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 Environmental Investor Resources

Global Environment Fund
A pioneering private equity fund that invests in sustainable forestry, water infrastructure, and clean technology projects worldwide, with a special emphasis  on developing countries. The Global Environment Fund (GEF) was founded by two World Wildlife Fund fellows, Jeff Leonard and John Earhart.  GEF also provided support to the Investor Responsibility Research Center’s pioneering Environmental Information Service, which LGA founder Jonathan Naimon directed in the early 1990s.

Shorebank Pacific
An Oregon-based bank specializing in lending to businesses that take the environment into account. Like Light Green Advisors, Shorebank invests in natural resources and heavy industry businesses where environmental progress can make a difference. Funded in part by Ecotrust www.ecotrust.org , Shorebank Pacific is a subsidiary of Chicago-based Shorebank, a pioneer in community investing in the US.

Nonprofits

Chefs Collaborative
An innovative effort by nationally recognized chefs to link producers and consumers of locally grown quality foods (from the farms and ranches to the chefs and the restaurant patrons) and thus enhance markets for more sustainable grown foods.

Mountain Lion Foundation
A foundation focused on preserving the integrity of mountain lion habitat in the US and preventing the extirpation of mountain lions from the twelve states where there are viable populations.  LGA founder Jonathan Naimon was appointed to the Mountain Lion Foundation board in 2003.

Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center
A regional nonprofit group that pioneered pollution prevention as a strategy for pro-actively addressing pollution threats from numerous industries and individual activities. The US EPA has now adopted pollution prevention as a centerpiece of its attempts to encourage environmental improvement.

Progressive Policy Institute
A national think tank funded by the Democratic Leadership Council that has sponsored several congressional roundtables on developing national policies to address climate change. The Roundtable included environmental groups such as Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Center for Clean Air Policy. In 1999 the Progressive Policy Institute also published a synthesis of market-based policies to combat climate change co-authored by LGA founder Jonathan Naimon and Progressive Policy Institute Environmental Director Debra Knopman.

Rose Foundation Environmental Fiduciary Project
An innovative California-based foundation that has been involved in several important  a variety of market-based initiatives including a recent SEC petition to close some of the gaps in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) that allow a variety of environmental liabilities of public companies to be concealed from investors in securities filings. The Rose Foundation also manages programs on community investing, labor issues, pension funds, in addition to the environment. Its Environmental Fiduciary book provides trustees of environmental foundations, public funds, and other organizations concerned about environmental threats to our quality of life with a clear description of many connections between fiduciary responsibility and environmental factors.

Trade Association

Social Investment Forum
A national trade association of asset managers interested in social or environmental responsibility. Light Green Advisors is a member of the Social Investment Forum and a sponsor of its bi-annual Trends in Responsible Investing report. The Forum has good basic information on retail socially responsible investing; however, at present it has little information on separate account management and other alternatives to high cost mutual funds that make up the bulk of the environmentally responsible investment universe.

Test Your "EQ"

Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center
Test your environmental knowledge with the "E-Quiz".