compere, Managing Director, Head of Stewardship & Engagement The Amazon is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it can absorb. According to the 2021 IPCC report, immediate, rapid, [...]
Standing With the People of Ukraine
Our hearts are heavy witnessing the Russian invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine, an aggressive military escalation putting the lives and freedom of Ukraine’s people at risk with impacts reverberating across the world. Russia’s [...]
Conservation Law Foundation Partners With Boston Common Asset Management on Values- and Mission-Aligned Investment Strategy
100% of Conservation Law Foundation’s Invested Funds to be Managed by Boston Common Asset Management BOSTON–Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”), a nonprofit, member-supported organization working to solve the most significant environmental challenges facing New England, and Boston [...]
