By Umair Irfan, Vox California has experienced the costliest wildfires in the US in recent years. Some insurance companies are rethinking their business in the state. David McNew/Getty Images In a report published in April, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara admonished the industry to better account for far-reaching risks like those wrought …
ASICS Launches Product Carbon-Footprint Labeling
By Sustainable Brands Staff, Sustainable Brands By releasing its product carbon-impact data, ASICS joins a growing number of companies sharing this information to help consumers working to address their environmental impacts make more educated purchasing decisions. Global sportwear brand ASICS has become the latest company to introduce product carbon-footprint labeling. The landmark …
4 Strategies for Bridging the Sustainability Skills Gap
JOANNA BUCZKOWSKA-MCCUMBER PUBLISHED 4 DAYS AGO. ABOUT A 5 MINUTE READ. While it may be tempting to take a ‘wait and see’ approach, more and more companies are developing their own solutions to mitigate this gap internally. Here are four such strategies. Businesses across industries are under mounting pressure to …
Fashion Industry’s 4 Largest Women’s-Empowerment Programs ‘RISE’ to Scale Impact
SUSTAINABLE BRANDS RISE will build on the proven approaches and expertise of the four founding organizations, delivered through a growing network of local partners in Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Egypt and Pakistan. BSR’s HERproject, Gap Inc’s P.A.C.E. program, CARE and Better Work have joined forces for a new initiative called RISE: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality in order …
Stop insuring carbon projects ‘immediately’, activists tell bosses
FRANKFURT/LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) – A group of climate activists has called on 30 insurance company bosses to “immediately” stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects in the wake of a stark climate warning from U.N. scientists, a letter seen by Reuters showed. Insure our Future, a global consortium of …
The Next Hottest Rental Strategy? Market to Housing Choice Voucher Holders
Local real estate firms are increasingly keen to cash in on a lucrative government program. One local developer has leveraged it to build a small empire of low-income apartment buildings where construction never ends and tenants live in squalor. Editor’s Note: This story was supported with a grant from SpotlightDC: Capital …
US needs vessels, faster permits to hit offshore wind targets
March 29 – A recent report by U.S. researchers highlighted the efforts needed to meet President Biden’s target of 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030. Around 2,100 turbines and foundations, 6,800 miles of cable, 58 crew transfer vessels and four to six turbine installation vessels are required …
Overview of Impact Investing in Asia
MATTHEW McGARVEY Impact investment and fund development specialist Leading Impact investment and social entrepreneurship initiatives in Asia for 20+ years 10+ years in organic and regenerative agriculture throughout Asia and US Led financing strategy for over 6GW+ of clean energy in Asia Former PwC Corporate Finance …
DealBook: All or nothing?
Shades of gray As Western governments ratchet up their economic punishments against Russia after it invaded Ukraine, the corporate world has paused or pulled out of operations there. But as the list of companies quitting Russia grows by the day, differences in the degree of disconnection are spurring debate. Companies that have paused operations …
Press conference on 15 March: No to Nature Based Solutions!
“Ethical Markets agrees with the need to expose all use of “offsets” and carbon credits by corporations as promises to reach “net zero“ while continuing to produce fossil fuels. As our friends at Focus on the Global South document, some of these promised “offsets” (promising to save a natural area somewhere else …