For decades, socially responsible investing (SRI) has steered clear of fossil fuels and other extractives, weapons, prisons, and other industries causing environmental and social harm or human rights violations. Tech has been a major part of SRI portfolios that also promised growth. How is the SRI field now grappling with growing evidence of environmental and social harm caused by the tech sector?

Marcela Pinilla is the Director of Sustainable Investing for Zevin Asset Management, an investment management firm with an expertise in socially responsible investing since 1997. She extends this discipline into her advocacy work, collaborating with investors, NGOs, experts, and fellow advocates to address core business activities that pose deleterious impacts on society or the environment and to stimulate positive change. Previously, Marcela worked with Mercy Investments as Director of Shareholder Advocacy, CBIS as Director of Sustainable Investing, and Boston Trust Walden leading ESG research. Marcela is a born New Yorker from Panamanian and Nicaraguan parents and grew up in Mexico City. She is deeply committed to social and environmental justice, both on the streets of her Brooklyn neighborhood and in her corporate advocacy work serving clients at Zevin Asset Management. Marcela earned an MS in International Health Policy & Management and an MBA with a focus on Sustainable Development, both from Brandeis University. Marcela serves on the ESG Committee for Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (Mass PRIM), advising the board, and on the Investment Committee of the New York Foundation.