http://www.hipinvestor.com Human Impact + Profit = HIP Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:42:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en       How does LifeCycle Analysis (LCA) benefit corporations and investors? Read Rahilla Zafar's feature in INSEAD Knowledge, the magazine of the leading European business school. HIP's CEO R. Paul Herman explains how LCA thinking and analysis could have helped General Motors and AIG avoid some of the gripping issues both face today. CLICK ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/in-the-news-insead-interviews-hip-on-life-cycle-analysis-lca/    Danny Bradbury of BusinessGreen.com summarizes the slowdown among smaller solar ventures - and quotes HIP CEO R. Paul Herman on the solar stimulus and a sunnier future outlook. READ THE FULL STORY http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/in-the-news-solar-stumbles-but-hip-ceo-sees-sunny-future/ 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/ Forbes staff writer Lisa LaMotta features the latest scoring of "corporate social responsibility" at large corporations - including environmental sustainaiblity and social impact - and how leading firms outperform on shareholder value. In this Forbes feature, HIP CEO R. Paul Herman encourages companies to engage employees at the "grassroots" for their ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/in-the-news-hip-ceo-quoted-in-forbes-empowering-employees-for-csr-at-large-corporations/ NETWORK WITH ECO-LEADERS AT ECO-TUESDAY On Tuesday, July 28, sustainability leaders and new community members network to make positive change together through business.  Check out your city for EcoTuesday and join in -- or start your own city chapter, just like Denver, Michigan and Southern California have. More info and RSVP for Tues., May 26 in: = ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/events/feb-24-ecotuesday-dc-sf-sv-la-mi-and-mn/ CLEANTECH FUNDING BOOM - OR M&A TIME? Danny Bradbury of BusinessGreen.com highlights the cleantech investment boom likely to result from Obama's stimulus - and quotes HIP CEO R. Paul Herman on cleantech investing trends. READ THE FEATURE http://www.hipinvestor.com/blogroll/in-the-news-cleantech-funding-boom-or-ma-time/ 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/ “Boost Your Bottom-Line By Counting All Your Carbon” Watch the FREE Webinar REPLAY now - CLICK HERE How can counting carbon boost your bottom line? Climate Earth and HIP Investor invite you to the REPLAY of this FREE webinar to learn more. HIP Investor's CEO R. Paul Herman shares compelling case studies of S&P ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/events/march-3-webinar-boosting-bottom-line-by-counting-carbon/ Join indsutry, nonprofit and government leaders and innovators at the Sustainable Brands 2009 Conference in Monterey, California, from May 31 to June 4.  HIP Investor's CEO R. Paul Herman will speak, with a panel of experts, on how sustainable investing is spreading among Main Street investors seeking to be more HIP. Sustainable Brands 2009 ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/events/may-31-june-4-monterey-calif-sustainable-brands-2009-conference/ Learn How the New Green Economy Is Expanding and Innovating, SJF Summit, Durham NC, June 2-4 Clean-tech investing is growing, and will accelerate with the new-energy plan's stimulus. Join cleantech and sustainability CEOs - and their investors - along with nonprofits and government leaders, for an expanded summit in the Research Triangle ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/events/sjf-new-green-economy-summit-durham-nc-june-2-3/