Trillium Joins Amicus Brief to End LGBTQ Employment Discrimination
October 11, 2017 // Boston, MA – Today, Trillium joins Lambda Legal and 75 other businesses and organizations urging the U.S. Supreme Court to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The amicus brief addresses the inconsistency with which two federal courts have interpreted ‘sex’ and whether discrimination based on sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals have each arrived at different interpretations creating inconsistency for employers, employees, and LGBT individuals across six states. This discrepancy can only be resolved only by …
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Caroline White Communications Manager Trillium Asset Management cwhite@trilliuminvest.com Trillium Launches New White Paper on Investing in Sustainable Food and Agriculture across Asset Classes May 23, 2017 // Boston, MA: A group of investors released a new white paper, Impact Investing in Sustainable Food and Agriculture across Asset Classes: Financing Resilient Value Chains through Total Portfolio Activation. The paper was prepared by Croatan Institute with the guidance and close collaboration of Iroquois Valley Farms, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), Organic Agriculture Revitalization Strategy (OARS), Root Capital, RSF Social Finance, and Trillium Asset Management. A December 2016 …
Trillium Honored as 2017 SMA ‘Impact’ Manager of the Year
Press Release Boston, MA // May 5, 2017 – Envestnet, Inc. and Investment Advisor magazine announced Trillium Asset Management’s Small/Mid Cap Core (SMID) strategy as the recipient of this year’s Separately Managed Account (SMA) Managers and Strategists of the Year Award in the Impact category. The Impact award recognizes a “best-in-class” portfolio manager that integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process. The award was presented at the 13th Annual Envestnet Advisor Summit near Dallas, Texas and accepted by Trillium CEO, Matthew Patsky. Envestnet | PMC, the portfolio consulting group of Envestnet, evaluates nominees based upon a …
Trillium, Green Century, & 350.org Launch New Investor Guide to Fossil Fuel Free Investing
April 19, 2017 // Boston, MA – Today, Trillium Asset Management, Green Century Capital Management, and 350.org announced the release of a new guide for investors on fossil fuel free investing titled Make a Clean Break: Your Guide to Fossil Fuel Free Investing. The first version of the guide was launched in 2013 and updated in 2014. The new guide provides investors with insights and tools to eliminate fossil fuel companies from their portfolios and reinvest in clean, sustainable, and solutions-oriented investments that are advancing the transition toward a zero-carbon economy. “As we continue to see critical shifts in both …
Trillium & NRDC Launch Paper on Reducing Corporate Food Waste
April 18, 2017// Boston, MA – This week, Trillium Asset Management and The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a new paper “Assessing Corporate Performance on Food Waste Reduction: A Strategic Guide for Investors.” The paper provides investors with key insights about assessing the risks and opportunities associated with food waste and why it should be an integral aspect of environmental, social, and governance analysis. Below is a short piece co-authored by Allan Pearce at Trillium and JoAnne Berkenkamp at NRDC, which provides a brief introduction and overview of the paper. Time for Investors to Lean in on Food Waste Food-based …
JLL Commits to Comprehensive Workplace Diversity Reporting
March 24, 2017 // Boston, MA – Trillium Asset Management is pleased to announce that we have successfully withdrawn our workforce diversity shareholder proposal at Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) following the company’s increased commitment to expand disclosure around diversity policies and programs, and release its annual EEO-1 workforce diversity data. Trillium’s shareholder proposal requested that the company prepare a report adequate for investors to assess JLL’s strategy and performance pertaining to workforce diversity, including a chart identifying employees according to gender and race in the major Equal Employment Opportunity Commission-defined job categories. A McKinsey & Company report found companies with …
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