Trillium Asset Management Hires SRI Veteran Paul Hilton
Trillium Asset Management is pleased to announce that Paul Hilton, CFA, has joined the firm as a portfolio manager. Paul has been involved in sustainable and responsible investing for over 15 years, working on both the investment and sustainability research … Read more…
Mamma Chia
www.mammachia.com by Chris Lindstrom, an early investor in Mamma Chia When many people hear the word “chia” they think of little ceramic pets that sprout green leafy “hair.” But a growing number of people know it as a miraculous seed … Read more…
Cummins, Inc.
500 Jackson Street, Box 3005 Columbus, IN 47202 www.cummins.com by Natasha Lamb, MBA Cummins Inc. (NYSE – CMI) is the technology leader in the manufacture of diesel, natural gas, and hybrid engines in the U.S., working to improve fuel efficiency … Read more…
Owens-Illinois, Inc
One Michael Owens Way Perrysburg, OH 43551 Phone: +1-567-3365000 www.o-i.com/ by Natasha Lamb, MBA Glass is a true cradle-to-cradle material. Unlike plastics, glass does not degrade in the remanufacturing process, enabling a continuous cycle of use and reuse. Owens-Illinois, Inc. … Read more…
CREE, Inc.
4600 Silicon Drive Durham, NC 27703 Phone: +1-919-3135300 www.cree.com by Natasha Lamb, MBA Lighting consumes 22 percent of the electricity generated in the US and CREE, Inc. (NYSE—CREE), the leader in LED technology, is tackling this inefficiency head on. In … Read more…
Sigma Designs, Inc.
1778 McCarthy Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 United States Phone: 408-262-9003 www.sigmadesigns.com Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ-SIGM) is a fabless provider of integrated system-on-chip solutions used to “power the digital media generation.” The stock is a play on the shift toward higher … Read more…
ABB, Ltd.
P.O. Box 8131 Affolternstrasse 44 Zurich, 8050 Switzerland Phone: +41-43-317-7111 www.abb.com Efficient power transmission is essential as we move toward a more sustainable energy economy. ABB Ltd (NYSE-ABB) is the global leader in electricity transmission, focused on greener, smarter, more … Read more…
Royal Bank of Canada
200 Bay StreetRoyal Bank Plaza Toronto, ON M5J 2J5 Canada http://www.royalbank.com/ by Natasha Lamb, MBA With all of the turmoil in the financial sector over the past year, one major bank has managed to avoid any bombshells to date – Royal … Read more…
Becton Dickinson
1 Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, NJ USA 07417 201.847.6800 http://www.bd.com/ by Alison Haight, Simmon MBA candidate Founded in 1897, Becton Dickinson (NYSE – BDX) pioneered the hypodermic needle. Today, BDX is a medical device company best known as a producer … Read more…
American Superconductor
American Superconductor (Nasdaq: AMSC) is emerging as a leading player in the wind energy hardware market, particularly in China. The company’s core technologies are programmable power systems, including electronic converters, and high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires. AMSC has quickly grown … Read more…