The finance industry is going through dramatic changes these days as we know. What is clear is that all financial institutions need to have a more long-term and more sustainbale approach to their business.
One area which is growing quite rapidly is social investing, i e investing in projects where the primary benefit is of social [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Social Investing
February 20, 2009 – 10:17 am
European Year of Creativity and Innovation
February 17, 2009 – 9:03 am
In November, 2008, the European Parliament proclaimed the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 (EYCI) to “promote creativity through lifelong learning.” The (EYCI website) provides more details about this venture. The site proclaims, “Creativity is a driver for Innovation and a key factor for the development of personal, occupational, entrepreneurial and social [...]
Climate saving lo-tech: District heating
February 15, 2009 – 10:41 pm
Around the world energy systems are developed very differently for geographical and for historical reasons. This means that in a number of markets we have solutions that may be well-established in the local market, but with a great potential for expansion globally. Sometimes the geographical context is so unique, so that the export of the [...]
Vertical farming
February 15, 2009 – 9:46 pm
A new concept that has created quite a lot of buzz lately is “vertical farming“, i e indoor farming in high rise bildings with many floors. In essence, vertical farming addresses a few of the limitations of traditional farming;
Limited land
Vertical farming is a way of addressing the needs for agricultural land with continued growth of [...]
Nuclear revival
February 6, 2009 – 10:36 am
Nuclear power had its boom in the eighties, but since the nineties growth has been slow globally and nuclear has been in decline in many of the developed markets. This decline has been driven by cheap fossil fuel and also by the inherent problems and complexities with nuclear. But in the light of rapid growth [...]
Corporate exposure to Sustainability and CSR
February 6, 2009 – 10:03 am
We can expect major changes to happen over the coming years regarding global issues including climate, energy, water, conflict etc. The challenge for companies and other organisations is to translate the global issues into what they really mean to them in terms of risk and opportunity. Only when you have done that analysis , CSR [...]
