Thought Leadership
One Evening in Denver…
At Cornerstone Capital Group, we have always been committed to investing with gender lens – it’s part of our heritage as a woman-owned investment firm, and equity and inclusion are core values. One of…
‘Who Gets to Build the Future?’: The Rise of Gender Lens Investing
NewsDeeply, April 12, 2018: “Investment factors have a life cycle,” explains John Wilson, head of research at New York-based Cornerstone Capital Group – an investment firm focused on integrating sustainable development factors in its investment practices.…
Calpers Weighs Push for Sexual-Harassment Corporate Disclosure
Bloomberg, April 11: "The California Public Employees’ Retirement System , the largest U. S. pension fund, is weighing a policy to urge companies in which it invests to disclose sexual-harassment settlements. The pension system,…
Accountability and Action on the Slate? Corporate Governance in This Activist Age
Upcoming Event: Citizen activists are taking to the streets to demand government accountability and action on issues they care about passionately, with groups ranging from #metoo to #neveragain, Black Lives Matter, and the alt-right.…
Investing for Impact and Performance: The Essentials
Executive summary: The language of impact. At Cornerstone Capital Group, we apply the discipline of environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis along with financial analysis in assessing…
Facebook Shareholders Force Data Privacy Vote
Barron's, March 24, 2018: "It’s too late to submit a shareholder proposal for Facebook ’s June annual meeting, but you can expect a deluge of criticism following the revelation that Cambridge Analytica improperly shared data…
How to invest in water: A long-term bet on an essential commodity with limited supply
MarketWatch, March 23, 2018: "With global demand for water expected to explode in the coming years, fund managers are recommending investing in the space as a long-term bet on an essential commodity whose supplies are…
Water Investing in 2018: Near-term crises and technology for long-term trends
In this report, we examine which trends may emerge to catalyze private water investing and how investors gain exposure to opportunities for investing in solutions. Water scarcity is an…
Equity Outlook: Still Positive, Risks Increasing Modestly
Summary Even as stock price volatility has increased in 2018, the U. S. equity outlook remains fundamentally sound. Strength in corporate profitability is broad-based, with nine of the eleven sectors in the…
CEO Investor Forum: Investor Letter to Presenting Companies
In conjunction with the recent CEO Investor Forum hosted by CECP, a CEO-led coalition that believes a company’s social strategy determines company success, the organization's Strategic Investors Initiative (SII) issued an open letter to its members…
When Political Will Fails
U. S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 13 Russians for violations of US campaign laws highlights just how broken the U. S. election finance system has become. It illustrates that…
impactmania speaks with Erika Karp
impactmania, March 8: impactmania spoke with Erika Karp, founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital, Inc . Karp founded the investment advisory and wealth management firm after spending 25 years on Wall Street.…
Identifying Investment Risk: Harvey Weinstein as Exhibit A
Financial Planning, March 8: "Erika Karp, founder of $1 billion RIA Cornerstone Capital Group, has three words for any advisor wondering about the value of conducting a sustainable investment analysis on client portfolios: the Weinstein…
ESG Investing: An Interview with the CFA Institute
The CFA Institute's "Take 15" series recently posted a video interview with John Wilson, who explains how to integrate key tenets of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing into the equity research process. John also…
Oceans in Peril: What Can Investors Do?
We recently had the pleasure of hosting the webinar “ Oceans in Peril: What Can Investors Do? ” Craig Metrick , Managing Director, Institutional Consulting & Research for Cornerstone, was joined by ocean health expert…
Sexual Harassment Now An Investment Issue, Cornerstone Capital Says
FA Magazine, Feb 12: Sexual Harassment Now An Investment Issue, Cornerstone Capital Says
Sexual misconduct poses financial risks for companies
CFO Magazine, Feb 12: Sexual misconduct poses financial risks for companies
Is ESG investing going mainstream?
Investment News, Feb 12: Is ESG investing going mainstream?
Structural Complicity: Sexual and gender-based violence as an emerging investment risk
“Time’s Up”… #MeToo … allegations of abusive behavior by corporate chiefs … the groundswell of public attention to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is revealing how pervasive it is at all levels of society, in…
The Death of Private Banking…
Euromoney , February 6, 2018: " The Death of Private Banking. . . and How Wealth Management Can Have a Brighter Future "