The portfolio manager has a big stake in Ball, and she thinks its approach to environmental sustainability gives it a competitive advantage. Funk is in charge of the $1.1 billion devoted to sustainable investing strategies at the Baltimore money manager Brown Advisory. Funk manages Brown Advisory's Sustainable Growth Fund with her Prius-driving comanager, David Powell. Since its 2009 inception, Brown's Large-Cap Sustainable Growth strategy, which holds 34 stocks, has returned 15.6% net of fees annually, compared with 14.5% for the Russell 1000 Growth Index. Funk says some of the top U.S. companies have told her, "Here's our sustainability report.

Source: Forbes December 06, 2017 20:03 UTC