No, this is not a title from The Onion – this good news is REAL! A United States-based group of Dominican nuns have partnered with Morgan Stanley to create an impact fund that allows the nuns to invest $110 million (other sources cite $130 million) and change the scope of how sustainable and positive investment is done.
Amid COVID-19 and Broader Market Turbulence, Commitment of More Than $100 Million Demonstrates Strong Support for Commercial Solar Projects
COIN offers a digital impact investing platform that allows investors to put their money into sustainable and social Impact Areas, and promises to make Impact Investing easier for everyone. However, when I dug in deeper, I wondered where exactly the impact was in my investment.
As a novice investor and ‘deep greenie’ I’m committed to growing my portfolio in the most sustainable way possible. Over the past two years I’ve been doing research and learning all that I can – and here’s the story of what I’ve learned about how we can vote with our dollars and invest with our values for a fossil-fuel free world.
For David Berliner, the thirty-one-year-old founder of CoPower, fighting climate change means figuring out the financing. “Cutting-edge cleantech is exciting, but the reality is that the basic technology needed to make deep emissions cuts is already here.”
Natural capital (clean air, oceans, ecosystems, and minerals on which our goods and services so often depend) is usually quite invisible in the financial decision making of leading companies in the corporate sector. It’s time for more financial institutions to change their perspectives about the importance of natural capital within their financial considerations.
Eric Usher, Head of UNEP Finance Initiative, answered to Climate Action questions on the future of financial markets in the light of sustainability.
Spanish renewable energy and infrastructure group ACCIONA has this week launched a new campaign focused on challenging the investment community to reexamine their investment strategies with a particular focus on sustainability.
Thanks to everyone who joined the Solar Investing webinar with Wunder Capital CEO and Founder Bryan Birsic last Thursday. Zachary Shahan, our Director here at CleanTechnica, was there to help moderate the Q&A from our live audience. Here are the recording, the slides, and some key highlights.
Join Wunder Capital and the CleanTechnica team to learn more about the opportunity for solar investment, and how you can support small and medium-sized businesses in their solar energy revolution.
