Economics of Soil Health Evaluated on 100 Farms by the Soil Health Institute and Cargill
Soil health systems increased net income for 85% of farmers growing corn and 88% growing soybean
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 7:00am
CONTENT: Press Release
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 9, 2021 /3BL Media/ – Improving soil health can help farmers build drought resilience, increase nutrient availability, suppress diseases, reduce erosion and nutrient losses, and increase economic benefits according to recent Soil Health Institute research. “In addition to benefiting farmers and their land, many soil health management systems also benefit the broader environment by storing soil carbon, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and improving water quality,” says Dr. Wayne Honeycutt, President and CEO, Soil Health Institute (SHI). “However, investing in soil health is also a business decision, and information regarding the economic benefits of adopting soil health practices was limited until
Enbridge has been, and will continue to be, part of that change: our diversification into natural gas, our investments in wind and solar, and our activities involving renewable natural gas and hydrogen have placed us on the leading edge of the energy transition.
Beneath these visible changes a more profound adaption is underway, one that is making changes in the way we work and that will help to ensure ever greater value for our customers, shareholders, and stakeholders alike. Some of these changes are required to enable a focus on innovation, and some flow naturally from the innovative thinking this focus seeks to inspire in our team.
Northern Trust Accounts for ESG Factors Now in the Spotlight
Northern Trust Accounts for ESG Factors Now in the Spotlight
by LIZ SKINNER
Mike Hunstad, head of quantitative strategies for Northern Trust Asset Management, has watched socially responsible investing move way beyond negative screens that defined the space 30 years ago and he contends that investors “can have their cake and eat it too.”
In setting the strategy for one of the asset manager’s largest ESG funds, introduced three years ago, Hunstad put to work the fundamentals of a Northern Trust separately managed account that dates back to 2015. It made quality of a company’s balance sheet as important as its committments to ESG criteria. Together these priorities create a forward-looking ESG investment, he said.
4 Steps to Sustainable Investing
4 Steps to Sustainable Investing
These four steps can guide a dynamic sustainable investing strategy for the long term.
For institutional asset owners, the case for incorporating sustainable investing into portfolio management is only getting stronger. As the wide-ranging implications of sustainability issues, such as public health, climate change and social justice, become more apparent, so too have they become essential to effectively assessing investment risks and opportunities.
Helping to make the case is evidence showing that incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in portfolios could aid investors in capturing above-market returns. While the coronavirus pandemic induced a global recession and market volatility in the first half of 2020, sustainable funds across stocks and bonds in general helped investors weather the period better than many of their traditional peers, according to a recent study by the Morgan Sta