Introduction and summary Individual customers of deposit-taking banks are extremely important to big banks’ bottom lines. In addition to paying fees for services, these customers provide banks with an astonishing amount of low cost, stable funding through their checking accounts. …
A new Biden administration and a new head of Securities and Exchange Commission are adding to optimism for meaningful progress on clearer regulations and standardized reporting for environmental, social, and governance funds. “If data is the new oil, then we …
24 February 2021 Mr. Sadyr Japarov President Republic of Kyrgyzstan Dear President Sadyr Japarov, On behalf of Human Rights Watch, please accept my regards. I am writing at the outset of your tenure as President to raise Human Rights Watch’s …
On the opening day of a new UN Human Rights Council session on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his “full support to the people of Myanmar”, three weeks after the military takeover that has brought thousands out onto the streets in protest. “Coups have no place in our modern world”, Mr. Guterres …
For 10 years, Tatiana Tarasova has tended a plot at the Veg Out community garden built on a former lawn bowling green in the Melbourne beachside suburb of St Kilda. She has always loved gardening, but she said the patch …
Too much organic, not enough meat and wine. That’s the take-home message from this week’s tense exchange of views between the Commission and the European Parliament’s AGRI Committee, which saw MEPs blast plans for the new direction of the promotion …
By Harriet Parker, investment manager, Liontrust Sustainable Investment Team ‘There is often a collective wince when we hear a company describe itself as having sustainability in its DNA’ A core component of our role is to …
MME to celebrate Qatar’s Environment Day today 26 Feb 2021 – 11:07 H E Eng. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie, Minister of Municipality and Environment The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) will celebrate Qatar’s Environment Day, which …
Iberdrola is the only Spanish company – the only major European electricity utility – to be recognised as one of the most ethical companies in the world, according to the 2021 World´s Most Ethical Companies ranking by the prestigious …
February 26, 2021 /3BL Media/ – With the sustainability transition becoming the vehicle for business innovation, bringing together climate and social goals, businesses are facing a major reform in their operations. In order to achieve their goals, sustainability needs to …
Kim Havey had a problem. Minneapolis was generating more and more of its electricity from renewables, dropping climate-warming pollution from power to record lows. But emissions from natural gas, which is used to heat buildings and stovetops, were climbing ― …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team from Cornell University’s Environmental Systems Lab, led by recent graduate Allison Bernett, has put forth a new framework for injecting as much information as possible into the pre-design and early design phases of a …
Students get hands-on experience at 2020 Virtual Summit By Dr. E. Christa Farmer In a non-pandemic world, my Oceanography class would take a field trip each semester. The goal is to bring science to life using real world examples of …
Emergency repairs on Highway 1 at Rat Creek, where a debris flow washed out a 150-foot section in January forcing the closure of the roadway, will begin Monday with an estimated reopening of the highway along the Big Sur Coast …
On February 24, Axios’ Joann Muller hosted a virtual event on the transportation sector and the travel industry’s focus on sustainability and eco-friendly transit featuring United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby and General Motors Chief Sustainability Officer Dane Parker. Scott Kirby …