Move over Martin Scorsese, Al Gore is Oscar . This is one more step of climate change going mainstream. One of the more interesting economic implications of this trend is with real estate values. Prices may start to take into account potential direct implications, future regulatory changes, and changing marketplace perceptions.
Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) , a coalition of unions, public pensions, and faith-based institutional investors in Money magazine recently identified ten companies, including Exxon and Bed Bath & Beyond , that it believes are too slow to address climate change. INCR suggest that companies that are slow to evolve their business operations to…
Real estate investors who care about sustainable development and diverse communities may want to take a closer look at community development finance. It is also a good way to support women in real estate, as this field skews heavily female.
I know, I know, try ignorance. But I do think education is expensive. Especially when the cute little calculator on savingforcollege.com just told me I should start packing away $623 a month for the next 17 years if I want my child to receive a college education (well actually, I have two weeks until he's…
Photo: Flickr , AgWired.com We already know that America is by far the largest consumer of oil in the world. We have actually known that for a long time, it just wasn't until recently that The Powers That Be decided that this is a dangerous thing. So, it appears that the next big investment opportunity…
Ethical Investing begins with a philosophy. In the middle is research. It ends with action. Why do we invest ethically? 1. Long term goals, not short term gain. 2. A sense that there is more to this life than acquiring wealth at any cost. 3. Long life???
Luke 16 tells a parable of a rich man, and a poor man named Lazarus. In life, Lazarus sat at the rich man’s gate and longed to eat the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. The rich man dressed in purple and fine linens and feasted sumptuously every day.
Insurance customers see rising rates and dropped policies. Insurance companies, according to Ceres , experience insured losses multiplying 15-fold in three decades: far faster than inflation, population or growth. Climate change affects nearly every industry in at least three ways: directly (i.e. drought, sea level rise), through increased regulations, and through market perception that climate…
Clearly <ahem>, The Panelist <ahem> is the premier resource for women, work and the web, but here are two other great sites to think about:
With the transportation sector accounting for two-thirds of our nation's oil consumption and one-third of our greenhouse gas emissions, developing an alternative fuel for transportation represents a tremendous market opportunity. Not only would alternative fuel dramatically reduce our dependence on foreign oil, but it would also make significant strides in neutralizing the effects of global…
Blogger Felix Salmon summarizes a Citigroup (C) report on climate change and companies poised to benefit. Principal companies noted are in Alternative Fuels, Carbon Trading and Clean Technology. Link to Felix's Summary and list of companies mentioned.
Today it's increasingly clear that, considering the environment is no longer trendy or simply the right thing to do for business, there is no alternative. Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and co-author of Green to Gold : How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage gave an engaging…
There is nothing like going to a memorial service to put things in perspective.
This surprise blog results from some time I spent this weekend looking into ways for us to try to ecologically offset our air travel. There is tons of info out there and I’m a novice, but I thought I’d share the quick ‘n’ easy options that I managed to find…. The first option is obviously…
Greenhouse gas emissions. Strong ties to Middle Eastern oil barons. A finite supply. Price volatility. Sure, we have all heard the different repercussions that our "addiction to oil" is causing us Americans, and the magnitude of these concerns seems to get worse every day.
I was very impressed with Nicholas Kirstof's NY Times column today on social entrepreneurs at Davos. He highlighted some interesting work that is going on around the world, and more critical in my mind, projects that are conceived, led, and run by women for other women. In fact, social entrepreneurship seems to be an area…
Citigroup (C ) offers a membership program to women called Women & Co.. Women & Co. offers “privileged access to professionals and resources that can help you define and work toward your financial goals.” Here are the reasons that Citigroup feels that women need their help for $125 per year: “The statistics don’t lie. The…
October was a busy month for issues of concern to women. Beyond Domestic Violence Awareness Month, it also marked the passage of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Much like Halloween, Breast Cancer Awareness activities involve trick or treating as hundreds of companies strive to capture women’s dollars with empty promises of raising funds for breast cancer…
A December 2000 story by Katie Dean in Wired noted that new research by University of Michigan B-school professor Theresa Wellborne “found that for rapidly growing IPO companies, the initial stock price, stock price growth, and growth in earnings over three years were higher with women executives.” Wellborne’s report goes on to also note that,…
"An increase of two or three degrees wouldn't be so bad for a northern country like Russia. We could spend less on fur coats, and the grain harvest would go up." – Vladimir Putin, Russian President, October 2003 Climate change has many losers: Dutch, Africans, and Floridians to name a few. But does it have…
The US government says climate change is uncertain and addressing it will hurt the US economy. In contrast, the UK government says addressing climate change will cost 1% of global GDP every year, but that not addressing it will cost up to 20% each year. A Tufts University report estimates the cost of climate change…