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Companies, Coronavirus, Economics, Financial Institutions, Good practices, Impact investing / 30.09.2020

Impact-weighted accounting, Ronal Cohen’s solution to rewire capitalism

"How do we take into consideration externalities in companies’ reporting?" The debate about reforming capitalism is strong. The Egyptian-born British multimillionaire Sir Ronald (Ronnie) Cohen is a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist who, at the age of 75, aims at transforming the mind-set of today’s capitalism to a more...

Automobiles and Parts, Climate change, Infrastructure, Mining, Oil and Gas, Positive impact cases / 17.09.2020

Reviving the legacy of UK’s lithium industry

While the benefit of lithium batteries are well-known (batteries are light, charge fast and are able to store a lot of energy) and used in wide-spread technologies (from electric cars to smartphones), the extracting process is far from being environmental friendly as well as it...

Automobiles and Parts, Oil and Gas, Positive impact cases, Renewables / 08.09.2020

Hydrogen-powered driving company Nikola makes green solutions look sexy

Pros and cons of hydrogen-powered vehicles, the "latest" solution to greening the transportation sector. When it comes to transportation and other industries heavily dependent on fossil fuels, what does create a stronger emotional commitment than the image of a Huracán 5.2 V10? Perhaps nothing, as far...

Coronavirus, Economics, ESG, Green bond, Impact investing / 15.07.2020

Social impact bonds have outpaced green bonds during Covid-19 pandemic

The issuance of social bonds has outpaced that of green bonds this year, reflecting a diversification in sustainability investments and increasing attention by investors on social matters and social risks in light of the challenges brought by COVID19. Covid-19 has brought investors increasing attention on social matters...

Climate change, Economics, Impact investing, Renewables / 22.06.2020

Can we recover from both Covid-19 and global warming?

Policymakers and experts share their thoughts on the post Covid-19 future The age-old adage that prevention is better than cure is completely at odds with the issues we will face tomorrow. In fact, the adage leaves room for a deadlock which we can no longer afford,...

BLOG, Coronavirus, Positive impact cases / 28.03.2020

Is de-globalising the world a way to prevent global catastrophes?

Amid growing concerns regarding the role of globalisation on the COVID19 outbreak, Professor Y.N. Harari explains why long-term political isolationism does not offer real protection against infectious diseases, and other global threats. The devastating effect of world's biggest ever flu outbreak While people blame globalisation for having facilitated the spread of...

Food and beverage, Positive impact cases / 15.01.2020

Revolutionary apps tackling food waste

There is food lost or wasted all along the chain from farm to table. And it’s not just the food itself that goes to waste, it’s all the resources that went into making it, from water to land and labour. When wasted, food has a...

Positive impact cases / 01.01.2020

Tara Houska, indigenous resistance for future generations

What does define a civilised society: cutting-edge technologies? Infrastructure development? Capital economies? From a westernised way of living, a truly civilised society is one in which the abovementioned achievements flourish. Social interaction is online conceived, infrastructure overcomes nature, and the purpose of the economy is profit....