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Click on the links below to view or download printable versions of our back issues of Affirmative Thinking. Check the list of topics below each link to identify volumes of interest to you.

Fall 2009 | Volume 11, Issue 4

• Kicking the Short-Termism Habit
• Investors: Government Must Face Climate Change
• Congress Working on Climate Change Legislation
• Green Buildings Offer Breakthrough Strategies
• Utilities and Chamber at Odds Over Climate Change
• Walmart's Green Ratings: A New Standard for Sustainability?
• Make That a Double
• Evolving Consumer Views on Sustainability
• 2009 Proxy Season: Impressive Results

Summer 2009 | Volume 11, Issue 3

• It’s All About Jobs
• Climate Change Presents Material Risks
• SEC Forms New Investor Advisory Committee
• The Truth about Green Business
• Record Number of Women Appointed to Corporate Boards
• Junk Economics
• Sustainability Initiatives are “Must Haves”

Spring 2009 | Volume 11, Issue 2

• A Principled Response to the Financial Crisis
• Investing in Community
• Investors Push to Regulate Executive Pay
• Advocacy Update: An Inch at a Time
• Consumers and Investors Optimistic About “Green”
• Progress in Assessing Climate Risk
• Ethical Business May Have Natural Advantages

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Winter 2009 | Volume 11, Issue 1

• Sustainability Reporting Doubles
• A Tribute: Joan Bavaria
• Corporate Muscle Gets Behind Climate Policy
• Bright Future for Sustainable Investing
• Capital for Community Recovery
• CRA Not Complicit in Financial Crisis
• Sustain the Mission, Secure the Future

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Fall 2008 | Volume 10, Issue 4

• Investors Achieve Major Company Commitments on Climate Change
• Energy Efficiency: Impactful and Affordable
• “Scary” Stuff: CO2 Emissions Climbing
• Sustainable City Initiatives Gaining Momentum

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Summer 2008 | Volume 10, Issue 3

• Conscious Consumerism: Hip and Stylish
• On Politics, Predictions, and the Economy
• Paper: Changing the Loop 
• Deforestation and Climate Change 
• Sustainability Reporting Leads to Better Performance
• Investors Ask Congress to Tackle Global Warming

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Spring 2008 | Volume 10, Issue 2

• SRI Assets in the U.S. Top $2.7 Trillion
• Predictions Galore! But No One Knows
• Foundations Embrace Mission-Related Investing
• First Affirmative Office is LEED Certified!
• Billions Flow to Climate Change

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Winter 2008 | Volume 10, Issue 1

• You are Not Alone
• Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!
• Satisfaction Pays
• First Affirmative’s Commitment to Renewable Energy
• UN Principles for Responsible Investment
• Do-Gooder Investors May Actually Do Well

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