PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 27, 2019: Wind turbines generate electricity at the San Gorgonio … [+] Pass Wind Farm near Palm Springs, California, with snow-covered Mt. San Jacinto i...
Tag: ESG
ESG Analyst Daniel Batten Reveals Dynamic Charts Showing Bitcoin’s 52.6% Sustainable Energy Use – Bitcoin News
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analyst Daniel Batten said Tuesday that the computational backbone of the Bitcoin network now uses 52.6% sustainable energy. Batten and onchain analyst Will...
Republicans Are Making A Mistake By Waging War On ESG Investing
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greefield, co-founders of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, have been involved in many … [+] social causes over the years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty Image...
Rivian Stock Hits All-Time Low After Announcement Of Cash Raise
Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images Key Takeaways Rivian stock was down 14.54% on the news that it would be issues convertible notes to raise an additional $1.3 billion i...
SLB Rolls Out Cement Alternative At CERA Week
Cement being poured by a cement truck. getty As the annual CERAWeek conference kicked off Monday morning, international energy service technology company SLB (formerly Schlumberger) made news with an ...
Sustainable Retail Is A Myth, But The Risk Of Hypocrisy Is Real
Sustainable Retail Is A Myth, But The Risk Of Hypocrisy Is Real getty For a goal with universal appeal — saving the planet from pollution, waste, and global warming — the sustainability movement has b...
Leveraging Digital Towards Improving Sustainability
Environmental technology concept. Sustainable development goals. SDGs. getty The threat of climate change has pushed companies to embrace a more sustainable future, with an increasing number of compan...
What Is ESG Investing—And Why Republicans Are Trying To Ban It From Retirement Funds
Topline The Republican-controlled House is expected to vote on a bill Tuesday that would block a Biden rule allowing retirement funds to take into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) in...
Recycle-to-earn, a new frontier for blockchain technology toward ESG goals
“Recycle-to-earn”: This was the motto presented by Eric Vogel earlier this month while pitching his startup at the European Blockchain Convention, decades after he started recycling plastics and cans ...
Is The ESG Colossus Stumbling?
Vintage illustration of Colossus of Rhodes one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The … [+] Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek sun-god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on...
What Is ESG And Do ESG Stocks Outperform The Rest?
getty Key takeaways ESG stocks are shares in companies with a clear focus on sustainability and corporate citizenship ESG stands for “Environmental, Social, Governance,” the three things ESG companies...
Not So Fast, Euro Major BP Reconsiders Pace Of Energy Transition
BP announced it had reconsidered its ambitious zero carbon goals after rising oil prices delivered … [+] strong second-quarter profits. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Getty Images How much c...
A Leading Hydrogen Growth Stock
Summary LindeLIN is investing more in green hydrogen on stronger profitability outlook. Hydrogen as an energy source still has major drawbacks, but new technologies could fix some of its issues. Linde...
Who Decides How Woke Corporations Should Be?
Tumelo’s software takes fund managers out of the ideological crossfire, making it easier for common shareholders to have a say on diversity, the environment and workplace conditions. Georgia Stewart, ...
What’s Behind The ESG Investment Backlash
A protest by the campaign network Vanguard S.O.S in Malvern, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake) Getty Images for POWER Interfaith In the US, the past couple of years have been a topsy-turvy time for i...
Can Energy Realism Coexist With ESG
ESG Stock Photo getty One side effect of the collapse of cryptocurrency giant FTX has been to shine the spotlight on the movement that has been gaining significant traction over the last few years – t...
What If Both Sides Of The ESG Debate Are Right About US Majors’ Oil And Gas Investments, But For The Wrong Reasons?
My hypothesis is that US majors underinvest both in renewables and in oil and gas needed to get us through the energy transition. Perhaps, the right question, addressed to both the anti and pro ESG wi...
Larry Fink Says ESG Narrative Has Become Ugly, Personal
(Bloomberg) — BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said the narrative around ESG investing has become ugly and is creating “huge polarization.” Most Read from Bloomberg “I’m taking ...
Climate tech VC argues Bitcoin’s ESG positives outweigh its negatives 31:1
A climate tech investor has painted a bright view of the Bitcoin network, suggesting its environmental positives outweigh its negatives by a whopping 31:1 ratio. On Jan. 12, self-proclaimed philanthro...
This Asset Manager Believes Allowing 401(k)s To ‘go Woke’ Forces Some Into Leftist Views
A new regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Labor goes into effect at the end of January. Employers will be allowed to put politics over profits by favoring ESG-friendly options when choosing in...
Net Zero Asset Management And The Fiduciary Duty Dilemma
Beyond the political theatre surrounding the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, the investment … [+] industry is grappling with genuinely tough questions around fiduciary duty. (Photo by Johann...
Flight Shaming Will Return In 2023
This young woman is shamed for taking a flight and contributing to global climate change. getty Flight shaming, the idea of of making people uncomfortable to continue flying, took off in Europe at the...
Sell-offs hit UK equity funds hardest in 2022 as ESG gained
People walk along Waterloo Bridge past the City of London skyline, the capital’s financial district. U.K.-focused equity funds saw record outflows in 2022. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Imag...
Glencore share price dived amid ESG concerns: buy the dip?
Glencore (LON: GLEN) share price has had a difficult start to 2023 as concerns about the company’s ESG credentials rose. The blue-chip mining stock plunged to a low of 503.3p, which was the lowest lev...
A Surprising Way To Improve The Environmental Footprint Of Plastics
A sampling of everyday items made of plastic getty Modern societies use a tremendous amount of plastic and most of it is made from feedstocks derived from the refinement of either natural gas or petro...