Noticias sobre inversión sostenible y responsable
Las últimas noticias sobre ISR de nuestros socios de todo el mundo.
THE HIDDEN COSTS OF SUGAR
As responsible investors, Candriam assesses the positioning of investee companies across several categories of factors, health and wellness among them. Unhealthy-diet-related medical issues have been debated for many years, while the impact on healthcare systems and...
ESG Country Snapshot: Mexico – it’s greener south of the ‘wall’
‘Something there is that doesn’t love a wall’ -– Robert Frost If good fences make good neighbours, as Robert Frost’s verse has it, what about a 2,000-mile wall? As the US government went into shutdown in January over funding for President Trump’s infamous border wall...
Ireland country snapshot: The Emerald Isle goes green
Of all the countries in the world, Ireland is the one most associated with the colour green: it’s the Emerald Isle after all. But although it could be accused of having been a laggard in terms of sustainable finance in the past, it is doing its upmost to get up to...
2018 fourth warmest year in continued warming trend, according to NASA, NOAA
Earth's global surface temperature in 2018 was the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Global temperatures in 2018 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.83 degrees Celsius)...
LONG LIVE OUR BATTERIES!
What to do with the millions of tonnes of used electric-vehicle batteries? Assuming that there will be 38.5 million 100%-electric vehicles on the road by 2030 and, as one battery weighs between 300 and 700kg (depending on vehicle type and the energy levels...
You may accidentally be investing in cigarette companies
Tobacco causes more than seven million deaths every year — and many of us are far more complicit in the problem than we realize. In a bold talk, oncologist Dr. Bronwyn King tells the story of how she uncovered the deep ties between the tobacco industry and...