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 254: Helping companies accelerate their sustainability journey Shila Wattamwar, CEO...

Robert Redford and Xiye Bastida Three decades ago, the global community came together to protect Earth’s ozone layer from damaging chemicals. This effort, one of humanity’s greatest environmental achievements, offers a promising model for phasing out fossil fuels and remaining within planetary boundaries. NEW...

Alba Forns is the co-founder and COO of Climatize, an impact-investing platform that empowers people to fund solar projects with the potential to earn a return on their money. Equities News asked Forns to share her journey so far and how she...

If health is wealth, America's working mothers are living in extreme poverty. That's the headline on a white paper written by Ann Somers Hogg, director of health-care research at the Clayton Christensen Institute. I recently spoke with Somers Hogg about the conditions...

U.S. investors soured on sustainability in the first quarter of 2024, with a record $8.8 billion being pulled from funds that focus on impact, a new report from Morningstar shows. Despite the drag from the United States numbers, sustainable funds globally attracted...

Despite slowing growth rates and skepticism among many U.S. investors, ESG assets worldwide have already surpassed $30 trillion and are on track to reach $40 trillion by 2030, Bloomberg Intelligence ESG data show. "ESG has had a tough few years, but we see...

Jacob A. Waddingham, Jeff Chandler and Marcus Wolfe The next time you’re searching through Airbnb listings, you may find there’s more to consider than just amenities and price. To stand out from the competition, some Airbnb hosts tout their personal values –...

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...

Last week, in Part 1 of our conversation with Kristin Hull, she shared her origin story and told us about the work that Nia Impact Capital does. Today, in Part 2, we dive in deeper and explore some of the challenges that...

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...