Speeches

Remarks made by Amy Domini at Villanova

My earliest ethical teachings were conventional.  There was a childhood of regular Sunday services, and a very large extended family that cheated, I thought, at Monopoly.  We had a family legacy of an American great-grandfather who, upon reading that two boys were arrested and fined in the north end of

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Northfield Mt.Hermon Commencement

Forty years ago when I sat where you are sitting today, the world was such a different place. The year I graduated there had been race riots in our cities and the war in Vietnam was cleaving the nation but we picked flowers and held hands and sung “if I

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FRA Family Offices Conference — Aventura, FL

Sustainability Investing, Green Investing, Socially Responsible Investing, What’s Going On Here? I hope, through my comments to encourage each family office to develop expertise in the responsible investment field and to encourage family members who show an interest to pursue it. I’ll define terms, address the scope, review performance, assess

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Acceptance of Honorary Degree at Yale Divinity School

Remarks made by Amy Domini at Yale University, October 10, 2007 My travels with the Church had conventional beginnings, a childhood of regular Sunday services, Teaching Sunday school in high school, attendance at a prep school at a time when that meant daily chapel and mandatory religion studies. For the

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Keynote Speech at Socially Responsible Investing Conference

Harmonie Club, New York Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity, etc. ‘The road ahead.’ My thesis today is that leadership is shifting. Mega trends are shaping what we do. Our own role is to provide a vision. Socially responsible investing. Investing. Yes, first let’s remind ourselves that we work

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A Case for Hope : Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

New York City, November 2, 2000 Amy Domini served on the Governing Board of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsiblity from 1985 through 1994. ICCR is a federation of faith institutions that take the responsibility of stewardship seriously. Members enter into dialogue with corporations on a broad range of issues

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Socially responsible Investment: How To Make It Possible

From The New Social Policy Agenda in Asia, Proceedings of the Manila Social Forum, A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank and The World Bank, August 2000. Introduction The Asian financial crisis resulted in a substantial increase in poverty and worsening of social development in the region. However, this affected

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