Generative Artificial Intelligence refers to AI products that are capable of creating new content, such as text, images, audio, or video, by learning patterns from existing data. Today such models are widely used by both individuals and businesses. In this article, we provide an overview...
While much of today’s attention is focused on Large Language Models, the field of Artificial Intelligence encompasses many other sectors. In the following we provide a brief overview of the AI market and its key players. According to Statista, the AI market is projected to reach...
As the urgency to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and net-zero emissions by 2050 intensifies, impact investing has emerged as a powerful and essential tool to help meet these targets. Indeed, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), which defines impact investments as “investments...
The rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence have sparked significant debates on its regulation. The European Union is among the first global entities to develop a comprehensive policy framework for AI. This post outlines the key aspects of the EU's AI regulation. The cornerstone of the EU's...
In recent years, shareholder proposals[1] on ESG topics have become increasingly prevalent and have garnered significant attention from researchers. Two 2024 reports analyzing ESG and anti-ESG shareholder proposals within the Russell 3000 index (including the 3,000 largest publicly traded companies in the USA) have evidenced this...
On July 17th, 2024, the FT has published an interesting documentary under the title ‘Who killed the ESG party’ that inquires which were the 4 main culprits that contributed to kill the ESG party. In the following we want to briefly analyze the ESG growth...
On July 17th, 2024, the FT has published an interesting documentary under the title ‘Who killed the ESG party’ that inquires which were the 4 main culprits that contributed to kill the ESG party. In the following we want to briefly analyze the ESG growth...
One of the most concerning problems today is excessive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To try to tackle this problem many governments use carbon pricing, a policy that assigns a cost to the release of GHG. This post will present an overview of the United Kingdom's...
Carbon pricing is a market-based instrument that aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in an economy. Two widely used forms of carbon pricing are carbon tax and a cap-and-trade system. A carbon tax is a fee imposed on burning carbon-based fuels, such as coal, oil,...
Today, 29thJuly 2021 we have reached the Earth Overshoot Day (EOD), the calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. The term "overshoot" represents the level by which human population's demand overshoots...
After two days and two nights of difficult negotiations (from 23/07/2021 to 24//07/2021), the G20 in Naples on Climate, Environment and Energy has concluded with an historic agreement. The green light for the Climate report has come the day after the go-ahead for the Environment,...
Earlier this month, the Brazil space agency has disclosed that in the last year the Amazon forest has reported the biggest deforestation scale since 2008 in terms of square km of forest loss. Environmental activists, investors and governments are raising their voices to ask for...
Deutsche Börse acquires leading proxy voting advisor ISS for €1.9 million. The rationale of the transaction relies on Deutsche Börse intention to become the future leading ESG player globally. SVI raises concerns about the lack of competition in the proxy voting advisory market, the increase in...
Britain is at a crossroads as it prepares to leave the European Union’s trading regime at the end of the year. UK Chancellor Sunak has made a major announcement on green finance, setting out his post-Brexit vision for the city of London as a green...