FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jim Murphy, 401-456-8799, jmurphy2@ric.edu
Gita Brown, 401-456-8465, gbrown@ric.edu
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two industry leaders will speak at a Green Business Forum at Rhode Island College on Thursday, Nov. 17, to discuss “Sustainable and Impact Investing.” The forum will run from 2-4 p.m., in the Student Union Ballroom, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Providence. This event is free and open to the public.
Presented by Joy Pettirossi-Poland, president of Building Bridges Consulting, and R. Paul Herman, founder and CEO of Human Impact + Profit (HIP) Investor, this forum will focus on impact investing and why this approach drives investment performance and mitigates risk in the 21st century and beyond.
Participants learn:
- Why modern portfolio theory has become obsolete.
- The problem with traditional investing and the new materiality disclosures issued by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.
- The differences between traditional investing and sustainable investing.
- How your investments impact you personally and how you can align your values with your investments.
- Socially responsible investments vs. sustainable investments.
- Intangible value and risk drivers.
- How sustainable and impact investing can help solve some of our most pressing challenges.
- Shareholder advocacy and what you can do as an investor, or potential investor, to create a positive impact in the world.
Pettirossi-Poland has worked with investment advisors and CPA’s for more than 25 years to develop business strategies, brand differentiation, strategic alliance building and craft CPE and professional development forums. She is creator of the More Value & Profit™ (MVP) program designed to help CPAs and business owners create more profitable and sustainable businesses. In 2014 MVP, in collaboration with Providence College, launched the first Intangibles Valuation Committee task force through the Rhode Island State Society of CPAs – the first of its kind in the country.
R. Paul Herman is an international expert on investment management, portfolio design and the measurement of human, social and environmental impacts and how they can drive financial returns and profitability. Herman’s company licenses its ratings, advises and manages sustainable portfolios, and partners with fund managers, RIAs and wealth advisors to serve accredited, institutional and everyday investors. Herman is author of the best-selling text-book/e-book/audio-book “The HIP Investor: Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World,” which has been integrated into 24 university and M.B.A. curricula globally.
This event is co-sponsored by Rhode Island College and the Renew Energy Initiative (REI). For more information on Green Business Forum events, contact Jim Murphy at jmurphy2@ric.edu or at 456-8799. For more information on REI, go to www.reiteam.org/members.
Established in 1854, Rhode Island College serves approximately 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students through its five schools: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, the School of Social Work, the School of Management and the School of Nursing. For more information, visit www.ric.edu.
