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Stop Buying Fossil Fuel
If a company is producing a very profitable product that is known to cause harm to the environment and to your health, should they make the product less harmful if they can do so and still earn a profit? Should they do this because they are able to make the…
Fossil-Fuel Free Investing: A Response to the Counter Arguments
Since Bill McKibben first issued his call to divest from fossil fuel stocks in “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math” last August, there has been quite a reaction in the press and among investors. It is impossible for me to know what has actually happened in terms of divestment, but enough…
New Paper Released: Managing Investment Portfolios without Fossil Fuel Stocks
This week Portfolio 21 Investments released a new paper entitled Managing Investment Portfolios without Fossil Fuel Stocks…. The paper details the unique investment risks of the coal, oil, and gas sector, as well as how our firm manages portfolio diversification without fossil fuel exploration and production stocks. Our investment
The Future of Water: Supply Cannot Keep Up with Demand
A new report on challenges facing the world’s water supply offers a dire prediction that by 2030 we can expect a massive gap between the sustainable supply of water and the projected demand. The compelling report, “Charting Our Water Future…,” was written by the 2030 Water Resources Group,
Debunking “Clean” Natural Gas
I was riding my bicycle to work the other day and a city bus went blasting past me. As it did so, I couldn’t help but see the words “Powered by CLEAN BURNING natural gas!” emblazoned on its rear end. Natural gas is a fossil fuel, it isn’t clean burning,…
Wonderful to Be with the Leader in Environmental Investing
Several years ago, I felt a need to understand the intersection of global industrial development’s tremendous interaction with our environment and the financial risks and opportunities being created by this interplay. Through my research, it became clear to me that Portfolio 21 Investments had developed a unique set of skills…
