Join us this holiday season for our annual networking event!

Join us on November 20th at BASIC's annual speed networking event to connect with local experts in sustainable finance! Register here

We invite you to join us for free lunch and a discussion about the ESG risks and opportunities in food production and alternative proteins!

Join us on September 25 for BASIC's first ever book club!

Net Impact Boston is leading a collaborative process to develop a series of evening learning session that will help Boston-area change agents increase their knowledge of this growing and important field of social change.

Net Impact Boston is leading a collaborative process to develop a series of evening learning session that will help Boston-area change agents increase their knowledge of this growing and important field of social change.

BASIC invites you join us at the offices of Breckinridge Capital Advisors for a seminar on ERISA Compliance as well as snacks, drinks, and lively discussion. Mary W. Rosen of the Employee Benefits Security Administration will preside over the event with a presentation on the duties of ERISA plan fiduciaries.

We would like to thank our generous hosts, Breckinridge Capital Advisors, and encourage you to take a look at their latest blog on this topic: Our Perspective on ESG and the Latest DOL Rules.

Please join us for food and drink at Scholars after the Sustainable Investing Solutions Conference. Attendees and non-attendees welcome! 

Brought to you by: Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Brown Advisory, First Affirmative, Natixis Investment Managers

Sustainable Investing Solutions (SIS) events are regional gatherings of financial advisors, consultants, and other client facing financial professionals focused on learning more about sustainable investing solutions.

Please join us to celebrate the arrival of summer and BASIC's 10th anniversary at our annual summer social on Tuesday, June 25. Location is once again at Reynders McVeigh, 121 High Street in the Financial District. We'll be on their outdoor patio!

Join the JJET Investment Group with RBC WM for an engaging conversation about the impact we can make with our investments.

Join us in a lively discussion on ways leading companies globally are overcoming barriers to improve their Eco Efficiency – reducing energy and water use and eliminating wastes - plus boosting bottom lines. In 2018 the International Energy Agency concluded: “Energy efficiency alone could cause greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2020”. We will explore Eco Efficiency best practices globally and how Eco Efficiency is a key enabler for Boston becoming more climate resilient.

Join Barclays at their Impact 2029 Forum on May 23 to hear from pioneering entrepreneurs and investors who are operating at the intersection of innovation and impact, and scaling the cutting-edge technologies that are set to revolutionize the future of food, water, energy and housing.

Join the Learning by Giving Foundation (LxG) and its Emerging Leaders Council for an in-depth conversation on impact in the community; “Is the work making a difference?” This event is the second in a four-part series of events for emerging leaders in New England who are interested in philanthropy and social impact, and want to learn how to make their giving impactful.

Pensions & Investments' 4th annual ESG Investing event is taking place in Boston on May 21st.  The event is only open to asset owners and consultants, and is complimentary.

The Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs’ Technology and Public Purpose Project (TAPP) and Harvard Business School’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship are co-hosting Reimagining Investing in Frontier Technology on Wednesday May 15, 2019 from 12:00 pm-5:00 pm. This workshop will convene investors (Limited Partners and General Partners), entrepreneurs, technologists and others investing in and building frontier technologies in areas including artificial intelligence, genome engineering, advanced computing technologies and more. The workshop will explore innovations that accelerate technological breakthroughs and bring products to market in ways that maximize their benefits to society while minimizing harms.

Astrid Kaag, Policy Advisor with the Province of North-Brabant (Netherlands), will present on the Brabant Outcomes Fund (BOF), an innovative public-private partnership enabling private investment in startup enterprises that create specific societal benefits and outcomes.

Join NEIII and the Bridgespan Group to learn more about Bridgespan’s approach to impact measurement and management, including key principles of their approach and methodology.

Join the Institute for Education Leadership for a conversation with female angel investors and founders to learn about existing networks, resources, and hear about their inspiring journeys.

Come learn from experts about Impact Investing at NH's signature Women Angel Event on April 17. You will hear from a wide variety of impact investors from their investing lens and have a hands-on case study conponent to help reinforce what you learn during the day. A networking reception follows the panel and case study portion of the event.

Join WISE-Boston for a discussion with investment professionals on the various ethical, financial and risk concerns associated with investing in the prison industrial commplex and how divesting can improve portfolio performance.

Join the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts for a discussion with a all stakeholders - residents, business owners, developers, investors, civic and nonprofit organizations - to the table in or near Boston Opportunity Zones.

Ever wondered about how to align your retirement savings with your values? Do you feel stuck in trying to have a conversation with your employer about your options? As part of this event, you’ll be invited to participate in a role play exercise to practice elements from the toolkits, and come away with a plan to be an internal advocate for building a more sustainable future.

