Responsible-investing champion Streur takes on the gun industry

John Streur, who heads Calvert Research & Management, has watched responsible investing move from the margins to the mainstream. (JASON HENRY/NYT) John Streur, chief executive of investment firm Calvert Research & Management, remembers exactly where he was when he learned of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. John Streur, chief executive of investment firm Calvert Research & Management, remembers exactly where he was when he learned of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Streur recalled standing in New York’s Pennsylvania Station on the afternoon of Feb. 14, squinting at his iPhone in disbelief as he read that 17 teenagers and teachers had been shot dead, he said recently. As chief of one of the world’s biggest responsible-investing mutual funds, Streur was an activist on issues including climate change and equality, yet he said he felt powerless when it came to gun violence. Now, he wanted to see if he could use Calvert’s financial clout to change the way guns — most notably the AR-15 military-style assault rifle used in the massacre and weapons like it — were sold in the United States. Age : 58 Education : University of Wisconsin, where he was on a championship rowing team. Career: Left Wall Street in 1990 to join a boutique investment firm. After the financial crisis focused entirely on responsible investing, and was recruited to Calvert in 2014. Two weeks after the shooting, on Feb. 28, he told his assistant: “Get […]

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