Green Matters – November 23, 2020

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Insights for the conscious investor.

November 23rd, 2020

Sustainable Investing: Align your dollars with the rest of your life.

  • Sustainable investing assets in US now account for $17.1 trillion, a 42% increase over 2018 (ussif)

  • Investors are looking for sustainable business models that can withstand market shocks (financialtimes)

  • New study: 100% percent of institutional investors considered ESG in their decisions over the past year (morrowsodali)

  • Tax equity and ESG investing: the best of both worlds (forbes)


Tech’s Dark Side: Innovation has a cost…

  • ‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the world’s democracies (umich

  • Orwell’s nightmare? Facial recognition for animals promises a farmyard revolution, but where is the limit? (wapo

  • 3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake? (singularityhub)


Tech’s Green Side:  Many times that cost is worth it.

  • Solar panels + agriculture: you ain’t seen nothing yet (cleantechnica

  • Silicon Valley is investing in climate tech again (quartz)


Mindset: The first step towards change is awareness.

  • Looking at the extraeconomic side of money and wealth (amherst)

  • Psychologists find a mindset that can foster positive feelings amid interpersonal conflict (psypost)

  • A call for more conscious consuming this Black Friday (fastcompany)


Markets & Economy: “This time it’s different.” Oh, maybe not.

  • G20 summit focuses on ending the pandemic and strengthening the economic recovery (globalmx)

  • What’s in store for the dollar? (goldmansachs

  • Why real estate needs a seat at the table in a sustainable future (sustainablebrands)

  • Men have recovered nearly 60% of their March and April job losses. Women, less than 40% (forbes)


Corporate Social Responsibility: Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

  • Switzerland soon to become the first country to hold corporations responsible for supply chain injustices (triplepundit)

  • Capitalism must be saved by capitalists, say ESG investors (fortune)

  • Carbon taxes do not harm jobs or economic growth (resources)

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