Join the Boston+Acumen Impact Circle at the Impact Hub for an interactive workshop on designing social enterprises!

Meet Natasha Lamb of Arjuna Capital!

Join speakers from Breckinridge Capital Advisors, KBI Global Investors, SeaAhead and Ceres, as they share PechaKucha-style presentations and facilitate an interactive discussion of how investors, entrepreneurs and NGOs are working to mitigate water risk and invest in solutions for a resilient water future. Space is limited for this event, so register soon!

This year’s Social Enterprise Conference at Harvard will take place on March 2-3^rd at the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy Schools. The topic is Unlikely Allies: Forging Partnerships for Progress and seeks to highlight the different coalitions being built to create sustainable social enterprises and social change.  Confirmed speakers and panelists will represent organizations such as Woods Hole Research Center, Wellington Asset Management, Bridgespan, Amalgamated Bank, Vulcan, and more!

Join US SIF (The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment) to learn about the findings of the biennial "Trends Report."

Join #Physiser on February 12th, 2019 as industry leaders discuss responsible investing and the importance of sustainable investing “influencers”.

The Impact Summit brings together Boston-area professionals and students for a full day of engaging discussions about how to make lasting social and environmental impact with their careers. The event features speakers and exhibitors from the corporate, nonprofit and government sectors.

Join Conscious Conversations and Jackie Herskovitz Russell, who will take attendees through the components that are at the foundation of memorable messaging. She’ll explain the neuroscience behind how our brains receive and interpret stories and she’ll present storytelling models attendees can use when shaping corporate communication.

In conjunction with New England Impact Investing Initiative, Sunwealth and ImpactAlpha, BASIC is pleased to kick off the new year with an engaging conversation on building a vibrant and connected impact investing community.

Join BASIC at our annual winter social on Tuesday, December 4th at Reynders McVeigh (121 High Street, Boston) to celebrate the accomplishments of the sustainable investment community and to recognize our affiliate members.

Join the CFA Society Boston for its sixth annual Sustainable Investment Seminar. An array of industry professionals will present on topics including engagement, fixed income and performance and quantitative analysis. An underlying focus on data and its future direction in the industry will be present throughout all the presentations.

Join BASIC Boston and the Northeastern Office of Alumni Relations for a speed networking event where you can meet ESG professionals in a variety of roles, including research, portfolio management, and shareholder engagement.

Join Reporting 3.0 for its Transformation Journey Program Workshop Series in Boston, hosted by John Hancock/Manulife. The series focuses on sustainable finance.

Join Slow Money Boston on Tuesday, October 30th for the Slow Money Boston Entrepreneur Showcase at the CIC, Cambridge. Investors, sustainable food entrepreneurs and leaders will work to rebuild our local food system. Learn about investment opportunities and how to participate in rebuilding local economies based on the principles of soil fertility, sense of place, care of the commons and economic, cultural and biological diversity.

Join New Leaders Council Boston and the Corrections Accountability Project on October 18th to discuss a Boston-wide campaign to divest public and private funds from the prison industrial complex. This will be an informational event for the public -- including Boston community organizations, student groups, criminal justice reform advocates, educators, and city employees -- to learn about Boston's connections to the private prison industry and to learn how other jurisdictions, communities, and individuals have managed to align their values with their investments.

Join Morgan Lewis for discussions on the Boston impact investment landscape and the role of lawyers in the imapct investing community. Learn how lawyers can be more involved in the local impact investing space.

Join BASIC on Thursday, October 11th for a practical discussion of the considerations fiduciaries should take into account when incorporating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment process.

Total Impact Boston will convene investment advisors, wealth managers, and investors who want to gain actionable and executable information on impact investment. In addition, in partnership with key Boston stakeholders, we will highlight place-based opportunities and the impact success stories of the greater Boston area.

Boston Common Asset Management is pleased to host a luncheon introducing Equileap to the Boston Sustainable Investment Community on Friday, Sept 28th 12:30-2 pm.

Boston +Acumen is launching an Impact Circle, a community of like-minded donors interested in Acumen’s mission to change the way the world tackles poverty. Impact Circles around the world provide collaborative opportunities for professionals to partner with Acumen and engage with the social impact space.

Corrections Accountability is hosting a student organizing workshop to help individuals better understand the prison industrial complex, develop campus organizing tools and skills, unpack and practice intersectionality and allyship, and connect with organizers across Massachusetts and beyond. They are excited to be partnering with Enlace, Freedom Cities, Better Future Project, United for a Fair Economy, and Jewish Voice for Peace for this workshop.

