Alec Appelbaum

When you pitch sustainable investing to the finance team in your shop, do you wish they’d lay off the questions about what it does for the bottom line?  Does that line about how it’s a win-win stick in your throat from overuse?

The heads of nine global investment banks, on the hook for $72 bazillion daily, think more these days about flood-proof spots than about tax havens. More than ever, investors and especially the insurers who guarantee their money are inspecting deals to make sure they're shrinking carbon emissions and increasing safety from runaway storms. 

"I learned it all from GreenBiz," said Dexter Monopoly, CEO of MegaBank, on his firm's new rules for underwriting. "Without their wisdom I'd be selling used iPhone covers on the street."