In this remarkable report from the New York Times, Laurence Fink, the chief executive of investment firm BlackRock, responsible for managing over US$6 trillion of investments in the global economy, has stated that his firm will not support investment in companies unless they are able to prove they are making …
When sitting with clients to discuss investment ideas, I try to zero in on long term disruptive technologies. Not fads, but mega trends. These are ideas and concepts that will be sustainable beyond our lifetimes. No doubt by now you have heard talk of driverless cars, but perhaps you haven’t …
New ‘green bonds’ bonds will allow companies such as Toyota to get better financing mechanisms in place for getting their hybrid, electric and alternative energy cars out to the masses. See more here… http://cleantechfinance.net/energy-finance-policy/toyota-issues-highly-demanded-green-bonds-drive-efficient-vehicles/
On one day last week, Germany generated 75% of their daily energy needs from renewable energy sources! http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/13/3436923/germany-energy-records/
Yale economist Robert Shiller won the Nobel Prize last year, and in this interview he shares his views on whether a home makes a good investment. He predicts real home prices (adjusted for inflation) may decline for the next 30 years!
Here is a very interesting program that ran recently on CBC Radio. Degrowthers believe we need a more modest and sane alternative to the constant pressures of expansion that are destroying the ecological basis of our existence. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2013/12/10/the-degrowth-paradigm/#igImgId_83174
Elon Musk is one of the world’s great innovators and it might be worth paying attention to his views on solar energy… http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/01/16/elon-musks-five-insights-into-solar-energy/
An excellent TED talk. “Sustainability is pretty clearly one of the world’s most important goals; but what groups can really make environmental progress in leaps and bounds? Chris McKnett makes the case that it’s large institutional investors. He shows how strong financial data isn’t enough, and reveals why investors need …
This is a thought-provoking video that has been circulating around the web for a few years now. It is a simple perspective of our production and consumption patterns, and what that means to the natural systems upon which we depend. The Story of Stuff is sure to stir some heated …
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Anthony Edwards & Joss Biggins are securities licensed in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.
