The October issue cover story of Treasury and Risk magazine, written by Anne R. Field, profiles the opportunity to “green” your organization’s supply chain – and implement supplier scorecards. HIP’s CEO R. Paul Herman is interviewed:

“Mandating changes in supplier practices can deliver 90% or more of your greenhouse-gas reductions”

In addition, the feature analyzes Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard and Federal Express.

READ THE FULL COVER STORY HERE

We sought out 10 HIP places to park your cash and savings nationwide: make money and do good at the same time!

Download the 10 HIP Places to Park Your Cash one-pager, which was also presented at the March 2008 HIP Investor Roundtable.

You will find banks that build up enterprises that create strong
Human Impact (Health, Wealth, Earth, Equality and Truth) and also drive
Profit – for your portfolio, the bank and society overall!

Dr. Alex Edmans, an assistant professor at the Wharton School at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, just released a new analysis demonstrating that companies with high employee satisfaction and recognized by Fortune magazine’s “Best Companies to Work For” list, tend to have higher long-term shareholder value. In addition, these “intangibles” appear not to be priced into the short-term valuations of equities (along with other environmental, social and governance issues).  This gives investors applying a HIP framework an advantage to buy in at a discount and later benefit if they hold for the longer term.
This study reinforces the tenets of the HIP methodology and approach – that focusing on Human Impact leads to Profit and shareholder value. Since employees are the core engine of a company, the developers of its intellectual capital, the face to the customer, and the managers of its assets, the focus of keeping them satisfied (like Southwest Airlines – NYSE: LUV) will typically result in investor benefits over the long term.

CLICK HERE to read the insightful abstract and download the full fascinating paper.