Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change? Joel Makower Tue, 10/13/2020 - 01:40 When it comes to the climate crisis, it’s not just what you make and sell, it’s what you do, and for whom you do it. That’s the message from several recent reports... Read More
Environment & Climate, Fair Trade, Finance & The Social Economy
Coca-Cola on board with emphasizing human impact Heather Clancy Mon, 10/12/2020 - 00:15 The importance of setting science-based corporate strategies to address climate change is irrefutable. But corporations need to think far more about the human impact of their business... Read More
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud Heather Clancy Thu, 10/01/2020 - 01:30 Despite all they're doing to address climate change with both emissions reduction plans, circular economy innovation and consumer awareness, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have been... Read More
Computers & Electronics, Fair Trade, Finance & The Social Economy
Seven ways to inform better decisions with TCFD reporting Steven Bullock Mon, 09/28/2020 - 00:00 This article is sponsored by Trucost, part of S&P Global. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is helping to bring transparency to climate risk... Read More
ESG investments: Exponential potential or surfing one wave? Terry F. Yosie Mon, 09/21/2020 - 00:30 Amidst four concurrent crises — health, economic, race relations and climate — one stand-out 2020 development has been the rebound of major stock markets and,... Read More
Financial models that will get you that on-site microgrid Sarah Golden Fri, 09/04/2020 - 01:30 I’ve written about my high hopes for microgrids and my disappointment at the speed of deployment (due in part to COVID-related slowdowns that stalled... Read More
Carbon pricing works, and this proves it Paul Burke Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:45 Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right? That’s the economic theory. Stated baldly,... Read More
Environment & Climate, Fair Trade, Finance & The Social Economy
The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance Joel Makower Mon, 08/24/2020 - 02:11 One silver lining of this horrific moment is the rise of loans, bonds and other financial instruments linked to sustainability outcomes. In this sense, "sustainability" is... Read More
This is why investors want financial regulators to tackle climate risk Ravi Varghese Mon, 08/24/2020 - 01:15 To understand economic crises of the recent past, present and future, there may be no finer teacher than Michael Lewis. Many readers will be familiar with... Read More
Environment & Climate, Fair Trade, Finance & The Social Economy
Morgan Stanley will measure CO2 impact of loans and investments Michael Holder Mon, 07/27/2020 - 00:15 Morgan Stanley has become the first major U.S. bank to commit to measuring and disclosing the climate impact of its loans and investments, announcing last week that it has joined a... Read More
Environment & Climate, Fair Trade, Finance & The Social Economy