Investing for impact can be most successful and rewarding in one’s own backyard, where the challenges, solutions, and relevant stakeholders are most familiar. Hear from two leading edge impact funds that are driving place-based capital to disadvantaged communities, along with wealth advisors that are finding these local investment opportunities to be a great fit for clients interested in aligning their assets with the communities they want to live in.

Part of Boston FinTech Week 2018, join Brian Segrue (AllianceBernstein), Hannah Commoss (Spruceview Capital Partners) and Katherine Collins (Putnam) for a discussion on sustainable investment.

New England International Donors (NEID) and The Philanthropic Initiative’s Center for Global Philanthropy are co-hosting the 2018 Innovations in International Philanthropy Symposium to propel forward the capacity and impact of internationally-oriented philanthropists, including individuals, families, foundations, investors, and corporate funders. The Symposium will provide funders a place to network, learn about relevant trends in international philanthropy, discover opportunities for collaboration, and gain practical, hands-on skills to increase the impact of their international giving.

In partnership with the Boston Chapter of WISE, NEI3 and the Boston Chapter of Net Impact, we welcome you to our third Group Impact Event!

Join the Boston social impact community for networking and drinks with local organizations dedicated to social impact. We'll be soaking in the seaport sun at the Daily Catch and discussing ways to make connections and build impact networks.

Join The SRI Conference and Community for a full day of learning and networking with presentations from leading experts in SRI.

Join the UN PRI for the PRI Climate Forum, part of a new global series of climate events which will focus on key climate topics and practical advice for investors in the U.S.

Save the date for New England Impact Investing Initiative's conversation with Trillium's Matt Patsky regarding using shareholder proposals to change the proxy voting policies of the world's largest investors.

Join Net Impact Boston for Happy Hour at Battery Park on Tuesday, June 26 from 6-8PM. Mingle with the Net Impact community and Leadership Team to find out how you can get more involved.

The UN PRI is hosting an event in Boston next Wednesday (June 13^th from 4-6:30pm) to reflect upon the value of the Sustainable Development Goals as a tool to assist fiduciary investors in their journey to contribute to a resilient financial system and to address systemic risk in their investment processes.

Delegates are invited to join the PRI as we reflect upon the value of the Sustainable Development Goals as a tool to assist fiduciary investors in their journey to contribute to a resilient financial system and to address system risk in their investment processes.

In the wake of the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other gun related tragedies, perhaps you've wondered if your money is invested in gun stocks through your 401(k) or other accounts and if you can or should divest. Please join BASIC (Building A Sustainable Investment Community) and New England MSD Alumni for a panel discussion with industry experts that will cover the various aspects of Socially Responsible/Impact Investing, from the basics to what action can be taken to address exposure you may have to firearm related companies. Strategies discussed will apply to all forms of Socially Responsible Investing.

We invite you to join Toniic members and other impact investors for the launch of our Affiliate group in New England, to provide individual investors, family offices and private foundations a local community to share with and learn from each other.

Join New England Impact Investing Initiative for a panel with young impact professionals regarding work already done, expanding into new industries and regions, adapting to the generational wealth transfer, and entering the impact investing space.

Drawing in part on research from his second book, The E Ticket, join Lawler Kang, founder of League of Allies, as he presents a scientific and data-rich case why it is in all of our best interests ––from hiring managers/team leaders, CEOs and executives, and investors, to our families and our planet––to become actively involved in supporting gender parity, balance and inclusion.

In this workshop, Bianca Tylek, Director of the Corrections Accountability Project at the Urban Justice Center, will help participants understand where their portfolios may be exposed to the prison industrial complex. She’ll also introduce a new tool that asset managers can use to screen portfolios. After a 30-45min presentation, participants will break into groups led by colleagues in the impact investing space to reflect on their investment screens with respect to mass incarceration. We’ll regroup to share final takeaways and answer additional questions. Hang out after the event to grab a drink with other participants and our speaker!

Join active impact investors for an opportunity to network with like-minded funders and map out the landscape of impact investing from pre-seed funding through later stage venture capital.

We are building an entrepreneur friendly directory of funders in this space that will allow us to map out impact funders by the stage of the companies they invest in, as well as by sector, geography, gender lens, and more.

In addition to helping funders build relationships across the ecosystem, this collaborative effort will allow entrepreneurs to be more efficient in their funding searches, which means they can spend more time on scaling their companies and their impact. We hope that will you join us!

Join Conscious Capitalism of Boston to learn how the burgeoning international framework of business and human rights is relevant and vital to the longevity of businesses of all sizes and in all locales. The roundtable discussion will include specific examples of how this framework can be implemented to improve employee engagement and better community relationships.

