Yale program on climate change communication latest report reveals that seven in ten Americans think global warming is happening. But data show that three out of ten say "it is due mostly to natural changes in the environment", showing a widespread scepticism on the subject. Another survey by...
This is not the first case US moves back in environmental regulations under Trump administration. We already tackled the issue of methane emission limits in this article , while this is the turn of water. During his campaign, Trump has already announced the intention to repeal the...
According to the FT article by Robert Harding as of September 12, 2019, there is an economic case for fighting pollution to boost productivity, since the evidence increasingly suggests that particulates do not just penetrate the heart and lungs but also the brain. Whereas fighting climate change...
Not only Amazonia: large parts of Earth are burning, and the problem might be bigger than it appears. Journalists have focused on the enormous devastation that is occurring in Amazonia this year: in comparison to last year, the number of fires in the region has enormously...
Climate change, Oil and Gas / 04.08.2019
Renewable energy is good money, not just good for the earth
As the Financial Times points out in the article dated August 4, 2019, climate change is not anymore just a mere ethical issue concerning our planet health, but also as the call for socially responsible investments. "Rise of electric vehicles makes solar and wind better long-term investments than...
Investors seeking more than just financial return face the risk to issue bonds that are green in the name only. According to Financial Time, “the green bond market is growing faster that ever, and companies and government have borrowed more than $100bn so far this year”. However,...
Climate change / 19.05.2019
What we should learn from Virgin Group CEO
According to Financial Times, time has come for us and for companies to stop talking and starting taking serious actions towards climate change. And this is what Virgin Group CEO, Josh Bayliss assessed in an interview with the Business Green news website. He pointed out the...
Deforestation, News / 21.03.2019
SVI endorses the call on companies to cut deforestation-related risks in global soybean supply chains
Since the late-2000s, agricultural expansion in Latin America has been supported through land clearing in Brazil’s Cerrado. Roughly 50 percent of Cerrado vegetation has been converted to agriculture and pastures with a rapid spread of deforestation and land conversion due to soy and other commodities. The industry's...
The University of Edinburgh is dumping all its fossil fuel investments, making it the largest UK university endowment fund to be completely free of all coal, oil and gas holdings. Following this decision, the University of Edinburgh will sell its final £6.3m of fossil fuel...
Climate change, Disinvestment, Oil and Gas / 10.01.2018
New York City plans to divest $5bn from fossil fuels and sue oil companies
NY City has set a goal of divesting New York’s $189bn pension funds from fossil fuel companies within five years in what NYC officials say would be “among the most significant divestment efforts in the world to date”. Currently, New York City’s five pension funds...
Climate change, Publications / 28.02.2017
“Today update on Climate Change”, Ned Community Nr.30, February 2017
The article “Today situation” by Daniela Carosio, SVI Senior Partner, was published in the Ned Community online review Nr. 30 as of February 2017. February 2017 represents a crucial period in Italy. Climate imbalances are making the human and economic costs deriving from disasters such as Rigopiano avalanche very...
Green bond / 26.02.2015
Green Bonds Are Changing Investor Expectations & Making Sustainable Investing Easier
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Green bonds are mobilizing billions of dollars a year for development projects that countries and cities need, carried out in ways that are good for the climate and environment. 2014 was a record year for the young green bond market, with over $35...