Academics Divestment Greenwashing 
Corporate Knights
MAY 31, 2022
Tariq Fancy, former BlackRock chief investment officer for sustainable investing, in a recent TEDx talk called fossil fuel divestment a placebo, equating it to giving wheatgrass juice to a cancer patient. Profit maximization is still the end goal, so sustainable investors need to expect greenwashing and do their homework before buying in.
James Militzer
MARCH 2, 2023
That’s why the William Davidson Institute is sponsoring the Energy Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Global Case Writing Competition , which aims to increase the number of academic business cases available about this very important topic. The winners of the competition will receive cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $3,000.
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Chris Hall
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Rickard Nilsson, Director of Strategy and Growth at Esgaia, highlights recent academic insights into the effectiveness of ESG engagement. If divesting from harmful industries, communicate this publicly. Sustainable finance is undergoing an extreme change of pace. Collaboration as an enabler. Mind the gap in engagement practice.
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
The impetus for net zero following the Paris COP came from the academic community, was endorsed and framed by policymakers, and requires business model change, often radical, to be implemented by corporates. “We have to acknowledge that with the transition to net zero, finance is an enabler not really the driver.”. Engagement ring.
Stanford Social Innovation
AUGUST 25, 2022
Technology-focused climate crisis research and development (R&D) programs are in a time of rapid expansion and reformulation across government , academic research , the private sector, and partnerships that span all three. By Theodora Dryer. There are alternatives to expanding a lithium-dependent demand economy.
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