Join Conscious Capitalism of Boston to learn how to overcome communication fears, understand the structure of good storytelling, develop compelling stories that will drive sales and revenue to propel the movement, and obtain solutions for specific messaging and communications challenges.

Join Richard Howitt and Bob Laux from the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) to learn about the international <IR> movement which empowers organizations to think, plan and report the story of their business including financial, human, social and environmental capitals.

Tax reform made big headlines in the past year. But how much did you know about your taxes before? As an issue that effects our work, our nonprofits, and our paychecks, this is a terrific opportunity to get your questions answered.

Join Conscious Capitalism Chapter of Boston for a panel discussion on how to effectively create and implement an employee engagement strategy to connect employees and the objectives of the organization.

Panelists will discuss strategies to better assess the financial and impact 'strength' of their holdings and evaluate future investment opportunities.

Resource Generation Boston, Fresh Pond Capital, and the Boston Ujima Project are coming together to host a fundraiser to support Ujima's vision for a solidarity economy in Boston.

Resource Generation Boston, Fresh Pond Capital, and the Boston Ujima Project are coming together to host a fundraiser to support Ujima's vision for a solidarity economy in Boston. Boston Ujima Project is bringing together business owners, neighbors, grassroots organizations, investors, and philanthropists to create a community-controlled economy in Boston, and to return wealth to working class communities of color.

The MIT Impact Investing Competition is the cornerstone activity of the MI3, one in which the current and future leaders in impact investing meet. At this event, students who have formed 5 different impact-investing funds will be present a potential impact investment to a judge committee formed by industry leaders. The teams will be judged based on the commercial potential, impact potential, and deal attractiveness.

PRI is providing an overview of its new investor engagement guide on water risks in agricultural supply chains, developed in partnership with WWF. The report outlines how investors are exposed to water risks in agricultural supply chains. It highlights why investors should engage companies on the topic and provides a framework for them to do this. The report also suggests some key questions that investors can ask companies to help them understand and mitigate water risks in their agricultural supply chains and covers some of the challenges they may face during the engagement process.

Delegates will have the opportunity to hear from other investors on their own experiences of engaging on water risks as well as find out more about the next stages of the PRI-coordinated collaborative engagement on this issue.

Come hear Bill Baue and Ralph Thurm speak about how Reporting 3.0 is “Blueprinting” the future of reporting, accounting, data, and new business models. And how you can join its Beta Testing Program to help pilot next-generation practices that can spur the emergence of a truly sustainable economy, or support its Global Thresholds & Allocations Council to inject a true sustainability gene into reporting, data, and investment.

It’s hard to tell the story of a conscious company using traditional financial and business reporting. What’s the alternative? The integrated model enables you to connect financial, environmental, social, human and knowledge capitals in a holistic way. Conscious companies use this model to improve performance and attract the right investors, customers and employees. Session includes examples of both public and private reports including Prudential, Clorox and Southwest.

Please mark your calendars on January 31, 2018 for a joint event hosted by BASIC,  Social Innovation Forum (SIF), and the New England Impact Investing Initiative (NEIII).

To kick off the New Year, we’re organizing a great panel to provide an outlook on the year ahead in impact investing — including ways to work, ways to invest, and trends to watch.

The event will be at Social Innovation Forum's co-working space, located at One Congress Street Suite #113, Boston, MA 02114.

Join BASIC at our annual winter social on Thursday, December 14th at Market (21 Broad Street, Boston) to celebrate the accomplishments of the sustainable investment community and to recognize our affiliate members.

Boston Common Asset Management and the Investor Environmental Health Network invite you to a workshop on the Chemical Footprint Project for Investors. Learn how to use this new tool in engagements and next year's investor strategy.

Join Boundless Impact Investing for a workshop on health and wellness, and how investors can build on best practices to make sure impact is realized. Speakers will give an overview on the most innovative actions being made in cancer research investing, and provide the pros and cons of GMO investing.

Are you wondering how implementing a carbon price can affect a state’s economy? CABA and Business Leaders for Climate Action (BLCA) is hosting a free webinar with experts with experience in finance & investments to speak on how carbon pricing can boost a state’s economy, and send a strong signal to SRI investors that a state is committed to clean & renewable energy.

Join CFA Society Boston for its fifth annual Sustainable Investing Seminar on Monday, November 13, 2017 as an array of industry professionals present on topics that include engagement, fixed income and performance, and quantitative analysis. An underlying focus on data and its future direction in the industry will be present throughout all the presentations.

Natixis is hosting an open house and cocktail party on Thursday, November 9, in celebration of the opening of 888 Boylston, Boston's most environmentally sustainable workspace and new U.S. headquarters of Natixis Global Asset Management.

