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Low participation rate shouldn't matter too much for an RCT right? Just makes the sample smaller so finding statistically significant results is harder. Different levels of Montess…

I couldn't find any apps that use this method to try it with my 3 y/o, so I started working on my own here: https://eguchi.app . I'd love feedback if anyone is interested in trying…

Another similar idea is mission hedging. If there is a company that you believe is causing some harm, you can buy shares of that company and donate any proceeds to a charity that c…

Exactly! Thanks for the kind words.

Awesome projects! I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'll shoot you an email tomorrow.

Here are the promised citations: 1. $10 trillion divested: https://gofossilfree.org/divestment/commitments/ 2. Chevron's shareholder proposal: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/…

Resolutions like this one are non-binding. The real power held by shareholders is to fire directors, so if a company's board doesn't comply with the shareholder resolution the shar…

We're creating an S&P 500 index fund that aggressively uses shareholder engagement to get companies to reduce emissions through their supply chains.

Divestment also results in less shareholder oversight of emission heavy companies because environmentally conscious investors are selling their shares to investors with less scrupl…

Really sorry about that :( I'm using TinyLetter by MailChimp, and I don't have any control over that page. I'll look into other providers in the future.

This is a big part of the problem, but there is some hope! Shareholders of the big oil and gas companies have started to recognize the long-term threat of climate change. There wer…

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Thanks! Those are all interesting questions -- and also quite hard to answer without a lot of research into each individual company. One thing my fund will push for is more consist…

I quit my job last month to work full time on (what I think is) an under-explored area of climate change: how institutional investors block shareholder proposals calling for firms …

I quit my job last month to work full time on (what I think is) an under-explored area of climate change: how institutional investors block shareholder proposals calling for firms …

Creator here. Please let me know if you have any questions! This was a lot of fun to build. I scraped SEC filings to track how 500+ mutual funds voted on proposals related to clima…

I quit my job a couple weeks ago to start a company that does exactly this. If anyone is interested in learning more, feel free to reach out at [hn-username]@greengovernance.org.