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Viewpoint: Impact Investors are not Funding the Patagonias of Tomorrow—and That’s a Problem
By creating a sense of shared identity, a “cool factor,” and sensitizing parka buyers to technocratic topics like supply chain transparency, Patagonia has transformed the conversation around environmentalism and made it a defining part of many people’s identity. That shift is incredibly hard to quantify and to value in dollars and cents .
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- Environment, Investing
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Why a PG&E Bankruptcy Could Change Climate Calculus
Ever since the 2017 wildfires in northern California’s wine country, the company has repeatedly warned that climate change is raising the risk of catastrophic fires in the state, as frequent drought and invasive, warm-weather pests decimate the state’s forests.
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- Energy, Environment
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- North America
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How emerging tech can counteract climate change
The private sector must increase its efforts and further collaborate on industry-wide solutions to help bridge the gap.
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- Environment, Technology
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An Island Crusader Takes On The Big Brands Behind Plastic Waste
In 2015, a paper in Science magazine shocked the world with extraordinary revelations about the extent of the plastic tide. Jenna Jambeck at the University of Georgia, an engineer and waste expert, calculated how much plastic waste was going into the ocean every year. She is the one who came up with the 8 million-ton figure.
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- Environment
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- Asia Pacific
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India sees encouraging rise of green finance
With about 1.2 billion more people expected to live in Asian cities in 35 years, the cities have the potential to attract more than USD 20 trillion in climate-related investments in six key sectors by 2030, according to a recent report by International Finance Corporation.
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- Environment, Finance
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- South Asia
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Climate Change Spurs McKnight to Go Big on Impact Investing
"One out of every three dollars has mission alignment," says Elizabeth McGeveran, who has led McKnight’s impact-investing program since 2014. No other foundation of McKnight’s size can say that.
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- Environment, Investing
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Perspective: Big Business Has a New Scam – The ‘Purpose Paradigm’
As a self-serving corporate fantasy, the purpose paradigm is designed to win trust that isn’t earned, perpetuate power that is not legitimate, and preserve a lack of governmental oversight under which corporations compete with each other for profits.
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- Agriculture, Education, Environment, Impact Assessment
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Viewpoint: The value of nature in smart development
Building smart requires governments and businesses to recognise nature’s role in spurring economic growth and ensuring ecological and human health, writes Maxwell Gomera.
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- Environment
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