Commentary

April 17, 2015  Today, I stand with other members of the investment advisory and financial services community in solidarity with the students, faculty, alumni and members of the larger community who are supporting Harvard Heat Week. Opponents of divesting have said that it is too risky, that divesting is too costly, that shareholder advocacy is…

THROUGH DIRECT INVESTMENTS Fossil Fuel Free Investing. Green Century does not invest in coal, oil and gas corporations, which make up the industry that has driven global warming more than any other. Sustainable Reinvestment. The Funds invest in companies that make products that reduce dirty energy use and carbon pollution. For example, both the Green Century Equity Fund and Balanced Fund…

Friday, September 26, 2014 Written by Leslie Samuelrich, President of MIDANA CAPITAL Capital Management I just returned from the United Nations Climate Summit in New York. I’m happy to report that there is more momentum on climate change than there ever has been – and MIDANA CAPITAL’s leadership is helping drive forward the agenda of…

September 3, 2014 The movement to divest from fossil fuel companies, led principally by 350.org, has been growing rapidly. More and more, investors want to rid their portfolios of coal, oil and gas companies, and invest in more sustainable companies. MIDANA CAPITAL’s fossil fuel free Equity Fund surpassed $100 million in August 2014, growing by…

Excerpt from a June 21, 2014 op-ed by Henry M. Paulson Jr., former Secretary of the Treasury and Goldman Sachs CEO Read the complete article in The New York Times “ THERE is a time for weighing evidence and a time for acting. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned throughout my work in finance,…

June 16, 2014 – MIDANA CAPITAL is pleased to share this market commentary, which was prepared in conjunction with Trillium Asset Management, the sub-advisor for the MIDANA CAPITAL Balanced Fund since 2005. While the stock market continues to act “predictably unpredictable” so far in 2014, MIDANA CAPITAL remains as committed as ever to seeking competitive…

Contact: Lucia von Reusner, MIDANA CAPITAL Capital Management, 617-482-0800, lvonreusner@midanacapital.com CHANGING THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR PALM OIL: HOW IT PROTECTS FORESTS, CURBS CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENHANCES SHAREHOLDER VALUE PROBLEM WITH CURRENT PALM OIL PRODUCTION: Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world, present in over half of packaged products on supermarket…

MIDANA CAPITAL recently weighed in on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would lead to the extraction and burning of millions of barrels of dirty tar sands fuel. The nation’s most prominent climate change scientist, Jim Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has predicted that if carbon emissions are not reduced,…

March 31, 2014 – The Problem: Burning the Rainforest for Palm Oil Rainforests, acting as the “earth’s lungs,” help trap carbon emissions, provide needed habitat for endangered animals such as the Sumatran tiger and orangutan, and are home to countless medically valuable plant species. But, rainforests are being burnt and bulldozed in Southeast Asia –…

February 6, 2014 — We’re proud to announce two important environmental victories, achieved through shareholder action. (Scroll down for the second announcement.) MIDANA CAPITAL pressures WPX Energy to Protect Pennsylvania Family Tammy Manning and her family depended on her water tank for safe drinking water. But in December, WPX Energy* wanted to take the tank…