RESEARCH REPORTS
Fighting the Sixth Mass Extinction
Human activities are causing a climate crisis, which is increasingly responsible for pushing various species of animals and plants closer to the edge of global extinction. These include “keystone species” that have disproportionately…
Intentional Design: Embracing the Circular Economy
The economic model of our current era is linear. We take resources from nature, make them into a product and then throw the item away when we’re done with it. The result? Overflowing…
No Place to Hide? Climate Change and Systemic Financial Risk
Much has been written about the physical impacts of climate change on the planet: heatwaves, droughts, rising sea levels, etc. There is less mainstream discussion of the potential impacts of climate change on …
Journal of Sustainable
Finance & BankingSM
Jewish Values and the Role of Capitalism in Healing the World
There's a quote I love from the famed Jewish philosopher Martin Buber: “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. ” Twenty-five years ago when I started working on Wall Street, I had…
Gender Lens Investing 2.0: How Foundations Can Address the Roots of Gender Inequality
Gender Lens Investing 2. 0 was originally published by Mission Investors Exchange , one of the foremost impact investing networks for foundations dedicated to deploying capital for social and environmental change.…
Unlocking Catalytic Capital for the Circular Economy
It seems clear that the "circular economy" is the only way forward for humanity. In my view, adopting circular economy principles will combat our current crisis of waste – wasteful manufacturing, wasteful packaging, food…