Eating Invasive Species: A Multipurpose Solution?
Invasive species are a major driver of global species extinctions, second only to habitat loss. But what are invasive species, and how do they negatively impact our world?
New Innovations Making an Impact on a Sustainable Future
To achieve a sustainable future, we need to find a way to meet our current demands while protecting the environment and our resources for the future.
Our Oceans: A Focus on the Future
Learn about three sustainability drivers for our oceans that push investment and corporate interest, from Walmart to Adidas and beyond.
Investing in Indigenous and Local Knowledge
Learn how the knowledge of local and indigenous people can help reduce the effects of climate change.
The Importance of Private Directed Impact Investing
Applying ESG criteria to public portfolios in index funds isn’t going to change the world fast enough. What ultimately has an impact are specific investments. The way the world is going to be made better is by private directed impact investing.
Ocean Wealth: At Risk
To ensure a resilient future, valuing blue carbon and ocean ecosystem services is crucial.
Amazon’s Pledge of $2B to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint: The Climate Pledge Fund
In June, Amazon announced their $2B venture capital fund, the “Climate Pledge Fund” that would be dedicated to investing in sustainable technologies and services. The fund is a part of a larger initiative announced in 2019 called The Climate Pledge. Amazon launched this initiative alongside Global Optimism with the goal of meeting Paris Agreement net zero carbon milestones by 2040, ten years earlier than the Agreement’s goal to meet it by 2050. Prior to the announcement of the Climate Pledge Fund, Amazon had already been investing in reforestation and other climate change related projects with their $100M Right Now Climate Fund. (more…)
Creating the Next Revolution in Agriculture
How do we meet a demand for 70% more food by 2050? We seek to provide some starting points by examining what advances led to our previous increases in yield, and how building upon those advances might pave the way for the next agricultural revolution.