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How To Get Your Portfolio Into Climate Shape
CEO of investment management company VegTech™ Invest Elysabeth Alfano shares her tips on how to invest for the climate.
As the CEO of investment management company VegTech™ Invest, Elysabeth Alfano knows a thing or three about impact!-->!-->!-->…
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Without Buying Offsets, the EATV ETF Earns Carbon Neutral Status
The VegTech plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV, is now certified carbon neutral — a feat it achieved without buying offsets.
EATV (NYSE: EATV) says its carbon-neutral status comes by way of avoiding animal products in food!-->!-->!-->…
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Want to create a better world? Empower more women investors.
By: Helena Wasserman Eriksson & Sonalie Figueiras
Empowering more women to become investors will unlock billions into ESG investing and help fight the climate crisis.
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Football Star Chris Smalling Is Making It Easy For Fellow Celebrities To Invest In Planet-Friendly Startups
Chris Smalling, AC Roma centre-back and former England football team professional, has launched a global investment consultancy. ForGood is a joint venture between Smalling, activist investor Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni and B-Corp!-->…
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HSBC Responsible Investing Head Stuart Kirk Compares Climate Change to Y2K
Stuart Kirk, HSBC Asset Management’s (HSBC AM) global head of responsible investing has raised eyebrows following a speech at a Financial Times event. At the Moral Money gathering, hosted on May 19, he compared the climate crisis to the!-->…
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Is HSBC About To Get Hung Out To Dry For Greenwashing?
U.K. advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority, is in the midst of deciding whether or not to caution HSBC over “misleading” adverts. The campaigns in question allude to climate action by the major financial institution!-->…
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Vegan Startup Growth & Investment Platform Vevolution Secures $330,000 For Fintech Improvements And Expansion
London-based Vevolution has bagged $330,000 in a seed raise. The round was led by Capital V, Kale United and CULT Food Science. Funding has been earmarked for tech improvements, portfolio expansion and continued support of the plant-based!-->…
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VegTech Invest Launches Its First Plant-Based ETF On The New York Stock Exchange
The VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF has been unveiled. Launching on the New York Stock Exchange, it features a portfolio of 37 publicly-traded companies. Each is immersed in plant-based innovations including ingredient!-->…
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Robert Downey Jr. Backs Open-Sourced Science Funding For The Planet With A Focus On CellAg & Indigenous Knowledge
Ironman actor Robert Downey Jr. and David Lang have co-authored an essay published in Fast Company. In it, they discuss the flagrant shortcomings of scientific funding models and explain how “risky explorations” can be progressed, with!-->…
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World’s First Vegan ETF Outperforms S&P For Second Consecutive Year
The US Vegan Climate ETF, the world’s first and only vegan exchange traded fund to date, has celebrated two years of its launch. For the second consecutive year, the fund has outperformed the S&P 500 Index, demonstrating the profit!-->…
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Hong Kong and Swiss Investors Say ‘Ecological Blockchain’ Startups Are The Future
Launched by Hong Kong-based Sonic Capital and Tavis Digital in Zurich, Sphere wants to support the emerging ecological blockchain sector.
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‘Women Prefer To Work With Female Advisors’ – Now Is The Moment For ESG Customisation
By: Theresa Gusman
An enormous transfer of wealth is underway in America that presents an historic opportunity for the financial services industry and specifically for women advisors and customized ESG investing. Female advisors –!-->!-->!-->…
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Are Fossil Fuels Funding Your Retirement? Bank.Green Tells You If Your Money Is Backing Climate Change
Many banking customers don't realise that where they choose to save or invest money could make a difference when it comes to the climate crisis. It’s the premise of the divestment movement, which pressures the financial industry to stop!-->…
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Credit Suisse Raises US$318 Million Climate Fund To Fuel Sustainable Tech
Credit Suisse has managed to raise US$318 million for its fund dedicated to tech-forward climate solutions. The successful close of the Climate Innovation Fund, despite a scandal-ridden few months for the Swiss investment bank, is!-->…
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New Data Shows Rampant Greenwashing In Sustainable Finance, With ESG Funds ‘Stuffed’ Full OF Fossil Fuel Stocks
As sustainable investing gains momentum, more funds touting themselves as “green” are misleading investors. According to a report published by the Economist, some of the world’s biggest ESG funds are “stuffed full of polluters and sin!-->…
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Pea Protein Milk Startup Vly Raises US$7.4M Series A To Drive Growth Across Europe
Alternative dairy foodtech startup Vly, which creates milk from pea protein, has raised EUR€6.1M(approx. US$7.4M) in a Series A round led by Five Seasons Ventures. The capital raised will help the company scale its R&D and drive!-->…
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EU-Based Secondhand Clothing Marketplace Vinted Raises US$303M With New US$4.5B Valuation
Clothing and home goods marketplace Vinted recently announced that it closed an all-equity round of EUR€250M (approx. US$303M), and as a result, the company's value now stands at approx. US$4.5 billion, a significant jump from its end 2019!-->…
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Global Accelerator-VC Rockstart Closes Its AgriFood Fund At €22M To Power A Regenerative & Sustainable Future
In a recent announcement, global accelerator-VC Rockstart closed its AgriFood fund at €22m (approx. US$26M), exceeding its initial target, and this will help the firm to invest in more agritech and foodtech startups as well as co-invest in!-->…
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Center for Contemporary Sciences Partners With GlassWall Syndicate To Fund Alternatives To Animal Testing
Non-profit organization Center for Contemporary Sciences(CCS) recently announced its partnership with GlassWall Syndicate to provide financial assistance to those companies that are developing technologies or products that!-->…
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‘Chevron Is Not An Evil Company’: Warren Buffett Rejects Climate & Diversity Shareholder Resolution At Berkshire Annual Meeting
Warren Buffett helped to reject a shareholder resolution that would push his multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway to inform investors about climate risks. In addition to defending the dirty oil and gas industry, the billionaire!-->…
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10 Things We Learned From Oatly’s IPO Prospectus, With Alt Protein APAC Investor Michal Klar
The Oatly IPO is one of the most anticipated public listings of the year. We spoke to Asia Pacific alt protein investor Michal Klar of Future Food Now, an ecosystem expert we regularly collaborate with (last November, we published the!-->…
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