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Advance praise for Investing in a Sustainable World:

“If you’re a long-term investor, you have to care about sustainability, because it also equates to the ultimate sustainability of corporate earnings.... We at CalSTRS take this book’s message very much to heart.”           

—    Christopher Ailman, Chief Investment Officer, CalSTRS

“Matthew Kiernan argues passionately—and convincingly—that the financial markets can, and should, become an engine for improving environmental and social conditions rather than undermining them!”      

—    James L. Goodfellow, F.C.A., Vice Chairman, Deloitte & Touche (Canada)

“Kiernan’s sparkling, breakthrough book explains . . .  how  . . . [savers]  can protect—and even expand—their investments.”    

            — Dr. Stephen Davis, Project Director and Fellow, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance & Performance, Yale School of Management

“A compelling rationale for Wall Street to consider environmental and social criteria, not as afterthoughts but rather as core considerations in our investment decision-making framework.”  

            — Abyd Karmali, Managing Director, Global Head of Carbon Markets, Merrill Lynch/Bank of America

“Lucid but sophisticated . . . perfectly timed to inform investors of the early mover advantage that is achievable in this field.”   

—    Roger Urwin, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

“A colorful and personal analysis examining why the financial sector, for the most part, has not understood that increasingly business success will be shaped by both social and environmental challenges. Highly recommended.”

—    Bjorn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

“Kiernan masterfully dissects the forces that are transforming the landscape of capitalism.  He highlights trends that investors must take into account and that corporate leaders simply can­not afford to ignore.”     

—    Dr. James C. Murphy, Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies

“There are people who know about climate and change and there are those who know about investing.  In Matthew, you have someone who is passionately and effectively involved in both.”

—    Alan Brown, Group Chief Investment Officer, Schroders Investment Management

“Provocative and opinionated.”

—    Dr. Raj Thamotheram, Head of Responsible Investments, AXA Investment Management

“Financial investment and sustainable development are allies, not adversaries. . . . In Investing in a Sustainable World, you’ll see it’s a simple idea.”

—    Antoine de Salins, Member of the Board, French Pensions Reserve Fund (FRR)

“Professionals who ignore Matthew Kiernan’s messages here will do so at their peril.”

            — Tim Gardener, Global Head of Investment Strategy, Mercer Investment Consulting