The exciting potential growth of artificial intelligence and hyperscale computing capability should account for the logistical and environmental challenges of expanding infrastructure to handle the dramatic increase in energy demanded by powerful chips.
Measurement has historically been a catalyst for innovation, and companies concerned with environmental impact know that while measurable change is incremental, progress made is real.
Over the past two decades, national commitments at global climate conferences and an array of new regulations have pushed companies to measure and publicly share information about the environmental impact of their operations.
Community Capital Management (CCM), created a focused opportunity for investors to direct capital to underserved minority communities to accelerate the process of narrowing economic disparities: the Minority Cares Program. We profile three key investments made during 2023 as part of that program.
Over the last decade, social and environmental issues have joined governance as top issues on annual shareholder ballots, reflecting both investor and popular concerns. We summarize a few ways in which investors are catalyzing conversations with corporate management
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Directing capital investment to – or away from – specific purposes is an effective way to support existing industry, to innovate new technology, to expand markets, or to scale both manufacturing and services.
Transformation of industrial processes is key to slowing the growth and eventually decreasing the pace of carbon emissions. Space research has made contributions to development of measurement technologies that have allowed for innovation and improvement.
The road ahead for climate change and more extreme weather is one of acknowledging what’s happening and adapting our policies, our economy, and our day-to-day lives. We are experiencing very real change, and it is time to respond.
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Instead of reducing profits, shareholder value can be enhanced by high-quality management-labor relationships that unions provide.
With age comes change, and change means facing the unfamiliar. Part of the unfamiliar journey is the decision to age in place, or finding a care community to support your needs.
Gradual changes in our physical and mental abilities, coupled with changes to our social landscape, bring many to consider a more dramatic change: – should they move to a residential community that provides built-in care services and new social opportunities Or should they stay in their home?
Understanding how global economic systems affect global ecosystems allows for better economic and financial decision making. Together with consumer demand and policy changes, investors have the ability to influence our efforts to protect the environment through financial allocation.
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Building and operating greener buildings that positively impact social equity, health, and environmental stability has been tricky to accomplish. That is rapidly changing.
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Highlighting investment in affordable housing in the Bay Area and its connection to voter-approved bond measures in Alameda County.
The stakeholder-centric lens is an important innovation to the capitalist structure. It is also an important counterpoint to the shareholder-centric profit concerns that dominate the early development stages of the technical innovations that drive economic growth.
Financial situations are as varied as family situations, and bringing generations of families and finances together reveals a nuanced array of issues.
While there is always a shortage of certainty about the future, consistent and deliberate planning can ease the discomfort of forced change.
Climate change is upending our traditional theories of inflation. The consequences of extreme weather and a degrading environment are now being integrated into financial calculations and may continue to drive prices higher.
Investments can't change everything, but they provide a form of action when we are otherwise overwhelmed by climate change or the need for equity, and they are the language through which our country expresses itself.
Inflation will likely recede as the year progresses, although there may also be new cycles of supply challenges, as well as an overall economic slowdown due to higher interest rates.