Join BASIC for an upcoming discussion on investing with a racial justice lens. At this event, you'll have the chance to chat with leaders in impact investing, venture capital and public equities who all incorporate racial justice into investment decision making. We will broadly explore how to invest for racial justice and then break out into smaller group discussions with each of our speakers to dive deeper into the issues.

Join Pathstone Federal Street and other sponsors for sessions on Program Related Investments (PRIs).

Sustainatopia features five tracks, including Ecosystem of Impact + SRI & ESG Investing (biggest track), Sustainable Strategies & Innovations (Fortune 500s), Clean Technology & Water, Paris 2.0: Smart Cities, Resilience & Community, Millennials 100, and LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health & Sustainability).

Our role as sustainable, responsible and impact investors - who value risks and opportunities, who research complex trends, and who engage with companies on ESG issues - is crucial in addressing the impacts of climate change. Please join us for our September event at the UUA for an open discussion about what SRI investors can do NOW to fight climate change.

Zevin Asset Management, in association with BASIC, is pleased to present a brown bag lunch with PL+US (Paid Leave for the U.S.) a research and campaign group tackling paid family leave policy in the U.S.

Climate Action Business Association is partnering with Peregrine Energy Group for a panel discussion ​on July 20th ​focused on energy storage.  We invite you to join us to learn about the state’s energy storage target and how we can ensure increasing investment to emerging technologies is targeted to community resilience.

Join us for a conversation with investors and mission-driven entrepreneurs, followed by small group conversations led by local accelerators working to support and advance innovative startups.

Join BASIC and the SRI Conference for a one day conference exploring ESG themes, such as (1) smart beta: is ESG integration really that smart?; (2) advocacy and engagement: ability to impact public companies under threat; (3) fixed income: the global phenomenon of green bonds; and (4) the business of climate: risks and opportunities for investors.

The Investment Integration Project is hosting an event that explores the intersection between efficiency and intentionality, and how the alignment of the two leads to effective investing.

To raise awareness for Carbon Pricing as a solution to our urgent climate crisis, Climate XChange is raffling off 6 amazing prizes on July 4, 2017.

The event will feature leaders from an array of companies sharing stories about the ups and downs, failures and aha moments, that have shaped their approach to leadership.

Come celebrate the start of summer at the Annual BASIC Summer Social on Tuesday, June 20, beginning at 5:30pm. We'll be on the roof top bar at Market in the Financial District!

On Tuesday, June 20th, the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy (TUE) will hold a hearing to consider the two pending bills that would put fees on carbon pollution, S.1821 and H.1726.

The bills cannot move forward until they are voted favorably out of the TUE committee, so we need to demonstrate strong support for the legislation. Help us pack the room to support the all-star lineup of experts who will testify on behalf of the bills. Bring signs and friends.

The Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility in partnership with State Street Foundation, is holding its 13th Annual Global Business Ethics Symposium on Thursday, June 15th. The symposium will feature keynote speaker Rahki Kumar, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Governance at State Street Global Advisors. This is sure to be an outstanding discussion for all. Please see below for event details and registration.

Join CABA and Green City Growers for a special panel discussion on the importance of reinvestment into local food community.

Join CABA and Green City Growers for a panel discussion on the importance of reinvestment into local food communities.

Join WISE, BASIC, and Net Impact Boston for a unique, collaborative event to explore the corporate best practices for evaluating and reducing food waste, the US roadmap to reduce food waste at the regulatory level, the implications for institutional investors and how we can each make a difference individually.

The Japan Society of Boston and Boston Common Asset Management are hosting a breakfast conversation with Jamie Allen, Founding Secretary General of the Asian Corporate Governance Association on governance and sustinability trends in Japan and greater Asia.

Join the New England Impact Investing Initiative for a panel discussion on "Women in Impact" on Thursday, May 18th from 6 - 8 pm.

Join CAIA Boston to explore the benefits and challenges in creating and implementing effective responsible investing programs.

Join the Boston CFA Society for a discussion on social issue megatrends and case studies on integrating social issues in the investment process.

Grassroots International invites you to attend the People’s Climate Justice Forum, at the Boston Public Library (BPL) on Wednesday, May 10, with Naomi Klein, Tom Goldtooth, and Carlos Marentes, Sr.

Zevin Asset Management, in association with BASIC, is pleased to present a brown bag lunch with the research team of Corporate Accountability International, a leader in using strategic corporate reserch, shareholder advocacy, partnerships with Global South NGOs, and grassroots organizing to protect people and the planet from corporate abuse.

