Zevin Asset Management Honored as Best for the World 2018

Today, Zevin Asset Management earned a place for the third year in a row on the Best for the World lists within the B Corp community. This year Zevin Asset Management was named Best for Customers by scoring in the top 10 percent of all B Corporations because of the investment firm’s focus on solving social and environmental issues through its services.

Auto­mo­bile Indus­try & the Elec­tric Vehi­cle Revolution

The growth of the global auto­mo­bile indus­try over the past cen­tury has been intrin­si­cally tied to the inter­nal com­bus­tion engine. Rapid advances in bat­tery tech­nol­ogy rep­re­sent a sea change for the indus­try that has fueled the accel­er­at­ing global roll­out of elec­tri­fied vehi­cles that will dis­place demand for con­ven­tional vehi­cles. The elec­tri­fi­ca­tion of vehi­cles, both pas­sen­ger and com­mer­cial, is a game changer that will dis­rupt the staid indus­try. Tra­di­tional man­u­fac­tur­ers, sup­pli­ers, and dis­trib­u­tors will be forced to con­front the new elec­tric car real­ity and the dif­fer­ent com­peti­tors, eco­nom­ics, and reg­u­la­tions that accom­pany it. If done right, this impor­tant shift can have a sig­nif­i­cant pos­i­tive effect on car­bon emissions.

Q1 2018 Advocacy Update

In the first quarter of 2018, we continued using shareholder advocacy for positive impact and long-term risk management. We joined with fellow socially responsible investors to urge gunmakers, retailers, and financial firms to address the risks of gun violence; we moved hotel giant Marriott toward greater diversity and equity; we joined a campaign to push companies toward carbon disclosure; and we continued work pressing employers on paid family leave policy, with new wins at CVS Health and TJX Companies. Pat Miguel Tomaino has our quarterly Advocacy Update.

War! What Is It Good For?

The clas­sic anti-​war song of the 1960s “War” per­formed by Edwin Starr for Motown records was intended as a protest against mil­i­tary con­flict dur­ing the war in Viet­nam. The singer’s bold and defin­i­tive con­clu­sion that war is good for “absolutely noth­ing” is equally applic­a­ble to the mis­guided pol­icy of trade wars. Yet here we are in the early days of this exact pol­icy blun­der, which has been con­demned as short­sighted and destruc­tive by vir­tu­ally every econ­o­mist, polit­i­cal sci­en­tist, busi­ness leader, and elected offi­cial — save one: Pres­i­dent Trump.

Zevin Asset Management Named a Leading Money Manager for Positive Impact

Zevin Asset Management has been honored as a leading socially responsible investment manager by experts at Real Impact Tracker. Real Impact Tracker is an easy-to-use, new tool to help individuals and institutions find money managers that create positive social and environmental benefit with their investments. Real Impact Tracker estimates that only 7 percent of investment funds would qualify for the certification Zevin Asset Management has received. Read more about this new tool and Zevin's rating.