Envisioning Impact: Investing for Systemic Change
Cornerstone CEO Erika Karp and CIO Craig Metrick, CAIA, take questions in a dialogue moderated by Managing Director Alison Smith. They talk about the near-term outlook and longer-term possibilities under the new administration and…
Impact Investing Deep Dive – How to Generate Impact Across Different Asset Classes
Cornerstone's Chief Investment Officer, Craig Metrick, CAIA, recently joined a panel discussion hosted by the CFA Society of New York. He was joined by Louie Nguyen of Mission Driven Finance , Gerry Pambo-Awich…
Due Diligence 2.0: A Call to Action
Calls for racial equity in the financial system have rightfully been increasing since the murder of George Floyd last year. In the past few months, we have seen virtually every major investment bank and…
Forestry Investing for Climate Action
Forests are an important biological resource with a critical role to play in carbon sequestration. In this webinar replay, Cornerstone CEO Erika Karp talks with Bettina von Hagen, CEO of EFM , which…
Financing Change and Financial Inclusion at The Exchange 2020
Cornerstone's Chief Impact Strategist, Katherine Pease, moderated a panel at The Exchange 2020 , the annual conference organized by Social Impact Exchange (SIE). For the past ten years SIE has hosted…
SEC Setback for Shareholders
On September 23, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced amendments to the rule that determines eligibility requirements for a shareholder proposal to be included in the proxy statement of a public company.…
Real Leadership at a Time of Crisis | Ethical Finance 2020
On October 5, Cornerstone CEO Erika Karp joined Mark Van Ness, Founder of Real Leaders, and Margret Trilli, CEO & CIO of ImpactAssets, for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities of leadership at a…
A Conversation on Climate with Sir David King
During Climate Week NYC 2020 , Cornerstone Capital Group hosted eminent climate scientist Sir David King, Founder of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University. The Centre is a cross-disciplinary…
Quarterly Market Update and Outlook Q3 2020: Q&A Session
We recently hosted a video call to share our latest thinking about the markets globally and to take questions from our audience. Moderated by Chief Investment Officer Craig Metrick , the team shared…
Investing to Scale Regenerative Agriculture: A Pathway to Growing Our Future
Agriculture sits at the nexus of some of the world’s most pressing challenges: climate change, food security and nutrition, water and soil quality, biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods. It is clear that business as…
The LGBTQ Movement: Translating Progress into Corporate Action
We are pleased to present this replay of our recent panel discussion with leaders in the LGBTQ movement for equality -- access the event replay above. Our panel addressed: The history of organizing…
Addressing Climate as a Systemic Risk: A Conversation
Systemic risks to financial institutions can lead to serious negative consequences for the economy. Climate change, like the COVID-19 crisis, is indisputably a systemic risk. Cornerstone's CEO, Erika Karp, recently hosted a panel…
Investing in the Future of Work: A Conversation
We recently held a video panel discussion with experts in the field of education and educational technology, to further explore the topic we first raised in our report Investing in the Future of Work…
3 Questions: Erika Karp on the importance of ‘social’ in ESG investing
Investment News, June 12: Erika Karp sits down with Investment News for a brief conversation about impact investing and social issues. View the video here: https://www. investmentnews. com/video/193995
“Forever Changed Part III”: COVID-19 and Impact Investing
Cornerstone recently held the third in our series of calls to discuss the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the markets, the economy and impact investing. CEO Erika Karp and CIO Craig Metrick answered…
Sustainable Investing: Putting Theory into Practice
Recently, CEO Erika Karp moderated a panel discussion on behalf of the Jewish Federation of North America (JFNA), an organization that brings together Jewish foundations and non-profit organizations in support of shared goals and values.…
Covid-19: We’re Not “All in This Together” Equally
On May 5 th , Cornerstone Capital hosted a webinar about Covid-19 and its disproportionate impact on some communities. Race, income, ZIP Code – all are factors that influence one’s chances of making it…
Every Day Must Be Earth Day: Climate, Coronavirus and Complexity
On April 22, Earth Day, Cornerstone hosted a webinar titled “ Every Day Must Be Earth Day : Climate, Coronavirus and Complexity. CEO Erika Karp was joined by Karl Burkart, Managing Director of One…
Forever Changed: COVID-19 and Impact Investing, Part II
We recently hosted a second discussion on the near-term impact and longer-term implications of the current coronavirus pandemic. Cornerstone Managing Director Alison Smith moderated a Q&A session with CEO Erika Karp and CIO Craig…
ESG Fund Performance in Volatile Markets
There has been tremendous volatility in the price of most asset classes since the onset of the coronavirus-related financial crisis. That includes the price of sustainable equity funds. Given that much of the…