Two of the world’s major financial institutions have recently announced how they plan to expand sustainability investment. The S&P and Dow Jones Indices, which are the world’s leading provider of index-based concepts, has announced the launch of the S&P Green Bond Select Index. This index will capture the most liquid and tradeable segment of green-labeled bonds […]
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has issued promising news for the month of February 2017. A number of climate finance initiatives and new financing tools are being piloted, with replication and scaling up as their main focus. Countries that are included in the Conference of the Parties (COP) were surveyed and the results are positive. […]
Even though 2016 was the hottest year on record, we need to also celebrate that it the best year ever for green finance. Green finance covers the financing of investments that generate environmental benefits as part of the broader strategy to achieve inclusive and sustainable development. G20 heads of state recognized the need to scale […]
Recently, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation presented a position paper discussing Brazil’s ability to bring their circular economy activities to scale. Not only Brazil, but the whole world simply can no longer continue to grow with the present way of consumption. The population and economic growth of the last decade have led to a rapid urbanization. Brazil […]
Recently, the International Insurance Society shared an article describing the crisis our planet is in with regards to global warming. As most people are aware, 2016 was the hottest year since 1880 and the trend seems to be continuing. The planet has now had three consecutive years of record-breaking heat. Temperatures over the Earth’s continents and oceans […]
We here at the YK Center have composed a list of useful links that can aid you in creating a sustainable investment portfolio. Fossil Free Funds Fossil Free Funds is a search platform that enables people to find out if their money, in the form of individual investments or an employer-provided 401(k), is being used […]
Last week, Laureate Education, a Certified B Corp, became the first benefit corporation to complete an initial public offering. While 4,500 benefit corporations have now been created, each of them was privately held until last week’s IPO. This signals a huge shift in investing for impact. Laureate has asked the public to invest in an […]
The Bankers Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria are to contribute 5 percent of their annual profit after tax to an agriculture fund. This is in line with the current administration’s efforts at diversifying the nation’s economy. The fund to be domiciled in the CBN is to be used as equity stakes in agri-businesses and […]
According to Business Standard, the Reserve Bank of India is working on a framework for standardizing green bond issuances and financing issues. This is an attempt for India to align with other nations that already have these types of rules. The RBI is India’s most important banking institution was founded in 1935 in response to economic issues […]