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Common Interests Sustainability Actions

Uses ESG screening in portfolios

At Common Interests, we start our investment process in the same place as the rest of the industry: with the fundamentals of the companies we invest in. The difference comes when we overlay our values system on the investments we choose. This extra layer of risk management is the core of our practice. We view long term investing as casting a vote, and for the core of our portfolios, we refuse to cast that vote for companies that are messing up our planet, treating their people in ways we wouldn’t want to be treated, or “cooking the books”. The generic way we describe our screening process is ESG, Environmental, Societal, and Governance.

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Incorporated climate risk research

The Principles For Responsible Investing (PRI) has been doing a lot of research on this. We have incorporated this viewpoint into our portfolios, and the way we’ve done it speaks directly to McMahon’s article from yesterday. By mindfully choosing investments that incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance data in their investment process, we believe we can manage these risks.

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Signed the PRI

We’re proud to be a signatory of the PRI, and to help our clients align their investments with the issues they want to work on.

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Named Best for the World B Corp

Common Interests has been named a Best for the World™ B Corp for the 5th time in a row in recognition of our exemplary performance beyond commercial metrics. Ranking in the top 5% of all B Corps in our size group worldwide for sustainable business practices, we have earned this honor because of initiatives such as our sliding fee scale, which bases our hourly fees on our clients’ ability to pay, our lack of an investment minimum, and our commitment to democratizing access to impact investing & financial planning.

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Joined climate investor statement

Common Interests is proud to be a part of the global investor network, including Amundi, California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), Legal & General Investment Management, Natixis Investment Managers, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and Sumitomo Trust Mitsui Asset Management, making up a record number of signatories to the Global Investor Statement to Governments on Climate Change. Today, we are joining with investors from around the globe to urge world government leaders to step up their ambition on climate change and enact strong policies by 2020 to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, including phasing out thermal coal power and pricing carbon.

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Promoted blue economy investing

The ‘Blue Economy’ refers to an emerging concept which encourages better stewardship of our ocean or ‘blue’ resources. It supports all of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 14 ‘Life Below Water’, and recognizes that this will require ambitious, coordinated actions to sustainably manage, protect, and preserve our oceans.

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About Common Interests

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  • Unverified
  • Employees
  • 5 - 25
  • Country
  • United States