Inflection Points

Why investors don't care about corporations' environmental performance
By Matthew Kiernan, November 12, 2012
Institutions -- especially foundations -- frequently fail at connecting their investment arms with their do-gooder arms that dole out funds to fulfill their missions.

Let's call a spade a spade: A plea for accountability
By Matthew Kiernan, October 01, 2012
When it comes to aligning investors' sustainability values with corporate governance, we have seen the enemy -- and it is us.
Beyond ESG: A new acronym for investors
By Matthew Kiernan, September 10, 2012
Just what the sustainable finance and investment field desperately needs: another buzzword.
Lessons on the road from Rio: A post-mortem
By Matthew Kiernan, August 13, 2012
Was the Rio + 20 shindig a colossal waste of time, jet fuel, and stratospheric ozone? Well, yes and no.
Finding well-managed companies: The investor's holy grail
By Matthew Kiernan, July 09, 2012
The further and faster we move into a world of globally interconnected business hypercompetition, the more and more inadequate our traditional analytical tools become.
Impact investing 2.0: Time for a new approach
By Matthew Kiernan, June 11, 2012
A friendly amendment to the increasingly popular notion of "impact investing."

Inflection Points

Matthew Kiernan, a pioneer of sustainable investment research and formerly CEO of Innovest, is founder and Chief Executive of Inflection Point Capital Management. His blog offers reflections on the intersection of sustainability and capital markets, and the impact on institutional investors.

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