Everyone -- from presidents to the common investor - likes growth.
But not all growth buys happiness, according to Adam Seitchik, chief investment strategist for Trillium Asset Management, and Karen Shapiro, shareholder advocacy associate with Domini Social Investments.
Each month the Monitor's Laurent Belsie sits down with guests to discuss the outlook for ethical investing.
It might be something like buying a big SUV.
The problem is that the buyer goes and says: "I do care about the environment, but I'm one of 300 million people in this country.
As we see the growth of big-box stores -- the chains we all know of, such as Target, Costco, Wal-Mart -- we're finding that their growth by and large is occurring in the fastest-growing areas of the country where there's the least amount of land.
Shapiro: As investors, we are concerned about the financial and reputational risk of the companies that we invest in.
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