http://www.hipinvestor.com Human Impact + Profit = HIP Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:20:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THE NEWS: The SEC voted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010, to issue “interpretive guidance” to corporations -- essentially requesting that firms include risks pertaining to climate change in their public filings. The Securities and Exchange Commission - and federal law -  has long required the corporate disclosure of “material risk” ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/news/sec-requires-regulatory-disclosure-for-climate-change-risk/ CNBC.com's Trevor Curwin interviews HIP about managing the pollution associated with carbon and greenhouse gasses, upcoming carbon legislation and competitive positioning across industries - and how it will affect investor portfolios. "With carbon cap-and-trade legislation before Congress and increasing pressure from shareholders, US companies know they’ll have to deal with their ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/in-the-news-cnbc-interviews-hip-on-carbon/ Published in Sustainable Life Media and Sustainble Brands Weekly: WHERE IS THE PROFIT IN CARBON-EFFICIENT SUPPLY CHAINS? By Thera Kalmijn of Sure Ground Consulting & R. Paul Herman of HIP Investor Inc. Would your CEO or CFO want to know if up to 117% of profits were at risk? In other words, a profitable ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/hip-pov-fueling-profits-in-the-supply-chain/ Big Change Fast: Walmart’s Sustainability Index Seeks to Drive 60,000 Suppliers to be More HIP Walmart, the world’s largest retailer at $400 billion in revenue and 7000-plus stores, the US’s second-largest employer with 1.8 million staff, and a leader in sustainability– has just launched a new, sustainability scorecard for the 60,000-plus suppliers ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/hip-pov-walmarts-sustainbility-index-driving-60000-suppliers-to-be-more-hip/ How HIP Is Your Mobile Phone Provider? BY MARA LUDMER and PAUL HERMAN With a calendar, music player, internet access, and camera, nowadays your phone does a lot more than just make calls. That’s why your mobile phone should be just as HIP as you are. When choosing a cell phone service ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/hip-pov-how-hip-is-your-mobile-phone-firm/ How HIP Is Your Revenue Mix? Will You Be a HIP Conglomerate?   Wall Street analysts and institutional investors examine sales growth, international sales, product mix and business unit ups and downs.  All of these are financial in nature, and critically important to an enterprise’s economic prosperity.   But those metrics can also be ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/hip-pov-how-hip-is-your-revenue-mix/ HOW HIP IS OBAMA’S STIMULUS?  A HIP SCORECARD CAN MEASURE THE HUMAN IMPACT OF OUR TAXES   When investing in a business, you are a shareholder expecting a return on your investment (ROI).   But as a citizen, you are typically called a taxpayer.  In reality, we are tax-investors.  Our tax dollars need ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/pov-stimulus-scorecards-measure-roi-of-our-taxes/ January/February 2009:  "MICROFINANCE INSIGHTS" MAGAZINE  HIP HIGHLIGHTS 3 WAYS TO GROW REVENUE FOR CORPORATES PARTNERING WITH MICROFINANCE GROUPS (MFI'S) By R. Paul Herman and Tom Willis of HIP Investor Inc. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have a large customer base of 100 million reliable entrepreneurs seeking to build the health and wealth of their family. ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/uncategorized/hip-pov-3-ways-to-grow-revenue-for-corporates-working-with-mfis/ IN THE NEWS:  HIP CEO'S CLEANTECH MEMO TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA BusinessGreen.com, November 7, 2008 issue What should U.S. President-elect Barack Obama do about clean technology, renewable energy and the environment? Danny Bradbury, of online cleantech publisher BusinessGreen.com: "We tracked down several of the leading players in the US cleantech and environmental movement to ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/in-the-news-hip-ceo-memo-to-president-elect-obama/ 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 ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/hip-perspectives/10-hip-places-to-park-your-cash/