<p>Contact: Sonia Kowal, Director of Marketing, Zevin Asset Management, LLC Tel: 617-742-6666 ext 308 Email: [email protected] </p><p>*** Press Release *** Zevin Asset Management named Top Gun performer by Informa </p><p>Socially Responsible Manager outranks Global Equity and Balanced peers</p><p>February 24, 2012 – BOSTON -- Zevin Asset Management, LLC is pleased to announce that both of their investment strategies, Global Appreciation and Global Appreciation with Income, have achieved Top Gun status in PSN Informa’s manager ranking database for their one year returns ending December 31, 2011. This distinction is awarded only to the top ten investment managers in each investment category that have outperformed both their benchmark and their North American Global Equity and Balanced Manager peers. Zevin Asset Management is especially proud of this recognition because both strategies are managed according to socially responsible guidelines. </p><p>“We are delighted by this recognition of the benefits of our socially responsible investment strategy. Our objective is to protect our client’s assets when markets go down, and avoid exposing them to the excessive risk that is often present at market tops,” said Benjamin Lovell, President of Zevin Asset Management, LLC. “We place a high priority on minimizing losses, preserving the flexibility to invest across diversified asset classes, sectors, regions, and market capitalizations without being constrained by the benchmark. Our investment process models a range of potential economic and market scenarios which helps us to reduce risk in unpleasant market outcomes.”</p><p>For the one year ending December 31, 2011, Zevin’s Global Appreciation composite had an annualized return, net of fees, of 8.00%, compared to -6.86% for the MSCI ACWI Index. Since inception on December 31, 1997 through December 31, 2011, Zevin’s Global Appreciation composite had an annualized return, net of fees, of 9.37%, compared to 4.21% for the MSCI ACWI Index, generating an alpha of 1.63% and a beta of 0.58 versus the benchmark. </p><p>###</p><p>Notes to Editors</p><p>Zevin Asset Management, LLC - Zevin’s first objective is to minimize losses rather than seeking to maximize gains. The firm’s proprietary model of asset allocation, based on scenario forecasting, has been refined over 40 years and has resulted in strong investment results by avoiding exposure to excessive risk. Zevin’s focus on environmental, social, and governance factors has also helped improve the risk/return profile of client portfolios. www.zevin.com </p><p>PSN, produced by Informa Investment Solutions, is one of the leading investment manager search and evaluation databases. PSN tracks approximately 2,000 money management firms and over 20,000 investment products. www.informais.com </p>