emckay

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by emckay 11mo ago
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 Montessori authenticity make the results even more impressive.
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by emckay 3y ago
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 it!
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by emckay 7y ago
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 cancels out that harm. For example, if you are worried about
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Want a Bigger Say on Corporate Behavior? Move Your Money(nytimes.com)
1 points by emckay 7y ago|0 comments
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by emckay 7y ago
Exactly! Thanks for the kind words.
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by emckay 7y ago
Awesome projects! I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'll shoot you an email tomorrow.
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by emckay 7y ago
Here are the promised citations: 1. $10 trillion divested: https://gofossilfree.org/divestment/commitments/ 2. Chevron's shareholder proposal: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2017&#x
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by emckay 7y ago
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 shareholders can vote against the directors at the nex
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by emckay 7y ago
We're creating an S&P 500 index fund that aggressively uses shareholder engagement to get companies to reduce emissions through their supply chains.
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by emckay 7y ago
Divestment also results in less shareholder oversight of emission heavy companies because environmentally conscious investors are selling their shares to investors with less scruples. This isn't just theoretical. According to Fossil Fr
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by emckay 7y ago
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.
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by emckay 7y ago
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 were 87[0] shareholder proposals last year that asked firms to
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by emckay 7y ago
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by emckay 7y ago
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 consistent and granular emissions disclosures across firms so that
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by emckay 7y ago
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 to adopt more climate-friendly policies. I have just publish
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by emckay 7y ago
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 to adopt more climate-friendly policies. I have just publish
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by emckay 7y ago
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 climate change. The raw data is 376mb, which I parse and filter d
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Show HN: Does your index fund flight climate change?(voting.greengovernance.org)
3 points by emckay 7y ago|1 comments
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by emckay 7y ago
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.