From small beginnings as a Danish blacksmith shop in 1898, Vestas started producing wind turbines in 1979 and now leads the market with revenues of €6.9B and more than 54,000 turbines that generate enough electricity for millions of households.[1] At Genus Capital, Socially Responsible Investing means

Vancouver, Seattle, Oslo, Uppsala—a growing list of leading global cities are integrating their sustainability policies with their investments and protecting their pension funds from stranded fossil fuel assets. On October 19, Oslo’s City Council pledged to ban investments in fossil fuels, a first for a

Is the global economy decoupling from energy-related emissions? Last year, world emission of CO2 remained at 32.3 billion tonnes, while world GDP grew by 2.9%. The world’s power sector grew less than the economy, and while this has happened before (the early 1980’s, 1992, and

Investing in a fossil-free portfolio offers new possibilities for impact to foundations with a specific, local mission. Clayoquot Biosphere Trust’s impactful local programs are supported by a customized fossil free investment fund that, in turn, has its own positive impacts. In January 2000, Clayoquot Sound

Over 40 post-secondary institutions across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom are divesting their endowment funds from fossil fuels. Primarily led by students, the divestment movement uses moral and environmental arguments to encourage university administrators to take a position on climate change issues, look

Faith organizations around the world are increasingly describing climate change to their members as an urgent moral issue, and taking action by divesting from fossil fuels. Will their members follow their example?

When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to adopt a Clean Power Plan to significantly reduce carbon pollution from the power sector – the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States – some trade associations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Ignoring climate change is no longer an option for pension fiduciaries given the overwhelming scientific consensus about the causes and implications of global climate change. As much as 10% of a fund’s portfolio risk exposure within the next twenty years, will arise from climate change

Tom Rand, a leading scientist, computer engineer and philosopher in Toronto, is convinced that The Energy Internet (aka the Internet of Things or Smart Grid) could reduce total energy demand by 50% in Europe and North America, which would make global fossil-fuel-use reduction targets significantly