Hedge funds increased short selling in U.S. renewable energy stocks to
the highest level in a year, boosting bets against First Solar Inc. and
Tesla Motors Inc.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Their mission: making big endowments and big business socially responsible.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Responsible investors focus on this dirty industry's brighter spots and alternatives.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The main man-made greenhouse
gases blamed for global warming increased to record post-industrial
concentrations last year, the United Nations said
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Companies with environmental problems pay a premium to finance debt and
their bonds are assigned lower credit ratings, says a prize-winning study.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
More than 2 billion people don't have access to clean water, and millions are dying from drinking polluted water. Even in the U.S...
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Government policies are needed to slow global warming and close the widening climate investment gap.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Levi Strauss, The Gap and Nordstrom were among the companies recognized for performing the best on a survey of global supply chain compliance programs of apparel brands and retailers.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
NASDAQ OMX announced today that it launched another 10 Green Economy indexes, bringing its total number of green indexes to 77.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Prudential Financial Inc. expects to save $3 million in energy costs as a result of installing solar panels on three
office buildings.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
SRI assets grew
more during the financial crisis and are continuing to grow at a faster pace than professionally managed assets as a whole, according to a new trends report from the Social...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The world's largest stock exchange company has made a big commitment to
green investing with the introduction of 66 new indexes that track the
clean energy and environmental sectors, as well as...
President Barack Obama distanced himself from the "cap-and-trade"
program he once backed, saying
he wants to work with Republicans to find other ways to curb carbon
emissions.
California voters rejected a ballot measure backed by oil refiners that would have suspended the state's global-warming law.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Investors are pressing corporations to help stop forced labor, child labor and sexual exploitation.
by Rick Wetmore
A more reasonable, flexible approach is to forgo futile searches for Snow Whites and instead identify companies that are the best in their industry and are trying to improve their performance on ESG...
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Hotel chain Hilton Worldwide plans an internal code of
conduct to help prevent child sex trafficking.
Cornell University received $80 million from alumnus David R. Atkinson
and his wife, Patricia, to create a research center for global
sustainability at the school's main campus.
Abu Dhabi's Shams solar power plant will receive less energy
than planned because dust particles in the area are blocking
sunlight, a Masdar official said.
Demand for hybrid cars and electric vehicles may be more modest than advocates
expected, capturing only 7.3%
of global sales by 2020, according to J.D. Power &
Associates.
