In 2015, the United States and representatives from nearly 200 countries reached a landmark agreement to combat climate change and transition towards a low carbon economy at COP 21 in Paris. In […]
Impact 50 List — Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing Change
To compile The Impact 50 list of the most notable impact investors, Forbes identified primarily U.S.-based individuals investing in ventures striving to have a positive social or environmental impact both domestically and […]
Milne Ice Shelf: Satellites capture Arctic ice split
The Planet Earth-observation company has just released new imagery of the broken Milne Ice Shelf in the Arctic. Located on the northern margin of Canada’s Ellesmere Island, the ice platform […]
Satellite Images: California Fires From Space
Since Aug. 15, hundreds of lightning-sparked fires across California have scorched an area about the size of Delaware. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-West satellite captured this image loop […]
Farmers Business Network To Spin Out New Venture To Track Carbon Footprints Of Crops And Help Farmers Make More For Low-Carbon Ones
Agtech unicorn Farmers Business Network is spinning out a new sustainable farming company, called GRO Network, that will track and score the carbon footprint of specific crops down to the […]
Investing in Social Good Is Finally Becoming Profitable
Impact investments, which aim to promote a social good or prevent a social ill, have significantly outperformed traditional bets during the coronavirus pandemic. And their returns are enticing hesitant investors […]
