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Category: ESG

Investment Managers Turn to Impact/ESG Investing
August 2019 | ESG

Impact investing has grown exponentially in recent years, and it does not seem to be slowing down any time soon.  According to Morningstar, ESG funds in the U.S. have attracted $8.4 billion in just the first half of 2019 – already shattering the previous annual record of $5.4 billion in […]

Iceland Glacier Draws Attention to Climate Change
August 2019 | ESG

One hundred years ago, Icelandic glacier, Okjökull, was 50 meters thick and covered almost 6 square miles1.  In 2014, it became the first glacier that Iceland has lost to climate change – but environmentalists are making sure that it will not be forgotten.  Members of the Icelandic Hiking Society and […]

Key Findings from GIIN’s 2019 Annual Impact Investors Survey
July 2019 | ESG

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is a nonprofit organization that aims to spread awareness and increase effectiveness of impact investing worldwide. The GIIN builds critical infrastructure and supports activities, education, and research that helps accelerate the development of a coherent impact investing industry.1  Every year, GIIN releases their Annual […]

CCM visits the properties impacted by our investments
June 2019 | ESG

Summertime is usually associated with warm weather, days at the pool – or the golf course – and vacation.  For some of us at CCM, summer can mean travel, especially to conferences throughout the U.S.  This week kicked off the summer conference season with the US SIF conference in Minneapolis […]

CCM goes ROWE
May 2019 | ESG

As a firm that prides itself on a client-centric culture, we always look to align the values-focused nature of our client base with our own practices.  From inclusion in the hiring and promotion process to implementing programs that support work/life balance, the environment and our local communities, we like to […]