Last week Morningstar, a US-based public company that provides analysis tools to investors, announced an acquisition of Sustainalytics, a Dutch-based socially responsible investment research and ratings company. JLens, an investor network that explores a Jewish lens on investing, conducted a review of five responsible investment research firms and concluded that Sustainalytics research contained the most anti-Israel bias. The responsible investing arena inherently relies on value judgments, however they must be transparent so investors can navigate them. Clarity around value judgments is even more essential when it comes to human rights assessments, the most subjective area of environment, s
JLens is hosting the second Jewish Impact Investing Summit virtually (via Zoom) on May 18 & 19, 2020 from 12-3pm EST both days. Impact investing is a new name for an old idea - that values ought to inform investment decisions. Recently, impact investing has grown into an influential global arena representing over 25% of all professionally managed assets, where other faiths are leaders, young people are active, and Jewish communal concerns are regularly at play. JLens explores a Jewish lens on investing and serves as a bridge between the Jewish community and the global impact investing arena. JLens’ first Jewish Impact Investing Summit focused on the many reasons “why” the Jewish community sh
