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Vanderbilt's Impact On The Environment

Posted by Jerry McNulty on 4/21/23 9:16 AM

Vanderbilt prides itself on being a firm specializing in ESG & Impact Investing, finance with a purpose. We take satisfaction in knowing that many of our Advisors are steering their clients into investing in a better and healthier future for our planet. While we support those methods to create a more sustainable planet through investing, we also do our part as a firm directly. 

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Topics: Impact Investing, ESG, Green Finance, sustainability, earth day, renewable energy, LEED, Platinum LEED, solar energy, Environment, SDG

Greenwashing: Deciphering between Marketing Ploys versus Real ESG Products

Posted by Joe Trifiletti on 1/2/20 11:55 AM

Vanderbilt’s 295 solar panels show our commitment to sustainability.

Summary:

  • Companies who practice greenwashing can make both deliberate claims and unintentionally misrepresent their sustainability efforts.
  • As a Financial Advisor, you can help your clients avoid these bogus claims with resources outlined at the end of the article.

Many businesses promote their credentials with the promises of having green buildings, eco-labels, and clean technologies. But how many of these pledges are authentic? How many of them are just empty corporate spins? We called these inauthentic claims “greenwashing” in our past article “Will "Impact-Washing" Be the New Greenwashing?”

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Topics: Greenwashing, Impact-Washing, ESG, Green Finance

Extreme Growth in Green Bonds

Posted by Vanderbilt Financial Group on 8/31/17 12:38 PM

It’s no secret that Impact Investing has been gaining popularity (we certainly talk about it a lot) .  As more and more financial advisors become curious, we’ve found many are surprised to learn of the various ways to invest impactfully, perhaps most notably through Green Bonds.

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Topics: Impact Investing, Green Finance

How Can We Bring Green Finance to Mainstream Investing?

Posted by Vanderbilt Financial Group on 7/25/17 1:11 PM
Last week, Bank of England Governor and Chairman of the G20's Financial Stability Board, Mark Carney, spoke to a crowd in Berlin about how green finance can maximize return, aid the global economy and combat global climate change if we figure out how to bring Impact Investing to the mainstream. We totally agree!


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Topics: Financial Advisors, Impact Investing, Client Relationships, Impact-Washing, ESG, Green Finance

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