Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

By Brondwyn Douglas, below, ESG specialist, Spear Capital The European Union has long been a global leader when it comes to setting the legislative and regulatory framework for sustainable investing. But even it has faced struggles when it comes to benchmarking for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)-based investing. Earlier this year, for instance, it had […]

A summary of the problem-based learning process and its core principles. Credit: Sustainability (2022). DOI: 10.3390/su142113955 According to an international team of educators, active learning methods, such as problem-based learning, project-based learning, and challenge-based learning are necessary to provide engineering students with the skills to tackle global issues. Of the above mentioned, challenge-based learning is […]

Commercial real estate pros are most willing to pay a premium for on-site renewable energy generation and smart technology that adjusts building operations to reduce environmental impact, according to a new yet-to-be-released survey from CBRE. “Features that reduce energy consumption seem to be the environmental building feature that is under consideration the most when reviewing a […]

  Kirsty Bright at Virgin Media O2 explains how smart transport can drive the UK to Net Zero   The climate crisis requires urgent action. It’s clear we can only hope to avoid the worst impacts if we rethink the way we do things. From what we buy to how we travel; we must commit […]

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading technology services and consulting company, announced that it has been selected as a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) – 2022 for the thirteenth year in succession. Wipro’s unbroken track record is unique for the IT Services sector. This year saw a […]

(PRESS RELEASE) NEW YORK – Grandview Klein Diamonds (GKD), once part of the Julius Klein Group, announces the appointment of Brandee Dallow as chief communications & sustainability officer, effective January 3, 2023. Dallow spent over 11 years at Julius Klein in the early onset of her career and is returning to the company as it […]

For many business leaders, corporate norms today have expanded beyond the focus on maximizing shareholder value to take into account the broader needs of the community — what is colloquially described as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Yet ESG is also regularly condemned today, primarily by conservative critics, as wrongheaded and inappropriate manifestations of […]

SARASOTA, Fla. — Instead of visiting a deceased loved one at a cemetery, imagine swimming out to see their memorial underwater in a public reef in the Gulf of Mexico. What You Need To Know An Eternal Reef combines a cremation urn, ash scattering and burial at sea into one permanent environmental tribute to life […]

The beleaguered environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment sector has taken a pummeling from all sides this year, most recently from a Republican-led offensive accusing $8 trillion asset manager BlackRock and other investment companies of hostility toward the oil and gas sector. The problem with ESG as an investment approach is the lack of standardized criteria […]

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS By Tommy Wilkes and Patturaja Murugaboopathy LONDON (Reuters) – Investors pulled more money from funds marketed as “sustainable” than they added for the first time in more than a decade in 2022, hit by fallout from the Ukraine war, tumbling financial markets and a political backlash against the industry. […]