Green Living Resources

Whether you want to follow the latest sustainability news, find green products, support local sustainability initiatives or learn more about Socially Responsible Investing, this page is for you.

News & Information:

Ethical Markets Media – News, Education & Resources

Green Business Products

Advantage Office Products – Providing a full line of greener office products to Northeast Florida. To order click the link and search “green products” or call (904) 737-0066.

Eco-Friendly Weddings

Sustainable Wedding Guide: How to Plan an Eco-Friendly Wedding

Local SRI & Green Organizations

• The Green Chamber of the South
• North Florida Land Trust
• St. Johns Riverkeeper
• U.S. Green Builders Council of Northeast Florida (USGBC)
• Urban Land Institute North Florida (ULI)
• Sustainable Jacksonville Meet-up Group
• The Girls Gone Green
• The Green Team Project

Local Green Living

• Jacksonville Farmers Market
• Riverside Arts Market
• HabiJax Restore
• Localharvest.org – Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Green Business Programs & Education

• EPA WasteWise Program – Program & tools for reducing, reusing and recycling paper waste
• EPA Clean Energy Profile Questionnaire – How clean is the electricity we use?

Shareholder/Stakeholder Engagement

• Green America – Shareholder Activism Information

SRI Research – Competitive Returns Data

Pax World Investments ESG Resources and Links

Three of the many investment reports from the Pax website:

UBS: The Decade Ahead
UBS Financial Services Inc., Wealth Management Research, 2011
In this UBS report, The Decade Ahead, senior market and industry experts provide long- term analysis of a full range of subjects including the broadening reach of socially responsible investing (SRI).

Jeremy Grantham: Time to Wake Up: Days of Abundant Resources and Falling Prices are Over Forever
Jeremy Grantham, GMO Quarterly Letter, April 2011
In this newsletter, Mr. Grantham warns that the world is using up its natural resources at an alarming rate, and this has caused a permanent shift in their value.

Merrill Lynch: Values-Based Investing Comes of Age
: Christopher J. Wolfe , The White Papers: Intelligence for the Informed Investor
Bank of America Private Banking and Investment Group, 2011
In this white paper, Mr. Wolfe discusses Values Based Investing (VBI), the strategy of putting investors’ assets where they do society and the planet good.

• Professor Lloyd Kurtz, UC Berkeley Haas Business School
• RiskMetrics – leading SRI research provider
• TruCost – leading environmental research group
• Mercer Consulting – division of Marsh & McClennan ESG institutional research on ‘responsible investing’

Other Resource Websites:

• Social Investment Forum – A leading SRI industry association
• SocialFunds  – A leading website e-zine on SRI
• Green Money Journal – A leading website e-zine on SRI
• Investors Circle – SRI/CSR Angel / VC for start ups
• CREW Finance Your Vision – innovative giving, lending, investing site
• Mission Markets – SRI private equity and debt exchange (a B Corp.)

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