The Harvard Business School's Business and Environment Initiative hosts a conversation with Colin Butterfield, Head of Natural Resources, Harvard Management Company, on the impact of climate change on investment selections and portfolio management decisions. The discussion will be moderated by HBS Professor George Serafeim and will include questions from the audience.

Come celebrate the launch of Climate XChange's second Carbon Pricing Awareness Tesla Raffle. There will be have music, drinks, great conversation, and most exciting of all, they'll kick off the raffle! Teslas will be on display outside of the brewery, and you will have an opportunity to purchase raffle tickets at the event.

Looking for a professional credential that would improve your understanding of the intersection between finance and sustainability? Have you heard about the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential from the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB)? The FSA is the only credential to help professionals identify, manage, and analyze the sustainability issues that impact the bottom line.

Zevin Asset Management, in association with BASIC, is pleased to host a brown bag lunch with Mike Brady, CEO of Greyston Social Enterprise.

Join Babson for a summit convening thought leaders from university, intergovernmental organizations, non-profits, established companies, and startups as they discuss how to turn global problems into opportunities.

Join Boston University Questrom School of Business for a conversation with individuals in the Social Enterprise and Impact Investing community.

Join this discussion about emerging drivers and opportunities for small entrepreneurs working with large companies to advance the circular economy. 

Come check out an interactive workshop on "Blending Capital for Impact" as speakers lead a discussion on the local impact economy and the necessary use of blended finance to achieve impact objectives.

Join BASIC and USGBC for an informative discussion about various innovations in investing in green buildings including the new Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) and Arc, a new technology venture to facilitate LEED Certification, the discussion will also include a brainstorming session on how USGBC and investors can work together to influence the market for sustainable buildings.

In the last three decades, the role of a corporate citizenship professional has evolved. While many still operate in small teams, you have become experts at drawing on the ideas and information, expertise, effort, and financial support of your internal and external partners to advance your businesses, your communities, and our world. These networks are part of your broader ecosystem.

The ecosystems in which we operate create constraints and offer opportunities—coming from multiple directions and always in flux. These ecosystems will be the focus of our conference.

Encouraging and empowering people to act locally binds together the local fabric of a community. People build thriving communities when they invest locally. The entire community benefits when small businesses and investors recirculate their dollars in the local economy.

This is something we all hear too often- “shop local”, “think global, act local”. But how often do we apply this framework to our energy use? How often do we turn on our light switch without thinking about where it comes from? Local energy empowers communities to work together to make effective investments, leveraging the support and incentives offered by utilities and the state and federal governments. Join CABA for a panel discussion on moving capital to local energy projects and building up value in the local economy.

The Conscious Capitalism Boston chapter will bring together a group of leaders to explore purpose – the definitive statement that every conscious business makes about the difference it’s trying to make in the world. In this interactive conversation, groups of leaders will talk about how that purpose comes into being, and how that purpose guides decision-making and behavior.

A great opportunity in February for those looking to build their expertise and skills in philanthropy, board governance and/or education nonprofit management

Join New England Impact Investing Initiative on Thursday, Feb 23 from 6 - 8 pm at Goodwin LLP in the Seaport District. Hear from Willy Foote of Root Capital and Navjeet Bal of Social Finance before an open discussion about the challenges and opportunities of impact investing.

Join Bob Massie for a brown-bag lunch discussion on climate change, democracy, and the way forward. Bob has just returned to the United States after several months in Europe, witnessing the renewable energy economy accelerate on that continent... and watching from afar as institutions are shaken back home.

Please join us at UUA on January 19th at 5:30 pm for an open discussion about the election and what it means for SRI investors.

Our January event will be a departure from our usual meeting format. Rather than our traditional speaker/panel or networking events, we are hosting a roundtable discussion to process emotions and discuss new ideas in light of the changing political climate.

Join us at MARKET Boston for our annual winter gathering on Tuesday, December 13. The more the merrier!

Please join BASIC and our partners WISE Boston, Net Impact Boston, and Greentown Labs for a special end-of-year event on clean energy investment and the clean energy economy.

The future of sustainability disclosure is here. At the SASB’s inaugural symposium, explore practical questions about the materiality of sustainability information and its relevance to the capital markets. Leave with a deeper understanding of how sustainability factors drive value and how to use sustainability information to inform corporate strategies or investment decisions. Don’t miss the only convening to explore the unique intersection between sustainability, finance, accounting, and law.

Join Mercer and MSCI at 101 Federal Street in Boston on Thursday, December 1 to find out why institutional investors have shown increasing interest in responsible investment principles. Mercer and MSCI are co-hosting this breakfast event to give you the tools you need to address these questions in the context of your investment portfolio and move from intention toward implementation. Speakers will discuss generating value with ESG integration, as well as address common questions about responsible investing.

