Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

ImpactAlpha, September 26 – Investors with Fidelity accounts have access to a small number of sustainable investment options—mostly index funds constructed around women’s leadership, clean energy and other themes. The post Fidelity adopts Ethic to boost financial advisors’ sustainable investing options appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In most cases, you’ll find investing being referenced to profit generation. As concerns continue to grow about the sustainability of some business practices, some groups prioritize the environment’s well-being vis-à-vis profit when investing. This is called Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Major investment funds available to UK consumers are marketing themselves as “sustainable” and “ethical” while financing fossil fuel companies, research has found. Funds with over £500 million worth of assets under management were included, as well as 14 specifically climate focused funds previously investigated by Ethical Consumer.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 27, 2022

We can stop investing in businesses that harm the planet and the people that inhabit it. Divestment is a tactic in which an organization, such as an institution or individual, divests itself of stocks, bonds, or investment funds that are unethical or morally ambiguous. What Is Responsible Divestment?

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 10, 2022

CEO DeeDee Baze created Alphemita Financial Services , a comprehensive financial service provider that’s dedicated to supporting women while also operating in alignment with DeeDee’s strong values and ethics. Alphemita supports ESG investments, working with companies that have an earth-friendly focus to drive sustainable finance solutions.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Conclusion based on research conducted by the magazine, which asked how banks were measuring and evaluating the climate impacts of their investments. The overwhelming majority of UK banks offering current and savings accounts lack convincing plans to reduce their carbon impact, according to new research from Ethical Consumer magazine.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2020

Why the private sector needs to invest in conservation agriculture right now. One challenge is the increasing percentage of farms owned by investors who lease land year to year to the highest bidder, which gives farmers little incentive to invest in conservation practices that might take years to be fully realized. William Ginn.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

Before the pandemic, one of the biggest news stories of the year was BlackRock’s decision to make climate risk a central part of its investment strategy. ESG is a set of standards for valuing ethical business practices, including decarbonization. Will that messiness derail progress in the world of sustainable investing?

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Charged

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Cornish Lithium has secured an investment package of up to £18 million ($24 million) from metals investment company TechMet. Cornish Lithium seeks to create a domestic supply of lithium and other battery metals for the UK. Cornish Lithium from Cornish Lithium on Vimeo.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 19, 2020

From developing company-wide environmental policies to making smart climate-related investments, Gen Z wants to see actionable plans and measurable progress. . Strong ethics are critical to a brand’s success in forming a relationship with Gen Z. Strong ethics are critical to a brand’s success in forming a relationship with Gen Z.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2022

Ed Miliband last night promised that a Labour government would provide long-term certainty to businesses through the delivery of an ambitious new climate policy framework, as he hailed the net zero transition as "not just the ethical choice; it is the economic choice as well".

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 27, 2022

We can stop investing in businesses that harm the planet and the people that inhabit it. Divestment is a tactic in which an organization, such as an institution or individual, divests itself of stocks, bonds, or investment funds that are unethical or morally ambiguous. What Is Responsible Divestment?

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sustainable investing is among the fastest growing areas of finance, but critics say more action is needed to tackle greenwashing and lack of transparency in the sector.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2019

EIRIS Foundation reports strong growth in green UK investment, as separate survey suggests many Brits remain unaware of how their pensions are invested.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2024

Let’s unravel this financial package together and discover why investing your dollars into these environmentally-friendly entities may potentially make your financial portfolio greener too. But let’s chit-chat about something that often tags along with investing: dividends. Let’s dig in. BP plc – BP p.l.c.,

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

Warrington Borough Council's CMI aims to raise £1m, making it the second local authority to launch a green bond via ethical investment platform Abundance. per cent a year in half yearly payments over its five-year term, with a minimum investment of just £5. It will pay investors 1.2

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The post The Brief: Obvious sustainability disruptions, $455M for Ecosystem Investment Partners, ethical chocolate, Asian impact tech, decision time for BP’s new CEO appeared first on ImpactAlpha. “Even along the way, there were a lot of raised eyebrows from our peers around whether this.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Leading ethical crowdfunding platform has launched opportunity to invest in carbon-capturing tomato glasshouses. The new funding opportunity is the second sustainable food investment launched by Abundance, following a fund-raising round last month from Global Berry, which raised £2.6m

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

A positive Return On Investment (ROI) and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money, create a competitive advantage, open new markets and attract customers and employees. Although there is a major investment upfront, the future savings typically pay for the investment in less than 10 years.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 29, 2021

