The U.K.’s departure from the EU could increase pollution, decrease recycling and foster eco-unfriendly competition.
A new report by Sustainalytics, a sustainability research and analysis firm, suggests that Brexit could prompt British companies to slack off on green schemes, which could ultimately harm the environment. Two key areas in particular—recycling and pollution—could be subject to downgraded policy changes now that the U.K. will...
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – The Humane Society leader is at the forefront of a revolution that's transforming the way humans treat animals.
Over the past year, we have witnessed several major victories in the animal protection movement, from Ringling Brothers ending its use of circus elephants to SeaWorld putting a stop to its...
These developing nations don’t just have stunning natural beauty, they are champions of human rights, animal welfare, environmental conservation and renewable energy.
The late travel writer Bruce Chatwin, an inveterate wanderer, described life as “a journey through a wilderness.” With a skyrocketing human population currently consuming the equivalent of ...
If you think that sustainable investing requires a trade-off around performance, Morgan Stanley's Audrey Choi wants to change your mind.
(Justmeans/3BL Media) — An important question in the field of sustainable investing is whether or not there is a performance trade-off if you start to consider ESG (environment, social, governance) factors in your investment portfolio, as if “doing good†somehow doesn’t give you the same kind of financial returns from traditional investing.
There hasn’t been much number-crunching...
Women are disproportionately impacted by disasters but they are rarely included in disaster planning. That must change.
TD continues green strategy with the first bank-led green bond in Canada
(Justmeans/3BL Media) - Last year, TD Bank Group (TD) became the first Canadian commercial lender to sell a green bond, offering a CND $500 million (USD $454 million) debt security to raise capital to fund specific environmental initiatives. The three-year bond has a maturity date of April 3, 2017, with the proceeds used exclusively for green initiatives funded in Canada.Â
For SRI investors,...
(Justmeans/3BL Media) - For nearly a decade, Christine Bader worked at BP (NYSE:BP), managing the company's social impacts in the developing world. In her new book, The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil, she reflects on her time at BP, weaving in stories from others who are also advocating more responsible and sustainable practices in the corporate sector. I had a...
GreenBiz's VERGE Salon focused on next-gen buildings and cities
"Risky Business," a new report led by Mike Bloomberg and Henry Paulson, aims to frame climate change in economic terms. Will it make Americans care more about the issue?
(Justmeans/3BL Media) -- So much of how climate change is reported on and understood is through numbers. Here are a few.
350: Safe upper limit, in parts per million, for atmospheric CO2.{1}
401.3: Measured atmospheric CO2 in June 2013.{2}
19: Amount in...
It began as a bold idea to "redefine capitalism and the role of the corporation in society." Now, according to one of its originators, shared value is turning into a movement
(3BL Media/Justmeans) - "The capitalist system is under siege," wrote Michael Porter, a competitive strategy expert and Harvard Business School professor, and Mark Kramer, co-founder and managing director of non-profit strategy consulting firm FSG, in a January 2011 article published in Harvard Business Review. "In recent years business increasingly has been viewed as a major cause of social, environmental...