Sustainable Investing is accelerating at a pace few would have anticipated when this seminar made its debut in 2013. Designed to help mainstream professionals navigate the explosion of approaches and increased client demand, this yearly event brings together thought leaders, practitioners, and asset owners to provide practical advice and share experience-based examples and insights.

Sustainable Investing is accelerating at a pace few would have anticipated when this seminar made its debut in 2013. Designed to help mainstream professionals navigate the explosion of approaches and increased client demand, this yearly event brings together thought leaders, practitioners, and asset owners to provide practical advice and share experience-based examples and insights.

Interested in having an impact in your immediate community? In the global community? Interested in learning more about organizations in the Boston-area that create impact?

Join corporate sustainability leaders to discover innovative tools, ideas and methodologies that capture tangible business value and translate it into corporate financial performance. 

Join us on November 2nd to learn about and discuss an innovative approach to transforming our society from an extractive economy to a regenerative, local, living economy. Chung-Wha Hong and Sara Mersha of Grassroots International will be joined by special guest Robert Zevin, Chairman and Founder of Zevin Asset Management LLC, to explore Climate Justice Solutions, a different kind of investment that advances a sustainable food system and develops resilient communities.

The Intentional Endowments Network and Loyola University Chicago partnered to host a forum for colleges, universities and other mission-driven institutions to address how endowments can be positioned to create a more just, healthy and sustainable society.

* EVENT REGISTRATION IS FULL *

Deutsche Bank cordially invites you to its Inaugural ESG Investing Conference taking place on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the InterContinental Boston. The conference format will include panels focused on ESG concepts and techniques as discussed from a 360° perspective by thought leading panelists from the investment, corporate and academic communities.

Loyola University Chicago and the Intentional Endowments Network are hosting a forum to bring together decision-makers, including presidents, trustees, CFOs, CIOs, and other key stakeholders by invitation only to advance the conversation on endowment investing in the context of 21^st century sustainability challenges.

Join hundreds of global thought leaders at the 10th SUSTAINATOPIA CONFERENCE- taking place from October 9th-12th, 2016 at the Hyatt Boston Harbor.

US SIF has invited BASIC members to a reception and discussion of its latest report on The Impact of Sustainable and Responsible Investment.

A Venture Exchange is a market for equity capital with less strict listing and regulatory rules to serve smaller and startup companies. The idea is that a lighter-regulatory touch would encourage more small, start-up companies to use the public markets to raise capital, in part to replace commercial banks who have reduced lending to these companies, in part in response to regulatory capital requirements.

A venture exchange in the US could make opportunities in new and emerging technologies and business models accessible to a larger pool of sustainable investors. The CFA Institute recently undertook a study and published a white paper on the opportunities and challenges such a venture market would face, as well as what such a market would need to offer investors, issuers, broker dealers and other parties in order for such a market to succeed.

As one of the country’s leading innovation hubs – especially in clean technology – Boston is an appropriate venue to examine venture exchanges.

Touted as the key to determining the best sustainability strategy, materiality assessments intimidate mere mortals trying to move their organization’s sustainability initiatives forward. Yet, those who have done them and live to tell the tale, say they are critical to gaining organizational alignment. Boston Area Sustainability Group has asked veterans of materiality assessments Asheen Phansey, Alyssa Caddle, and Jim McCabe to lead our discussion.

Over the past five years, Massachusetts has become the national incubator for social ventures, clean technologies, and innovative business solutions to climate change. The Climate Action Business Association has developed a new series of reports, Local Emerging Market Reports (LEMR) to offer a spotlight on further opportunities for leadership in the transition to a carbon free economy. The goal is to support local entrepreneurs, early adopters, investors, and others looking for market solutions to fuel the transition to a carbon free economy.

Join CABA and BASIC as we look at these reports from the perspective of sustainable and clean tech investors.  Matt Patsky, CEO of Trillium Asset Management and David Miller, Executive Director of Clean Energy Venture Group will provide their perspective on the report and the future of sustainable investments in Massachusetts' local economy. 

Report authors Michael Green and Kate Galbo from CABA will moderate the conversation and discuss how the reports can be used to fuel local investments.

Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, will present on the latest ‘Bonds and Climate Change: State of the Market in 2016’ report, followed by a discussion on the role Boston-based investors can play in the development of the green bond market.

Impact investing conference to advance the impact investing discussion locally, regionally, and beyond: learn how to deploy capital to make a positive impact while still maximizing returns.

Key updates on hot topics in the impact investing space.

Conscious Capitalist New England will host “Conscious Capitalism: A New Way Forward,” a panel discussion to be held as part of The Collaborative Boston Conference, a two-day conference for nonprofits that brings together social innovators to make change in the world. 

