* VOTE:  Tuesday Is Election Day, Be HIP (and watch our Webinar to Get Informed)
* READ:  Cleantech Investment Slump?
* SEE: Upcoming Speaking & Events 
* TALENT:  New HIP Analysts on S&P 500
* HOW HIP ARE YOU?: Helping Investors and Companies Become More HIP 

STILL UNDECIDED?  Watch this Webinar before November 4 to VOTE Using HIP

With this year's historic presidential election fast approaching, the ongoing cycle of media coverage is accelerating to a fever pitch. On the issues, however, it is often hard to separate hype from reality.

So where do the candidates stand on the issues that HIP Investors care about? This HIP webinar (and Powerpoint PDF) walks you through how  an Obama or a McCain administration will impact today's issues - focused on HIP issues in Health, Wealth, Earth, Equality, Trust and Innovation. 

WATCH THE FREE WEBINAR
or VIEW THE PRESENTATION TODAY

Also, see which political party (Democrats or Republicans) in the White House is better for attractive financial returns and higher income growth  - hint: it's not who you might think!

Do Investors and Employees Fare Better With Democrats or Republicans? (HIP on JustMeans.com)

CLEANTECH SLUMP?  Watch this Webinar before November 4 to VOTE Using HIP

The markets are down, but are there any bright spots?  Will cleantech companies (e.g. renewable energy, waste recycling, water efficiency) be able to IPO and raise funding as they grow?  HIP's CEO R. Paul Herman, in an interview with BusinessGreen, sees continued private funding but rocky times in the public markets. 

READ THE SEPT. 17 ARTICLE

 HIP Investor Roundtable - ONLINE:
Health Care in 2009 - Sustainable, Profitable or Poised for  Crash?

Join us for HIP's November Investor Roundtable - in ONLINE WEBINAR format - diving into the challenge of understanding Health Care investing. 

RSVP TODAY - only $10 before November 8th ($5 off!)

ECO-TUESDAY: ATTEND NATIONWIDE; HIP'S CEO TO HEADLINE IN S.F., NOV. 18

Want to find innovative, action-oriented people like you?  Attend an EcoTuesday event in your city - from Washington, D.C. to Minneapolis to Seattle, and of course the S.F. Bay Area.  HIP's CEO R. Paul Herman will headline the November 18 event in S.F.

RSVP here at www.EcoTuesday.com

NEW HIP ANALYSTS FOR S&P 500
Meet the expanded HIP team of sustainability analysts who are delving in-depth into the social, environmental and financial performance of the S&P 500. 

To learn more about this cutting edge research, contact Jessica Skylar at Jessica@HIPInvestor.com.

Napoleon Wallace is currently attending the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill, pursuing an MBA in Sustainability and Finance. Prior to business school, Napoleon worked as a sell-side Energy Research Analyst for Wachovia Capital Markets and as a Research Associate on the Kenan Institute's Center for Sustainable Enterprise Consulting team. Napoleon joined the HIP team to marry his investment expertise with his passion for sustainability, and improve his acumen for investing based on sustainable considerations. Personally, he is a proponent of high civic engagement, and he works in a board-advisory capacity with two regional social enterprises in his home state of North Carolina. GO HEELS!

Michael Reading is interested in how the private sector can and is contributing to the public good. He comes to HIP Investor having  previously served as a Fulbright Scholar in Toronto, Canada where his research focused on the changing relationships between nonprofit agencies serving immigrants to the United States and their government funders. Michael is a graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he studied political science and economics.

Susie Heller is a Green MBA candidate at Dominican University.  Since graduating from Wellesley College with a BA in Peace and Justice Studies, she has worked to promote organic farming and has helped to conserve over 9000 acres of land in California.  She recently returned from a project in South Africa where she was hired to launch an international non-profit dedicated to facilitating local sustainable enterprise.  Susie believes that business is one of the most powerful tools to enact social and environmental justice  and is thrilled to be a part of the HIP team.

Adam Jagelewski joined Pricewaterhouse Coopers in 2006 as an Associate Consultant in Vancouver, Canada.  Building from his experience at PwC and a BA in Economics from the University of British Columbia, Adam soon became interested in social impact - in particular, the movement towards more rigorous impact measurement and evaluations, and the link between social and environmental impact and profit.  Adam is now focusing this stage of his career on becoming a young catalyst for corporate social responsibility - and, in particular, diving into the world of HIP investing as well as strategic philanthropy.  

Varun Parmar is focusing his MBA on sustainable enterprise and investments; he is a 2009 candidate at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School. Prior to business school he was a social entrepreneur and then a systems consultant with Morgan Stanley's trading division. He spent his summer at Good Capital, a social enterprise venture capital firm in San Francisco where he performed due diligence on the firm's investment pipeline and also developed investment strategies in social capital markets. Beyond business school, he aspires to research, develop and manage products in capital markets -- creating sustainable, HIP investments for all!

HOW HIP ARE YOUR COMPANY
AND PORTFOLIO?

LEARN more about HIP's services for investors and for companies or contact Jessica@HIPInvestor.com to help you, your portfolio or endowment, or your organization be even more HIP!