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How Proof-of-Stake Coins Can Flourish In ESG Funds – Buy ADA, DOT, SOL, MATIC Now?
Last Updated: 27 May 2021
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds are growing in popularity with mainstream investors looking to put their money to work by generating returns from doing good for the world.
So where can crypto fit in with the ESG boom? Unfortunately, despite astronomical price surges, crypto assets have earned themselves a bad reputation on the environmentally front.
Certainly, it is the case that some cryptos have a green deficit, but there are many others that are in fact energy-efficient and could therefore be more likely to find themselves in an ESG-focused investment portfolio or fund.
May 27, 2021
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The race to net-zero is on. This is how we can cross the finish line
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum.
Author: Justin Adams, Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance, World Economic Forum & Gonzalo Muñoz, Conference of the Parties (COP) Champion for Chile, COP25 High Level Climate Champions
Nature can play a fundamental role in achieving net-zero, with the capacity to deliver one third of cost-effective solutions to climate change.
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ESG Focus: Climate Summit’s Coal Story
While the US grabbed April’s climate summit headlines, India and China had a few less-encouraging words. This article looks at the broader global commitment landscape; Australia’s plans; and the outlook for coal.
-US commitments appear hollow without methane target
-China keeps its options open
-India and other developing countries holding out for aid
Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831
The backlash is underway. And it s coming from the unlikeliest of quarters.
For much of the past two years the global push to deliver net-zero emissions has enjoyed a remarkable golden run. National and state governments have rushed to announce long term net-zero emissions goals, to the point where around two-thirds of global GDP is covered by some form of target. Businesses and investors have followed suit, with over 2,100 of the world s largest corporates having set net-zero goals under the U.N.-backed Race to Zero campaign while asset managers and owners worth trillions of dollars have pledged to deliver net-zero emission portfolios by mid-century at the latest.