Investing well is hard enough, and introducing your personal values into the mix only compounds the confusion. What matters most? How can I have the biggest impact? And am I a traitor to myself if I own stocks in companies I would otherwise shun? Consider just one issue that inspires deep feelings: animal welfare. It...Read More

So, Is Organic Food Actually More Sustainable? At Columbia, a culture of heightened environmental consciousness has led to the proliferation of sustainable food options: Meatless Mondays at the dining halls, weekly farmers markets, and active student groups. I myself am heavily involved in this culture of “sustainable” eating, keeping to a plant-based diet and seeking...Read More

  Oxygen and metal from lunar regolith. Credit: Beth Lomax – University of Glasgow ESA’s technical heart has begun to produce oxygen out of simulated moondust. A prototype oxygen plant has been set up in the Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory of the European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, based in Noordwijk in the...Read More

Global advisory services firm Ernest & Young or EY as it is commonly known, has announced plans to become carbon neutral globally by the end of 2020. The advisory firm has become the first of the big four to announce plans to go carbon neutral globally. The firm will also support its clients in their...Read More

Mr. Sukhdev, who received the award alongside conservation biologist Gretchen C. Daily, was the Special Adviser and Head of UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative, a major project launched by then-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to demonstrate that greening of economies is not a burden on growth but rather a new engine for growing wealth, increasing decent employment, and reducing persistent poverty. He was also...Read More

Downloadable Resources Open interactive popup Article (PDF-3MB) In the mining industry, the impact of climate change and how the industry can respond to it has increasingly been a topic of discussion over the past decade. Mining is no stranger to harsh climates; much of the industry already operates in inhospitable conditions. But forecasts of hazards...Read More

Why should fixed-income investors factor sustainability into their investment decisions, and what are the approaches available to them? What drives an impactful engagement with a credit issuer? These are some of the key questions Hermes EOS clients and prospective investors ask about ESG and engagement in fixed-income markets. Here Mitch Reznick, head of research and...Read More

It’s a buzzword that’s slowly starting to lose its flavour for many – disruption – yet this intersection between innovation, originality and necessity promises a revolution of the status-quo. As use of the term spread from places like Silicon Valley to innovations developed in garages in one-horse towns, the intensity and hype get turned to...Read More

XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil (Reuters) – Leaders of native tribes in Brazil issued a rallying call to protect the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous people from what they called the “genocide, ethnocide and ecocide” planned by the country’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire arrives for a meeting with politicians...Read More

Governments around the world have committed to dramatically lowering their CO2 emissions, in a bid to combat climate change. With limited supplies of fossil fuels and growing concern over their environmental impact, renewable sources of energy like wind and solar are gaining big momentum. ‘Renewables’ are expected to produce most of the new energy produced...Read More