Can sustainable companies get a lower cost of capital?
Green bonds have been making headlines in the sustainable finance world the past few years because of their rapid growth.
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Green bonds have been making headlines in the sustainable finance world the past few years because of their rapid growth.
U.S. roads and bridges are in abysmal shape — and that was before the recent winter storms made things even worse.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D.-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass) are calling for a "Green New Deal" (PDF) that would involve massive government spending to shift the U.S. economy away from its reliance on carbon.
Some 600 billion new disposable cups each year swell landfills, litter landscapes or drift in seas around the world.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) doesn’t cut it any more. In fact, leader companies are putting distance between themselves and this approach. They don’t find it to be relevant to their growth or business models.
For many years environmentalists have urged the public to "think globally, act locally" — consider the health of the planet, then take action in your own community.
Yesterday, thousands of children in more than 100 countries were on strike to protest inaction on climate change by the rest of us.
One night in October 2017, as a fast-growing wildfire burned near Napa, California, Pete Gavitte and his first mate, paramedic Whitney Lowe, flew continuous helicopter flights to save as many people as they could.
In late 2018, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scientists released a startling report about the impending impacts of rising temperatures.
There is no shortage of events on World Water Day by companies, non-governmental organizations, industry associations and other stakeholders.