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How Can Product Designers Help Solve the World’s Massive E-Waste Problem?
In February, a new smartphone launched in India that cost the equivalent of $3.60. The quickly dropping price of electronics, along with rising incomes around the world, means that there will soon be many more gadgets in the market. And when a newer, cheaper one comes along in a year, many more of them will end up as electronic waste.
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- Environment
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- South Asia
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- waste
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Morningstar Introduces Industry’s First Sustainability Rating for 20,000 Global Funds
To help investors evaluate funds based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today introduced the Morningstar Sustainability Rating™ for funds. The new rating will enable investors around the world to evaluate mutual funds and exchange-traded funds based on how well the companies held in their funds are managing their ESG risks and opportunities.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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The Deadly Cost of Bringing Coal-Powered Electricity From Australia to India
The Australian government continues to claim that coal will play a vital role in bringing cheap energy to developing nations. In particular, it has claimed India’s poor will benefit from the development of coal reserves in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. But is that really the case?
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- Energy, Environment
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- South Asia
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- renewable energy
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New York Pension Fund Could Have Made Billions by Divesting From Fossil Fuels
New York State’s pension fund would have an additional $5.3bn to give to its retired employees if it had divested from fossil fuel companies and put that money into clean energy, according to a new report.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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Getting to The Heart of Impact Investment in India
More and more people are becoming familiar with the related concepts of impact investing and social entrepreneurship. These ideas are commanding increasing attention in business, academia and government, and also among the public at large, with hundreds of articles and dozens of research studies. MBA graduates want to get in on a piece of the action. Billions of dollars have been flowing in, away from traditional NGOs, to this new model of socio-economic development that harnesses market forces. And some political leaders are also taking note, in emerging markets like India as well as developed countries like the UK and US.
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- Environment
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- South Asia
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Apple’s $1.5 Billion in Green Bonds the largest Ever By a U.S. Corporation
Apple has issued $1.5 billion in bonds dedicated to financing clean energy projects across its global business operations, the largest green bond to be issued by a U.S. corporation, the company’s head of environmental policy said Wednesday.
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- Energy, Environment
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- renewable energy
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Menstrual Hygiene Makers Like Aakar Innovations, Saral Designs Signal Emergence of Local Brands
Aakar Innovations, makers of affordable, 100% compostable sanitary napkins for women in low income segments, is testing a new variant of its product that will be made from indigenously available raw materials.
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- Environment
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- South Asia
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From fad to fixture: how investors are waking up to climate risk
Investors are beginning to accept that their stock picks can be environmentally and financially successful.
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- Environment, Investing