Introduction and summary Individual customers of deposit-taking banks are extremely important to big banks’ bottom lines. In addition to paying fees for services, these customers provide banks with an astonishing amount of low cost, stable funding through their checking accounts. …
Whenever I need to write something important that is longer than a page, I find that it helps to allow the topic to rattle around in my head for a while. I found that in graduate school, that period lasted …
Sustainability is a concept that is becoming a lot more important to the welding profession. Tulsa Welding School has talked about some of the environmental practices that have started to change the welding profession in beneficial ways. This could be …
Robyn Edie/Stuff Environment Southland chairman Nicol Horrell says it’s important the council leads by example when it comes to reducing emissions. Environment Southland plans to transition its vehicle fleet to hybrid or electric vehicles, and will investigate using drones to …
Active engagement and stewardship are increasingly important ways for money managers to approach the issue of sustainability, institutional investors say. Schroders’ latest Institutional Investor Study found that 59% of respondents see active company engagement and stewardship as key approaches to …
By Botanicoir and LEAF Sustainability is a topic that is becoming an increasingly important attribute of many organizations, in response to the significant climate and ecological challenges currently being faced. In addition, COVID-19 has highlighted the need for strengthening food …
Mountains are important “Water Towers”. This is the Rosegbach River in Switzerland, part of the Danube river basin where a third of the 46 million people living downstream strongly depend on water resources from mountain areas. Credit: D. Viviroli Global …
By Matt Crossman, stewardship director, Rathbones Ghost gear is arguably a far more important marine resource sustainability issue than plastic, argues Rathbones’ Matt Crossman “Ghost nets are tragically efficient – once they’ve been discarded, they continue to catch fish.” WWF …
The current Covid-19 crisis has many important lessons that strengthens the case for responsible investing. Asset managers that can capture “green economy” opportunities will be best placed to weather this storm in the long term. Lesson 1 – we are …
Rail News Home Sustainability 6/9/2020 Rail News: Sustainability To meet its fleet energy consumption goals, VTA will consider using renewable energy sources for electricity used to power light-rail vehicles. Photo – VTA advertisement The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) …
Living through these unusual and difficult times invites serious reflection on important and existential questions. We are all asking the same core questions: How will we get through this, and what will the world look like after COVID-19? I can’t …
By Boyce Sarokin, The Elephant Wildlife tourism is one of Tanzania’s main foreign exchange earners and an important source of formal employment, but the sector’s survival is threatened by poaching, mineral exploration, and pressure from farmers and cattle-keepers to access …
The Earth Hour Challenge happens every year and is considered one of the most important days on the global environmental calendar. The goal for this year is to motivate one billion people in over 1 000 cities across the world …
Rainfed agroforestry can play an important role in managing forest fringes while meeting sustainable development goals of poverty reduction, climate action, biodiversity conservation and sustainable land management, a study has said. The Restoration Opportunities Atlas estimates that there is a …
Developing countries are better than richer nations at promising to protect important agricultural species in the future, but do less well in safeguarding existing biodiversity. These were among the findings of the Agrobiodiversity Index, launched today, which assessed ten pilot …