Tag: sustainability
Bring Me His Head: JPMorgan Activist Shareholders Want Former Exxon CEO...
Climate wars are heating up at JPMorgan Chase, with activist shareholders pushing to oust former Exxon Mobil Chairman Lee Raymond from the...
ESG Investors May Be Surprised by Tech Giants Hulking in Their...
Investors who want their money to go to companies committed to environmental, social or governance principles may be surprised to find tech...
Pipeline Companies May Move From Activists’ Crosshairs to ESG Investor Darlings
Oil and natural gas pipeline companies have long been a target for environmentalists’ ire — think of the Keystone battle, as well...
Seeing the Light? $1.2 Trillion Leveraged Loan Market Pivots to Sustainable...
An opaque segment of the credit industry — the $1.2 trillion leveraged loan market — is the latest to see the light...
Big Companies Buying Clean Power at Record Pace; Google Biggest Buyer...
Corporations bought more clean-energy than ever, boosted by tech heavyweights Google, Facebook and Amazon as they are pushed to reform their energy...
Garbage Crisis Will Bury Companies That Don’t Adapt, TerraCycle’s CEO Says
Garbage has become such a crisis that companies that don’t invest in long-term ways to reduce waste won’t survive, warns the founder...
Women-Led, Values-Based Investing Has Gotten Hot — and Now Men Want...
Values-based investing has long been relegated to a back office, the province of predominantly female junior staffers.
Now it’s...
Data Centers’ Growing Energy Consumption Gets Close Scrutiny From Swiss, HPE
Data centers account for an ever-growing share of global electricity demand, something that Hewlett Packard Enterprise and its partners are trying to...
BlackRock, Shamed for Climate Change Role, Vows to Put Sustainability at...
The world’s largest asset manager seems to have gotten the message.
BlackRock, criticized by Al Gore and other environmentalists...
Fast Fashion, Textiles, Seen Wreaking Environmental Havoc, While Opportunities for Startups...
As governments, startups and activists wrestle with Sargasso Seas of floating shopping bags, disposable water bottles and plastic packaging, a new front...
Violet Grey’s Curation Model May be the Future of Conscious Consumption
The deluge of advertisements that come with the holiday season often drown out any cautionary notes about over-consumption. But that may be...
E-Cargo Bikes in NYC May Ease Congestion, Help Air Quality as...
New York is taking aim at congestion and pollution caused by swarms of delivery trucks with a plan to boost a greener...
Shop Sustainably This Cyber Monday with These Companies
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for e-commerce. Monday, December 2 marks the 14th year that Cyber Monday will dominate...
How TUSHY’s Bidets Are Cleaning Up Both Backsides and the Environment
What has long been considered a luxury item in the West -- especially in the U.S. -- may finally be going mainstream,...
The Mission to Monetize Trash: How Plastic Bank Is Aiming to...
Key Takeaway: Entrepreneur David Katz is on a mission to wipe out...
Google Looks For Social Impact, Climate Change Startups With Accelerator Launch
Google, the company with a founding principal of “don’t be evil,” is seeking startups in Europe and Africa focused on climate change...
Dire Warning: Investments Ignoring Changing Climate Can “Go to Zero Quickly,”...
Climate change is a risk not only to the planet -- it also threatens to blow up portfolios.
That’s...
Allbirds is Quietly Revolutionizing Supply Chain Management
If you are currently wearing a pair of Allbirds sneakers, you’re probably in agreement with the company’s slogan: that they’re the world’s...
Carlyle Group’s Big Bets on Energy, Technology Help Propel Third-Quarter Profit
Private equity giant Carlyle Group completed a blockbuster majority stake acquisition in the energy sector and invested in a promising artificial intelligence...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Embraces Sustainability as a “Fresh Start” and Profit...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has found that sustainability isn’t just good for public relations. Along with a growing number of leading companies, the...
Barclays Launches Impact Banking Unit as Investors Demand More Than Market-Beating...
British financial services giant Barclays has joined a host of global banking rivals ramping up efforts to find companies that will generate...
Can Aluminum Water Bottles Win Over Millennial Moms?
Key Takeaway: Independent drink makers and brands like Ever & Ever are...
Chemistry Nobel Awarded to Scientists Who Created Lithium-Ion Battery And Hope...
The scientists who pioneered rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and opened up the possibility of a carbon-free future were awarded the Nobel Prize in...
Green Accounting: Financial Statements May Get New Life as Environmental-Sustainability Tool
The latest tool in the global push toward environmental sustainability may be an enhanced financial statement.
Researchers at Harvard...
New Metrics ’19 Connects the Dots in Impact Measurement & Reporting
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Sustainability and impact investing are gaining traction with...
Citi’s New Sustainability Chief to Lead Low-Carbon Transition, As Banks Push...
Citigroup, ready to meet a ten-year $100 billion sustainability goal four years ahead of schedule, named the executive in charge of the...
Meat, Dairy Producers Ignore Climate Change Despite Effects On Profits
The $1.5 trillion global meat and dairy industries are taking little responsibility for their roles in climate change even as increased droughts,...
Protect the Environment, Borrow at Discounted Rates: The Rise of Sustainable...
Plenty of companies say they want to save the planet. It makes for good headlines and warm, fuzzy feelings, but what about...
Acai, Snake Venom, Cocoa: Amazon Survival, Post-Inferno, May Hinge on Sustainable...
Amazon’s fires may be calming down, but the battle for the future of the world’s biggest tropical rainforest is far from over.
Italy’s Banfi Among Winemakers Pursuing Sustainability Goals as Consumers Shop Green
Vintage and variety aren’t the only things consumers are searching a wine label for these days.
More than a...
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