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Blaine Townsend, CIMC, CIMA

Executive Vice President / Director, Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing
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Kiplinger, “Do You Feel More Negative These Days? Blame the Algorithm”

June 17, 2024

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The Rise of B Corps and Benefit Corporations

January 12, 2024

Focusing on the rise of B Corps and Benefit Corporations, Blaine Townsend, CIMC®, CIMA® (Director of Sustainable, Responsible & Impact Investing) sheds light on the shift towards a…

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Fast Company, “Your thinking about ESG is all wrong. Here’s what it’s really about”

March 20, 2023

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ESG Clarity, “War and peace: Where does oil fit in?”

April 1, 2022

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The Continuing Evolution of SRI and ESG Investment Processes

September 29, 2020

By Blaine Townsend, CIMA®, CIMC®, Executive Vice President / Director, Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing September 30, 2020 Morris Milgram said, “Life is too short to do anything…

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From SRI to ESG: The Origins of Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investing

September 19, 2020

One of the fastest growing areas in investing today is socially responsible investing (SRI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing.  The growth in SRI and ESG has not just…

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The Journal of Impact & ESG Investing, “From SRI to ESG: The Origins of Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investing”

September 5, 2020

Inside this research paper published in The Journal of Impact & ESG Investing, “From SRI to ESG: The Origins of Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investing,” Bailard’s own Blaine…

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Investment News, “Inequality as an investment risk”

August 17, 2020

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Responsibility in Business Does Matter

October 31, 2019

In the spring of 1972, the heads of Alcoa, General Motors, and U.S. Steel formed Business Roundtable (BR) – a not-for-profit trade organization for big business in America. For the next half…

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Philip Morris Altria Merger? Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me

September 27, 2019

In the beginning, socially responsible investment firms (SRI/ESG) avoided Big Tobacco because the product was damaging to individuals and society, and the industry’s targeting of the poor…

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