Tips for auditing an ethical supply chain Jerome Brustlein Mon, 03/29/2021 – 00:01 Many serious concerns have hung over the supply chains of global corporations for decades, ranging from human rights issues to lack of transparency about sourcing and other matters. I suggest not. Fenton has taken a different approach.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

What is important, apart from RES investments, is that a significant part of energy projects in the coming years will focus on solutions improving energy efficiency, energy transformation or modernization in the field of conventional energy. “Spectacular investments in Eastern Europe are the reason to be proud of us”, says Miros?aw

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Impact Alpha

MAY 13, 2020

Impact Voices: Pass the Mic 10x Challenge: Four ways to drive exponential growth in gender-lens investing. Ethical employment and supply chain practices. Diverse management teams. Environmental sustainability. Shareholder accountability and transparency.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

What’s more surprising is the growing number of examples in The post The Brief: Opportunity Zones’ homegrown impact, underrepresented Nordics, ethical jewelry, waste to fuel, stock market climate mandates appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Green Living Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Most Americans want to buy from companies that put environmental ethics first, but they also want those same businesses to invest in the most powerful and energy-intensive tools possible in the name of safety. Sustainability and security have one thing in common: They’re both necessary for businesses in the digital age.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Make My Money Matter research finds £2 of every £10 of UK savers' money is invested in businesses at high risk of driving forest destruction worldwide. Over £300bn of UK pension money is invested in companies and financial institutions with high deforestation risk, research published today claims.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

You may be finding yourself at a stand still worried about the initial cost of investing in this endeavor. With some purpose-driven employees, dedication and a simple 8-step plan, any organization no matter how big or small can become green certified with little to no initial investment. No worries!

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Earth911 talks about the challenge of making ethical and environmentally responsible investment decisions with Newday… The post Earth911 Podcast: Newday Impact’s Doug Heske on Investing to Lower GHG Emissions appeared first on Earth911.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The annual Sustainability Report produced by enterprise software firm SAP appears to reveal that 8 in 10 (83%) UK leaders will maintain or increase their investment in sustainability action by 2026. While almost one-in-three (28%) have difficulty proving return on investment, making long-term progress harder to prove and sustain.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2020

Film director Richard Curtis launched the campaign to raise awareness on where the trillions of pounds is invested in UK pensions. An important first step was taken last week when the UK's biggest pension fund, NEST, took the decision to ban investments in fossil fuels and shift £5.5bn into sustainable stocks.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Glencore has also made an undisclosed investment in Britishvolt. Cobalt is a key ingredient in electric vehicle batteries, and knowing that we are being supplied with ethically produced, low-carbon cobalt is a signal to the market that we are living by our values,” said Britishvolt CEO and founder Orral Nadjari. Source: Glencore.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In a nod to the septic-tank-emptying problems being encountered by many in Cornwall and Devon, waste management company CSG is announcing its investment in a new tanker to help with the issue. We’re delighted to be helping the situation with this investment in a new 1,000 gallon tanker.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Mining company Cornish Lithium has announced it has secured up to £18m of investment that will drive it closer to its aim of creating a domestic UK supply chain for lithium and other battery materials. Specialist technology metals investor TechNet has agreed to invest an initial £9m at 13.5p

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

Firm joins 3,200 companies in achieving the ethical and environmental standard, making it the first UK-based investment fund to do so. London-based investment fund The Craftory, which invests exclusively in "mission-driven" consumer brands, has been awarded a B Corp certification.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

Macquarie, Asian Development Bank, and Church of Scotland all strengthen their restrictions on fossil fuel investments. Stephen Curran, manager of Eco-Congregation Scotland, said the move meant all churches in Scotland now had "a duty to make prudent and ethical decisions with any money in their stewardship".

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This model gives the structure organizations need to meet the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic demands of Business. . To meet the demands of the modern, ethical economy , Carroll’s CSR pyramid needs updating. The CSR pyramid: Economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibility . Importance rating: 3.5 .

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This model gives the structure organizations need to meet the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic demands of Business. . To meet the demands of the modern, ethical economy , Carroll’s CSR pyramid needs updating. The CSR pyramid: Economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibility .

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Investment Associate | Activate Capital | San Francisco and Philadelphia. Activate Capital is hiring full-time investment associates to join the team . We invest in companies whose technologies are reshaping the traditional industrial economy into a digitized ecosystem of intelligent systems and ‘Smart Real Assets’.

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