How common standards could spur growth in green finance
The appetite from issuers and investors for green finance continues to strengthen worldwide: globally, issuance of labeled green bonds (PDF) jumped to nearly $160 billion in 2017.
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We need to talk about blockchain — together
We need to talk about blockchain. Blockchain offers immense opportunities to achieve business and sustainability goals, but it will take serious collaboration to unleash its full potential.
We should worry as much about ‘stranded workers’ as stranded assets
In former mining towns across northern England and Wales, the scars from the collapse of the U.K. mining industry in the 1980s are still visible.
How we can effectively shift to a global circular economy
If you need to skip the straw at lunch today, consider this: Scientists found that even Arctic sea ice — far removed from most major metropolitan areas — is no longer plastic-free.
We calculated how much money planting trees can save for your city
Megacities are on the rise (PDF). There are 47 such areas around the globe, each housing more than 10 million residents.
Are we deranged, or just delusional?
Perched on the 27th floor of the Grand Kempinski Hotel in Shanghai, looking down at the barges, ferries, floating cranes and police boats surging back and forth along the Huangpu River, I felt a profound sense of vertigo — and in multiple dimensions.
Microsoft, Facebook take the plunge with novel cloud cooling approaches
Almost four years after it began testing the idea of underwater data centers, Microsoft is sinking even more resources into the experiment.
These 8 nature-based startups from around the world are going to save it
When Alessandro Leonardi began his graduate degree in forestry a decade ago at the University of Padova in Italy, forestry students rarely came near a business school classroom — courses in business administration, finance or marketing weren’t part of the curriculum.
Calling for a sea change in the business of oceans
In many ways, the public’s awareness about the importance of ocean health is where we were 15 years ago with climate change.
The market for payment for ecosystems services is growing up
Last month, Nature Sustainability published the first global assessment of payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs, led by James Salzman, UCLA Law and UC Santa Barbara Bren School professor, as well as Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace.
