Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing has reshaped financial markets. Far from being a passing trend, and despite right-wing pushback, interest in ESG investment opportunities is growing, especially among millennials, Gen X, Gen Z and similar cohorts. These younger investors… Read More »The Status of ESG Investing: Sustainability Revolution Continues
Sustainable bonds, including green, social, blue, and sustainability-linked bonds, are rapidly gaining favor among investors as part of the broader sustainable investments landscape. These instruments offer a focused avenue for financing projects aligned with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives.… Read More »Growing Sustainable Bonds
In April, President Biden signed Executive Order 14096 to “Revitalize our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All.” It states, “We must advance Environmental Justice for all by implementing and enforcing the Nation’s environmental and civil rights laws, preventing pollution,… Read More »Environmental Justice: A Primer
Back in 2019, when we were just starting to explore the field of sustainable investing, our very first blog piece was about how confusing names and unclear definitions were a roadblock for many investors. Back then, we talked about the… Read More »What We’re Calling ESG Now
ESG investors aren’t the only group of people who sometimes wonder if their efforts to save the planet are truly worthwhile. After all, earth’s climate is rapidly approaching an environmental tipping point, right? “Motivated by equal parts fatalism and exhaustion,… Read More »Fighting ESG Fatigue
In early October, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) marked a new chapter in the history of sustainability by fining Dish Network $150,000 for abandoning one of its satellites in an orbit that was well below an acceptable elevation. This action… Read More »Sustainability in Space: ESG’s Final Frontier
Experiencing art need not be limited to visiting museums, marveling at impressive architecture, gazing at marble sculptures, or viewing street murals. Eco-friendly land art, also known as environmental or earth art, involves creating artistic installations or interventions in natural landscapes… Read More »Eco-Friendly Land Art
Forests form a crucial part of our ecosystem by providing homes to wildlife, supporting biodiversity and helping to reduce the impacts of climate change. Destroying forests has become a major global problem owing to human activities such as agriculture, urban… Read More »Addressing Deforestation With Modern Technologies
We’ve heard a lot about climate change and its effect of rising CO2 levels on the environment, but what about the impact of the resulting climate change on human health? It is not surprising that climate change has already significantly… Read More »Your Health and Climate Change
Plastics are everywhere – in the food and water we consume, on and in the ground, within lakes, streams, rivers and oceans and even in the air we breathe. The ubiquity of plastics is indeed terrifying when we consider the… Read More »Putting Plastics In Perspective