Clean Energy investments are central to meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction goals agreed to by 190 nations at the COP21 meeting.  Bloomberg New Energy Finance projects that the $500 billion per year already expected to be invested in renewable energy between 2015 and 2025 would increase to $800 billion per year to reach these targets. 

Join us on Thursday, June 9th at the BSAS Investing in Clean Energy breakfast seminar,  designed for investors – from high net worth individuals to large institutions – who see that this transformation in the global energy landscape is underway and want to understand how to participate. The seminar will provide investment professionals with an overview of the clean energy landscape and the investment opportunities available. Our subject matter experts will describe the opportunities currently available in the public markets and the private markets, and explain how innovations in technology and business models are shaping both current and future investment opportunities.

Summer is upon us! Please join us for the Annual BASIC Summer Social on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, beginning at 5:30pm. Location is once again at Market, 21 Broad Street in the Financial District. We'll be on their roof top bar!

Light refreshments will be provided and there will be a cash bar. Please register here so we can plan for appetizers. 

All are welcome! Bring a friend and spread the word about sustainable, responsible, and impact investing. 

Mass Energy Consumer Alliance's Spring Green Power Bootcamp for a crash-course on how the green power market works and how to get to a greener grid faster.  Attendees  will walk away with a clear, actionable plan to make the green electricity choice: for yourself, your organization, or with your community.

THE FOOD AGENDA: The Impact and Investment Opportunities Created by Federal Dietary Guidelines

When the The US Department of Health and Human Services collaborate every 5 years to create the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, there is a lot to consider. What is the best nutrition guidance available? How does the health and sustainability of our nation's food system play a role? Is it possible to set guidelines that are immune of the influence of special interests and politicians? 

Join us for a discussion on the construction, impact, and opportunities created by the Federal Dietary Guidelines and how they influence national food systems.

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Join us for an event hosted with Mass Energy. 

Larry Chretien, executive director of the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance (Mass Energy), will provide an update on progress the Commonwealth is making towards its legally binding commitment to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80% by 2050.

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The University of Massachusetts Boston Sustainable Solutions Lab Speaker Series is pleased to host Christiana Figueres on April 6th.  

As executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres was a linchpin in solidifying the Paris Agreement in December 2015. She will reflect on how this universal agreement can be a turning point in global economic, energy, environment, and development policy, and a catalyst for bringing the poor out of poverty worldwide. 

Assessing various approaches to ESG integration is becoming more complex as the range of ESG strategies increases. Join Jon Hale, Director of Manager Research at Morningstar, and Diederik Timmer, Executive Vice President at Sustainalytics as they share their observations on developments related to manager and fund evaluations by asset owners, advisors, and consultants, and provide insight about their firms’ recent partnership to offer sustainability ratings on mutual funds and ETFs.

Join Sue Reid and Anne Kelly of Ceres, along with Boston Common Asset Management's President Geeta Aiyer, as they discuss their experiences attending the world's most important meeting on climate, COP 21, held in Paris in December 2015. 

Have you heard? “ESG no longer has cooties!” 

Register on Eventbrite for this brown bag lunch discussion with US SIF.

Join us at MARKET Boston for our annual winter social gathering on December 8, 2015. The more the merrier! 
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SUSTAINATOPIA 2015 one of the leading conferences for sustainability and impact will take place at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Boston from November 15th-18th, 2015:  http://www.sustainatopia.com/boston2015/

Trailblazers and Boston-area initiatives will feature as expert speakers share compelling stories about failures as well as successes in the impact investing space, speaking frankly about the challenges as well as the rewards.

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The panel discussion on the relationship between inequality, Sustainable Development Goals, and investing will be moderated by BASIC's own Carly Greenberg and will include panelists from MFS Investment Management (Rob Wilson), and Zevin Asset Management (Sonia Kowal). RSVP on Eventbrite.

Hosted by Ceres, this session will focus on how global investors are integrating environmental, social and governance and water analysis in their portfolio management and engagement processes.

September's BASIC meeting will offer two perspectives on the status of LGBT workers outside the United States and encourage a discussion of future directions for research and advocacy.

“Environmental Risk in the Diversified Chemicals Industry,” a presentation of key findings and engagement opportunities from CDP’s latest sectorial research report “Back to the Laboratory: Are global chemical companies innovating for a low-carbon future?”

Summer is upon us! Please join us for the Annual BASIC Summer Social on Thursday, July 16, 2015, beginning at 5:30pm. Location is once again at Market, 21 Broad Street in the Financial District. We'll be on their roof top bar!