April 13, 2021
This Earth Day, you might be thinking, "Hey, there’s a pandemic. Let’s sit this one out." Probably no one would blame you. But journey back with me to last year, at the beginning of COVID-19, when the roads were clear and the air was pristine. If you were like me, it might have been the very first time you saw your city not wrapped in smog. That vision of what our earth could be inspired me,
...April 9, 2021
A new survey shows that Americans are factoring climate change into their moving plans. This could push low-income families into at-risk areas.
April 8, 2021
Facing backlash, a landmark experiment in Sweden has been put on hold.
April 8, 2021
Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. It started with intangibles. I spent about a decade of my life writing about corporate accounting before I began focusing on sustainability and sustainable finance. In between all the conversations on accounting for stock options and leases, one megatrend in corporate accounting beat them all: the rise of intangible
...April 6, 2021
The untold history of how people survived the past 2,000 years.
April 5, 2021
The National First People’s Gathering on Climate Change has seen Traditional Owners and scientists across Australia meeting to empower and enhance a First People’s-led response to climate change. The five-day Gathering, held in Cairns, Queensland, brings together more than 120 Traditional Owners, representing more than 40 different First People’s groups, and scientists to share
...April 1, 2021
What the U.S. can learn from the U.K.’s disastrous home retrofit program.
April 1, 2021
Cargill’s new sustainability program, SeaFuther, expands its carbon reduction commitments from the terrestrial to the oceanic. The commitment focuses on Cargill’s aquaculture and aquaculture feed business, targeting a reduction in Scope 3 emissions of 30 percent by 2030, from a 2017 baseline. As sustainable and environmentally friendly diets increase in popularity, the seafood
...March 26, 2021
So far, Canada has succeeded where the U.S. has failed.
March 24, 2021
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure could provide a major benefit — boosting both clean energy and resiliency — for the power grid. On Monday, automaker BMW and northern California utility PG&E announced a new expanded program that could help incentivize 3,000 BMW drivers to shift the charging of their vehicles to times of day when clean energy (namely
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