All Alternatives articles – Page 11
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A new form of regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture principles sit at the core of food production in the transition to new food systems. They form a vision of food production that seeks to enhance soil health and empower farmers, while at the same time maintaining nutrient content and crop yield.
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Building new food systems with GM crops
Modern agricultural biotechnology is harnessing ecological and biological science to improve food security in the face of population pressures and climate change. Genetically modified (GM) crops are a key innovation poised to drive the next green revolution in food production, in our view.
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Biodiversity Equity, Annual report 2022-3
Our annual report looks at the battle against deforestation. Despite the scale of destruction to key global forestry regions, there is a developing consensus that collective action from multiple stakeholders can halt, or even reverse, the ecological damage.
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‘A race to the top’: CBAM’s impact on global carbon pricing
The European Union’s (EU) carbon tax on imported industrial goods has the potential to accelerate global efforts to better price greenhouse gases. Investors in carbon markets stand to benefit from new opportunities arising from the growth of emissions trading schemes (ETSs). These include accelerated price convergence and an improved ability to hedge against the transition risks of higher carbon prices on portfolios.
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How is precision agriculture transforming food systems?
The transition to new food systems will disrupt existing profit pools across industries and create new ones. This transformation is anticipated to potentially generate annual revenues of USD 1.5 trillion globally by 2030.
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Outerblue Talks Research – Beyond crypto; Understanding central bank digital currencies
Payment habits have evolved dramatically over the last few decades. The use of cash has been shrinking for some time, but this phenomenon was rapidly accelerated by the Covid crisis.
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How are style and inflation risks influencing ESG investors?
Soaring inflation and sharp shifts in equity market leadership have taken their toll on investors over the past 18 months or so. But how are these market events playing out in the ESG arena?
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The Fast and The Fuel-Less
Under pressure to find sustainable and less expensive alternatives to internal combustion vehicles, the shift to electric vehicles has been gaining momentum.
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Are We Forgetting Something Important in Climate Innovation?
In the race for climate innovation, beware of giving short shrift to adaptation.
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Private markets – A multi-faceted opportunity for sustainable investors
Asset managers are increasingly applying sustainability criteria to investments in private markets as they seek to take into account growing demand from investors and regulators for investment strategies that incorporate environmental, social and governance considerations. Maxence Foucault, ESG Specialist – Lead on Private Assets, explains.
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What Biodiversity Loss Could Mean for the Global Economy
In Allspring’s new series, “Eye on SI,” we present perspectives on sustainable investing (SI) and discuss how various environmental and social themes can create investment risks and opportunities.
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Community solar: unlocking access to clean energy in the US
We believe community solar projects are vital to expand the US renewable energy system while supporting inclusive access to clean energy and managing unintended impacts of renewables on vital ecosystems. This represents a potentially impactful and attractive opportunity for private markets investors, in our view.
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Impact investing behind the scenes: four ways investor capital builds a sustainable future
Three of Schroders Capital’s impact experts explain some of the ways we might put pension capital to work, and dig into why private markets are so important to building sustainable change.
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How do private equity co-investments work and what are they used for?
There are many ways to invest in private equity. As more investors can now access this asset class, we describe the advantages of co-investing and include some key case studies in Europe.
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Understanding and responding to the human cost of the green energy transition
As the world moves towards a low-carbon economy it will require a massive increase in the production of so-called transition minerals. These lie at the heart of an expected surge in demand for clean energy technologies.
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Transition investing for today’s economic revolution
Throughout history, the relationship between our economy and the environment has been defined by changes in three key systems: energy, land and oceans, and materials.
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The fossil fuel burnout
Global demand for oil, gas and coal is expected to peak by 2030, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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CBDCs: where do the projects and debates stand?
Since we first wrote about the topic in February 2021, a lot has happened on the Central Bank Digital Currency front. Most Central Banks are now at various stages of CBDC research, with several conducting large scale tests, and a small number even being fully launched. But debates regarding the utility, advantages, and risks of CBDCs have also been growing.
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The whys and hows of impact investing
Impact strategies are becoming more commonplace as investors push for greater change through their investments. With many institutional investors, consultants and wealth managers looking to meet client demands for impact investing, we explore what it is and what it brings to a diversified portfolio.
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Innovation in impact bonds
The growth and innovation in the impact bond market has unlocked new opportunities for investors to provide capital for projects that have a positive social and/or environmental impact while generating competitive returns.