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Socially responsible investing is not a new idea, but with growing environmental consciousness among companies of all sizes business and individuals alike are seeing the benefits of investing in a green future. This section covers news and trends in how financial institutions and their clients are putting money on the green economy.
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A follow-up study to a groundbreaking report from last year looks at how 12 institutional investors, with almost $2 trillion in assets, are building climate change into their risk assessments and...
Climate change poses a serious physical threat to everyone, but the insurance industry also faces a catastrophic financial risk. So you'd expect them to be among the most forceful corporate......
The head of sustainability at the company behind the New York Stock Exchange talks about the internal and external steps needed to make the market greener, as well as navigating the risks of a...
A multi-billion-dollar 'superhighway' to connect offshore wind turbines to the US electric grid sounds like a can't-lose idea, but it's adrift without clearing some big financial, regulatory and......
The indexes, which will track clean energy stocks in three regions globally, will soon be joined by industry-specific indexes; in the U.S., new sources of investment must be found to maintain the...
The anti-Wall Street tent cities popping up nationwide are just one result of unprecedented ill will toward the financial industry. Here are some ideas that might redeem the "too big to fail......
Investors controlling tens of trillions of dollars have asked policymakers to write better and clearer rules, in order to enable the transition to a low carbon economy....
It's an understatement to say that the business opportunities and benefits of sustainability and innovation practices have been well established. So how do we get investors to place a financial......
A coalition of 285 institutional investors say that effective domestic policies and a binding international agreement are needed to spur private investment in clean technologies....
The second full day of the 2011 Greenbuild conference brought a steady flow of news, with Marriott Hotels earning LEED volume certification for three of its brands, a challenge to the USGBC's 2012......
Rather than take the Solyndra meltdown as a call to end all government funding for clean energy companies, there are smart policy practices that can spur innovation and continue to make American......
Despite our ongoing economic woes, socially responsible investing is in a bullish cycle, with more than $3 trillion in assets in the U.S. alone. The upcoming SRI in the Rockies conference offers a...
The third annual Social Capital Markets conference, held last week in San Francisco, is charting a path to where investors and companies can incorporate the value of a clean environment into their......
Unilever hits its zero-waste-to-landfill goal for its U.K. manufacturing options, American Le Mans Racing hops on the green bandwagon, and more in our morning news roundup....
Renewable energy, efficiency and green construction, clean tech, smart grid and corporate R&D are on track to receive as much as $10 trillion in investment funding by 2020....
For years, the chief executive officer was seen as the key individual responsible for viewing a company through the lens of sustainability. Today, it’s the chief financial......
Private investments in green technologies have topped $2.4 trillion since 2007, with $400B since February 2011....
A report from Ceres analyzes responses from insurance companies to a survey by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and calls for mandatory disclosure to correct failures of risk......
Cutting $380 billion in wasteful government spending can also cut our dependence on fossil fuels....
The annual Green Scissors reports brings environmental and conservative groups together to identify wasteful government spending that pollutes the environment and encourages fossil fuel use....
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