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Join us today at 1 PM ET as we wrap up our Quarterly Webinar series, with Portfolio Manager Corné Biemans discussing our Global Impact portfolio performance and positioning through the third quarter of 2024. Head of ESG Integration Leah Turino, CFP®, will provide an update on our shareholder engagement efforts with our portfolio companies. Register now:  https://lnkd.in/gXEEBHeN #QuarterlyWebinar #AssetManagement #InvestmentCommentary #ESG #GlobalImpact

Join us today at 1 PM ET as Portfolio Manager Liz Su discusses our Emerging Markets portfolio performance and positioning through the third quarter of 2024. Head of Stewardship & Engagement Lauren Compere will provide an update on our shareholder engagement efforts with our portfolio companies. Register now:  https://lnkd.in/gAnf_c7j #QuarterlyWebinar #AssetManagement #InvestmentCommentary #ESG #EmergingMarkets

Join us today at 1 PM ET as we continue our Quarterly Webinar series. President and Founder Geeta Aiyer will lead the discussion of the third quarter, covering US markets, portfolio performance, and positioning. Director of US Shareholder Engagement Amy Orr will provide an update on our shareholder engagement efforts with our portfolio companies. Register Now: https://lnkd.in/gnAtTJfV #QuarterlyWebinar #AssetManagement #InvestmentCommentary #ESG

Join us today at 1 PM ET as we begin our Quarterly Webinar series reviewing the third quarter of 2024. Portfolio Manager Matt Zalosh, CFA will discuss International Equity performance and positioning. Head of Stewardship and Engagement Lauren Compere will provide an update on our shareholder engagement efforts with portfolio companies. Register now:  https://lnkd.in/g7MUBaTq #QuarterlyWebinar #AssetManagement #InvestmentCommentary #ESG 

Join us next week for our quarterly webinar series! Portfolio managers from each strategy will discuss performance and market outlooks for the third quarter of 2024. Members of our ESG team will also join to share engagement updates specific to each strategy. Register now: https://lnkd.in/ePY4cxsz #Webinar #InvestmentCommentary #AssetManagement #ESG

The Principles for Responsible Investment "PRI in Person" conference is underway in Toronto. Over the next three days, this event will serve as a valuable platform for PRI signatories—including Boston Common—and responsible investment leaders to learn and collaborate with their peers from around the world. Boston Common’s Lauren Compere and Ashley Lyon are on the ground in Toronto, and on Thursday, Lauren will be featured as a panelist at a session discussing the EU CSDDD and the next generation of Responsible Investment policy tools. Digital passes are still available for those looking to virtually attend this session and the many other offerings. Follow the link for details: https://lnkd.in/eRwjESqV #priinperson #responsibleinvestment #hrdd

Last week, The Asian Community Fund at the Boston Foundation held its inaugural gala, where Geeta Aiyer was recognized as the ACF’s first AAPI Honoree for “her remarkable work as an entrepreneur, business leader, and social activist whose advocacy spans environmental and social justice.” Several members of the Boston Common Team joined Geeta at the gala, sharing in and witnessing this awe-inspiring moment and connecting to this vital organization. The ACF is the first—and still the only—philanthropic fund in Massachusetts dedicated to “activating, convening, and supporting” the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Since forming in 2020, the ACF has helped the AAPI community and several other local AAPI coalitions build their advocacy voice, take ownership of their narrative, and fund vital efforts to promote economic growth and elevate AAPI visibility. Geeta and Boston Common are humbled by this honor and the extraordinary community driving the ACF.  #AAPI #celebrateaapi #asiancommunity

Are you sad that Climate Week NYC 2024 is over? We know the feeling. Join us in some premature reminiscing about a few of our favorite Climate Week events and learn the latest on Boston Common’s nature-focused shareholder engagement initiatives in this fresh edition of the Active Investor Impact Update. #esg #shareholderengagement #naturefocus #climateweeknyc https://lnkd.in/e_wAz6NK

As 2024’s Climate Week NYC heads into its final few days, Boston Common’s Amy Orr is among the featured contributors today in one of the many events spotlighting women over the course of the week. Part of Confluence Philanthropy’s ongoing “What if Women..?” peer leadership initiative and hosted by the UNDP Climate Hub, the half-day retreat titled “Indigenous Forest Stewards and Investment Advisors” will gather women from these respective communities. Boston Common has been engaging financial companies on deforestation and its impact on Indigenous communities for well over a decade. Our recent engagement efforts have focused on biodiversity impact assessments, habitat conservation, eliminating commodity-driven deforestation, and defining expectations for the commercial and investment banking industry. With deforestation and forest degradation representing about one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, it is essential for investors considering forest solutions to integrate consideration of social and environmental risks in order to successfully reorient economies to prioritize nature, Indigenous peoples’ rights, and women’s empowerment. #indigenouspeoplesrights #deforestationaction #climateweeknyc https://lnkd.in/eTtgMQ8d

It’s #Climate Week NYC, and our team is soaking in and taking part in the action as throngs of investors, activists, communicators, and decision-makers gather to get the world on track. On the eve of the week-long event, Lauren Compere participated in a discussion on the 'Global Digital Compact and the Future of Trustworthy Digital Transformation’, a featured event of the UN “Summit of the Future Action Days.” Lauren highlighted the critical role investors play in corporate accountability linked to the development and deployment of AI through initiatives like the World Benchmarking Alliance Ethical AI CIC. Global frameworks such as the #GlobalDigitalCompact amplify the near-term impact of investors and can form the basis for global #ethicalAI norms in the long term. In this area, the multi-stakeholder approach of investors supports the need for an inclusive, equitable, and rights-based digital transformation that prioritizes and serves all. #UNGA79 #SotF