We salute capitalism’s disruptive insurgents
Capitalism works when there is lots of competition. Capitalism thrives through innovation and creative destruction of the status quo. Monopolistic and oligopolistic incumbents are a threat to capitalism. If our government really wants the economy to grow sustainably, it should give its backing to the disruptive insurgents across all...
People love brands – but wouldn’t care if 73% disappear tomorrow
Only 20% of brands are considered to have a positive impact on people’s lives, but these names financially outperform their non-impactful peers, according to a study by Havas Media Group. The Meaningful Brands project, which seeks to analyse how big brands affect people’s wellbeing, also found that the public...
World governments commit billions to tackle malnutrition in poor countries
World leaders have pledged to fight global hunger and malnutrition, signing an agreement on the same day that campaigners flocked to an anti-hunger rally in London. Signatories of the Global Nutrition for Growth Compact document committed on Saturday to improve the lives of 500 million pregnant women and young...
Are we secretly pleased about climate change?
To treat combatting climate change as a dreadful chore overlooks technological innovation, argues Seb Beloe of WHEB Asset Management. If you haven’t yet come across the comedian David Mitchell’s short SoapBox on climate change, then I recommend you take a look. But behind the humour lies some serious points. Much...
‘Monetise’ risks to encourage long-term investment in water security
The financial community needs to be better engaged on water risks, according to one of the world’s largest suppliers of water services. Johann Clere, global shared value director at French firm Veolia Water, said that the water industry needs to be more financially appealing to cash-strapped businesses looking for...
Renewable energy: awkward teenager, but exceptional achiever
James Beard of the Renewable Energy Association writes about some of the brilliant companies nominated for gongs at the British Renewable Energy Awards on June 13. Renewable energy seems to be in its awkward teenage years in the UK at present. In its infancy, all was loveliness and smiles,...
TED talks: let the environment guide our development – Johan Rockström
Swedish scientist Johan Rockström, executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, has worked out a set of nine “planetary boundaries“, within which mankind must stay. Staying within these boundaries will ensure sustainable growth and future prosperity for humanity. But crossing them could lead to dangerous and irreversible social and...
Arctic ice melt forces Russian scientists to abandon research station
Rapid ice melt in the Arctic has forced a Russian crew to evacuate their research station, according to the country’s natural resources and environment ministry. North Pole 40 is what’s called a drifting station, in that it floats naturally on top of the ice floe. But its 16 staff...
Conference calls for technological innovation to help tackle climate change
Technological innovation is necessary in order to respond to the most urgent sustainability challenges, a conference at Anglia Ruskin University’s Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) has said. The conference, Big Challenges, Creative Solutions, held in Cambridge, brought together businesses, academics, NGOs and politicians to address future issues, especially related to...
Are we the zealots of a new religion; an environmental Taliban that is silencing dissent? Not really
In three years of publishing Blue & Green Tomorrow and seven looking into the economic, environmental and investment potential of clean technology, the language of those who deny human-caused climate change has morphed into something more aggressive; and their effort to spread disinformation and doubt more desperate, elaborate and...
Is Hargreaves Lansdown’s head of investment research an ‘open-minded’ climate sceptic?
Dictionaries define research as, “The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.” By any standard, impartial research into climate change has set a very high bar in proving human causation. Climate change will affect investment performance. When the world’s...
UN lauds science and technology as ‘critical’ in sustainable development
United Nations officials gathered with policymakers and NOGs at the Economic and Social Council forum (ECOSOC) on Monday to discuss how innovative science and technology could aid the world’s sustainable development. “Science, technology and innovation hold great potential as tools and enable to integrate the three dimensions of sustainable...
Global carbon dioxide levels hit highest levels for three million years
On May 4, global carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached 400 parts per million (ppm). It has been three million years since our air has been so heavily concentrated with the greenhouse gas. A continuously running CO2 monitor installed at Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii has been measuring levels...
Fossil fuels are a ‘barrier’ to cleantech progress, says World Bank president
The world must scrap fossil fuel subsidies and attach a price to environmentally-harmful carbon dioxide emissions in order to combat climate change, according to World Bank president Jim Yong Kim. Kim urged the implementation of a five-point plan to environment ministers from all over the globe during a talk...
Public will vote for candidates that support wind farms, says poll
A poll conducted by ComRes on behalf of trade body RenewableUK ahead of tomorrow’s local elections has revealed that 35% of the public are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports wind farm developments. Results from the poll of 2,019 voters suggest that parties with pro-wind policies...
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