Sam Bankman-Fried once promised to give away most of his fortune to help humanity, but now some of the people who benefited from that generous pledge are wondering if they Read more
Tag: Environmental/Social/Governance
Biden at COP27 on firmer footing, but world wants U.S. to lead on pollution cut
President Joe Biden addressed the U.N. climate summit Friday with his Democratic party having survived a projected Republican “red wave” in the midterm elections — and in doing so protecting Read more
Jeff Bezos helping fund U.N. effort to tag methane emitters with data from space
More help on tracking potent Earth-warming methane emissions will come from space, the United Nations said Friday, announcing a satellite-data system funded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the U.S. government and Read more
Biden at COP27 on firmer footing, but world wants U.S. to lead on pollution cut
President Joe Biden addresses the U.N. climate summit Friday with his party surviving a midterm election “red wave” by Republicans — in the process protecting at least the bulk of Read more
Opinion: Opinion: Global cooperation is not necessary to fight climate change
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Project Syndicate)—This week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt highlights the growing consensus that multilateral cooperation is necessary to avert environmental catastrophe. But with geopolitical tensions Read more
Biden anti-hunger plan enlists gig companies — whose workers sometimes go hungry
President Joe Biden’s strategy for ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030 is being funded in part by companies whose own workers sometimes can’t afford to buy food. The Biden Read more
6 U.S. mega banks behind a third of global funding expanding coal, oil and gas
The six major U.S. banks are behind more than one-third of the financing going to expanding fossil-fuel extraction, according to an update to a closely followed annual report by a Read more
Apple, Pepsi among newest to join alliance buying greener concrete and steel
PepsiCo Inc., Apple Inc. and Rio Tinto PLC can be counted among the newest members of a corporate alliance committing $12 billion to purchasing near-zero-carbon steel, aluminum, cement and other products with the intention Read more
The 10 most influential investors in the market today
With stocks and bonds both plunging in 2022, it has been a difficult year for investors. Amid the bear market, the trades and moves of some investors have stood out. Read more
U.S.’s Kerry wants to tap companies to fund developing world’s fossil fuel exit
The U.S. reportedly wants to launch a carbon credit program to tap the might of the world’s largest companies to fund a transition off coal, especially, but also oil and Read more