by John McGowan | Apr 22, 2022 | ESG, Financial Planning, Impact Investing, Sustainability
I remember participating in the first Earth Day in 1970 at the 8-room rural school I attended outside the town of Marengo, Illinois. Riley School doesn’t look much different today! Mr. Desmond, our science teacher, organized us. I dug up Sugar Maple saplings from the...
by John McGowan | May 26, 2020 | ESG, Impact Investing
It’s as if every business – large and small – was handed the same dreaded pop quiz. Vested stakeholders – employees, customers, shareholders, and communities – are sitting in the Teacher’s chair, grading the papers, and finding out who’s been doing their...
by John McGowan | Apr 30, 2020 | ESG, Impact Investing
Amid the stress and grief of this pandemic, I encountered an ESG (environmental-social-governance) investing intersection that made me smile. It started when I was scanning Bloomberg’s newswire and came across an article about investor concern over social...
by John McGowan | Feb 10, 2020 | Impact Investing
Big Business has seemingly awakened to the costs created by fossil fuels and social inequity. While “corporate social responsibility” and “diversity and inclusion” have been popular thematics amongst HR groups and the rank-and-file for almost...
