News Analysis – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:03:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 Fast Fashion, Textiles, Seen Wreaking Environmental Havoc, While Opportunities for Startups Open /fast-fashion-textiles-seen-wreaking-environmental-havoc-while-opportunities-for-startups-open/ /fast-fashion-textiles-seen-wreaking-environmental-havoc-while-opportunities-for-startups-open/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:03:10 +0000 /?p=14508 As governments, startups and activists wrestle with Sargasso Seas of floating shopping bags, disposable water bottles and plastic packaging, a new front has opened up — mountain ranges of unwanted, non-biodegradable clothing and textiles. The 2020 agenda for environmentally conscious consumer groups and investors, as well as national policy makers and media, is likely to […]

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]]> /fast-fashion-textiles-seen-wreaking-environmental-havoc-while-opportunities-for-startups-open/feed/ 0 How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint in the New Year /how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint-in-the-new-year/ /how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint-in-the-new-year/#respond Thu, 02 Jan 2020 20:18:21 +0000 /?p=14437 Key Takeaway: Several startups that launched in the last year are using technology to make it simpler than ever for individuals and businesses to track and reduce their carbon footprints. Their success is riding on whether the ease of the tools will be enough to motivate action. If your new year’s resolution is to reduce […]

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]]> /how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint-in-the-new-year/feed/ 0 Top 10 Impact Investing Trends for 2020 /top-10-impact-investing-trends-for-2020/ /top-10-impact-investing-trends-for-2020/#respond Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:03:58 +0000 /?p=14434 Key Takeaway: We enter the new decade full of promise for innovation and discoveries in healthcare, financial services and clean energy. Here are some of the top trends that impact investors should watch. 1. Financial Inclusion With big tech companies including Facebook and Twitter looking at the financial inclusion space, central banks are also waking […]

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]]> /top-10-impact-investing-trends-for-2020/feed/ 0 Not Done Yet: Still Work to Do on Gender Parity in VC in 2020 /not-done-yet-still-work-to-do-on-gender-parity-in-vc-in-2020/ /not-done-yet-still-work-to-do-on-gender-parity-in-vc-in-2020/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:00:31 +0000 /?p=14373 TAKEAWAY: While we may be lulled into thinking that an age of gender parity is upon us, the work is just beginning. Earlier this month, I saw something I’ve never encountered before in years of attending startup events: three out of four founders pitching their startups at the Food Future Co. demo day in New […]

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]]> /not-done-yet-still-work-to-do-on-gender-parity-in-vc-in-2020/feed/ 0 As Wind Turbines Age, Recycling Blades Poses a Problem /as-wind-turbines-age-recycling-blades-poses-a-problem/ /as-wind-turbines-age-recycling-blades-poses-a-problem/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:07:52 +0000 /?p=14324 Hundreds of thousands of wind turbines spin out electrical power in the U.S. and around the world, and as demand for wind power rises, the need for turbines — some with blades hundreds of feet long made with plastic composites — also grows.  As the market matures, the industry is starting to figure out how […]

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]]> /as-wind-turbines-age-recycling-blades-poses-a-problem/feed/ 0 Space Tomatoes and Air-Based Meat: Startups Looking to Conquer Agriculture Off Earth /space-tomatoes-and-air-based-meat-startups-looking-to-conquer-agriculture-off-earth/ /space-tomatoes-and-air-based-meat-startups-looking-to-conquer-agriculture-off-earth/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:46:31 +0000 /?p=14301 A growing number of startups are working on developing agriculture technology that may feed people in space while helping protect the environment.  If you’re having a flashback of Matt Damon fertilizing soil and growing potatoes in his garden on Mars as he does in the 2015 film The Martian, the emerging technologies and business plans […]

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]]> /space-tomatoes-and-air-based-meat-startups-looking-to-conquer-agriculture-off-earth/feed/ 0 Global Quest for ‘Green’ Concrete Goes On, As Researchers Ask if It Can Be Done /global-quest-for-green-concrete-goes-on-as-researchers-ask-if-it-can-be-done/ /global-quest-for-green-concrete-goes-on-as-researchers-ask-if-it-can-be-done/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:11:59 +0000 /?p=14270 Key Takeaway: As the global demand for concrete rises, a sustainable, environmentally sound solution is still decades away. Concrete, the most widely used material on Earth, is poised to become even more plentiful as the world continues to urbanize. Global use of concrete is expected to rise by as much as 23% by 2050. That […]

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]]> /global-quest-for-green-concrete-goes-on-as-researchers-ask-if-it-can-be-done/feed/ 0 The Promise and Limits of SDGs as Guidelines for the Impact Investing /the-promise-and-limits-of-sdgs-as-guidelines-for-the-impact-investing/ /the-promise-and-limits-of-sdgs-as-guidelines-for-the-impact-investing/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2019 18:27:51 +0000 /?p=14228 When every government in the world and a kaleidoscope of private stakeholders negotiated the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, they had no idea the impact investing industry would embrace and run with them as the go-to investment principles for social impact. “As diplomats, you never thought that it would be such a big driver for […]

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]]> /the-promise-and-limits-of-sdgs-as-guidelines-for-the-impact-investing/feed/ 0 Genius or Mad Scientist? Epstein-Backed Harvard Researcher Wants to Bring Mammoths Back, Reverse Aging and Cure All Diseases /genius-or-mad-scientist-epstein-backed-harvard-researcher-wants-to-bring-mammoths-back-reverse-aging-and-cure-all-diseases/ /genius-or-mad-scientist-epstein-backed-harvard-researcher-wants-to-bring-mammoths-back-reverse-aging-and-cure-all-diseases/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:06:23 +0000 /?p=14190 Key Takeaway: Even though his research opens up a variety of ethical issues and has received funding from donors like sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, geneticist George Church continues to enjoy backing from investors and admiration from major media networks like CBS. George Church and his lab at Harvard Medical School have an ambitious agenda: they […]

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]]> /genius-or-mad-scientist-epstein-backed-harvard-researcher-wants-to-bring-mammoths-back-reverse-aging-and-cure-all-diseases/feed/ 0 ‘Crucible for Innovation’: Why Jack Dorsey Is Planning on Spending Quality Time in Africa in 2020 /crucible-for-innovation-why-jack-dorsey-is-planning-on-spending-quality-time-in-africa-in-2020/ /crucible-for-innovation-why-jack-dorsey-is-planning-on-spending-quality-time-in-africa-in-2020/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:54:00 +0000 /?p=14174 When Jack Dorsey, CEO of social media giant Twitter and mobile payments company Square, announced he’ll be spending up to half a year in Africa on Nov. 27, a chorus of criticism erupted calling his move “ill-advised.”  Scott Galloway, Twitter shareholder and New York University marketing professor, even wrote a letter to the board calling […]

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