With the current partial government shutdown now holding the record as the longest one in American history, effects of the closure continue to build. We’ve been hearing a lot about the consequences around employment – or lack of employment. From the 53,000 TSA agents working without pay to the $3.65 […]
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, awareness of gender inequality is becoming more widespread. An increasing number of people around the world are taking action and using a gender lens to consciously improve outcomes for women.
Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe another year is in the books. Below we highlight our most popular blog posts from 2018. We hope you have enjoyed reading our blogs as much as we have enjoyed writing them for you. Warm wishes, -The CCM Team
As we enter the final week of 2018, we reflect on this past year and feel grateful for our investors that provide us the opportunity to positively impact families and communities in need across the United States through their investments. We are also thankful to be able to donate to […]
We’re happy to announce that Hawthorne EcoVillage Apartments is the winner of the CCM Annual Impact Awards for 2018 and Project for Pride in Living (PPL), a nonprofit that built and manages the property, will receive a $10,000 donation. PPL builds the hope, assets, and self-reliance of individuals and families […]
Recognition that gender equality plays a pivotal role in the health of our economy and society continues to spur interest from advisors and investors. Earlier this week, we had the pleasure in discussing this topic with many in the impact/ESG investment community at this year’s Financial Times (FT) Investing for […]
With what seems like a new holiday hashtag popping up every day, it can become overwhelming to scroll through social media. While some of these holiday hashtags seem rather trivial – #PJDay which promotes wearing your pajamas to work or #uglychristmassweater – brands rely on hashtags to get people to […]
It’s an interesting time to be a Millennial. Sure, this generation has had, and continues to have, unique challenges. Many graduated college with unprecedented student loan debt, only to be welcomed to adult life by the Global Financial Crisis. As a result, despite being the best-educated generation ever, Millennials represent […]
CCM recently attended the High Water Women’s Investing for Impact Symposium in New York City. High Water Women is a nonprofit organization, founded by a group of women from the investment industry, that supports volunteerism and philanthropic giving. The organization now includes 3,500 members from across the financial services world.
“More than half of Millennial investors see the social responsibility of their investments as an important selection criteria, compared with less than 30 percent of WWII-era investors and 42 percent of Gen X investors.” 1 Millennials are often cited in investment-related headlines, especially as the generation accumulates more and more […]
