Yvette Cabrera Lead poisoning is often treated as if it’s a problem of the past. But its harmful legacy lingers today, particularly in the soil of urban centers across the United States. One in every two American children under the age of...

More than 100 University of Chicago alumni are demanding the school's endowment divest itself of fossil-fuel interests and say they will refuse to donate to the university until all fossil-fuel allocations are eliminated. The alumni movement is spearheaded by UChicago for Climate...

The Sustainable Finance Podcast is a weekly program featuring conversations with sustainability thought leaders such as cleantech entrepreneurs, VC investors, CEOs, NGO executives, and creators of the ESG indices and analytics platforms. Episode 253: Making sustainability profitable with AI Tee Ganbold is co-founder...

Changing consumer behavior has called upon corporations to put environmental, social and governance issues at the forefront of their business strategies. However, more importantly, internal diversity efforts have helped improve the process in which employees perceive a company’s ESG-focused strategies, furthering the...

Earth Day has been with us since 1970. Now it is global, and, boy, how things have changed. I remember in the mid 1990s, things were very different. Back in those days, I was involved with politics in the era of President...

One billion people. That’s the number Earthday.org says they have been mobilizing annually to protect the planet. Their work goes on all year, but the Earth Day celebration itself is the largest civic event on Earth. In the midst of our global...

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Welcome to another episode of “The Impact” on FinTech TV. I spoke to Adam Rein, who is the CEO and co-founder of CapShift, an investing platform that helps private wealth and charitable asset owners...

Joseph Winters Despite minor improvements, major companies’ climate commitments remain “critically insufficient” to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a new analysis. The 2024 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, a report by the European nonprofits Carbon Market...

By Elan Emanuel for GreenMoney Access to safe water and sanitation is a fundamental human right under binding international law. Yet today, a global water crisis still persists. 2.2 billion people—or 1 in 4—still lack access to safe water and 3.5 billion people—or 2...

Thursday is National Pet Day in the United States. In addition to the added attention the day focuses on our four-legged companions, it's a good time to note the increasing interest in bringing animal welfare into a more prominent role in impact...