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Over 35 million tons of plastic is generated in the United States each year, of which 75% tends to end up in landfills, while another 15% is incinerated []. Less than 10% of all plastic waste is currently being recycled, partly due to technical and economic constraints. Proper waste management through reuse and recycling significantly reduces emissions and pollutants released into air, water, and soil, thereby reducing adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
Aquaculture refers to the controlled cultivation of aquatic organisms. It is an alternative to commercial fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish. Aquaculture primarily refers to land-based or terrestrial production systems that source products from freshwater and inland capture fisheries.
Biosolids, the semi-solid by-product of the wastewater treatment process, represent a valuable, albeit problematic, resource. My entry into the relatively niche but endlessly fascinating world of biosolids management was driven by an interest in both recycling and sustainable agriculture.
Read MoreAs society’s collective consciousness regarding the urgent need for greater sustainability continues to rapidly develop, sectors that were previously able to fly under the radar with unsustainable practices are now finding themselves under scrutiny: such is the case for the textiles industry.
Read MoreIt is not difficult to identify areas of concern regarding the impact of agriculture on global warming. Agriculture directly and indirectly consumes non-renewable energy, almost half of the food produced ends up as waste, and farming itself generates greenhouse gases (GHGs).
Read MoreClimate change has already impacted the way we live, how we do business, and more. Fighting it is an existential imperative – and investing in food waste reduction solutions is a core approach for doing so.
Read MoreAs we enter the fourth consecutive quarter of the coronavirus pandemic — which has brought with it over one million deaths and 40 million infected people worldwide –r COVID-19 fatigue has spread nearly as rapidly as the virus itself.
Read MoreBreathing clean air is critical for good health. While Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) investing has been popular for the last ten years or so, only recently has “social” been elevated to the same distinction as “environment.”
Read MoreIt is only in Washington DC that serving the needs of over 115 million people is viewed as an unacceptable cost and financial burden. In the private sector and for entrepreneurs, serving the needs of over 115 million people is called an opportunity. But what is that opportunity and how big is it?
Read MoreDiabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose, which leads over time to serious micro and macrovascular complications affecting the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves. The most common is type 2 diabetes occurring, usually in adults, when the body doesn’t produce or utilizes insulin properly.
Read MoreWhat if you could save endangered species, help solve the climate crisis, and offer economic development opportunities to rural communities--all while generating market-rate financial returns on your investments? That is the promise of Conservation Finance, an industry that has been quickly developing over the past decade.
Read MoreGreen chemistry is the design of safer, cleaner, and more efficient chemical products and processes. It aims to reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. It also focuses on minimizing waste, energy use, and resource use (maximizing efficiency).
Read MoreLithium-ion battery technology is ubiquitous. It powers the device you are using to read this perspective…
Read MoreAs the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) market quickly evolves to suit the intersection of increased consumer convenience and e-commerce selling, consumer packaged goods brands and their supply chains are rapidly evolving to develop the packaging of the future.
Read MoreThe way we think about financial markets has been driven by a view first proposed in the 1970s, that the ‘social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.’
Read MoreIn 1987, the Mobro barge carried six million pounds of New York garbage, got turned away from its destination in North Carolina, and spent the next five months adrift – rejected by six states and three foreign countries.
Read MoreWater should be considered the “ground zero” for sustainable investing as it uniquely addresses all 17 UN SDGs. With global shortages of freshwater, compounded by mushrooming water contamination and related health issues, the water sector needs to follow a completely new regulatory, financial and technological path.
Read MoreRegenerative agriculture is “in” these days. It’s a conceptual cousin to renewable energy and seeks to produce more and better food and fiber tomorrow than we did yesterday.
Read MoreModern analyses that look at Global Burden of Disease (GBD) research place mental health disorders as the leading causes of disability worldwide.
Read MoreIn December 2015, the 197 nations that are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) signed the Paris Agreement, committing to limit global temperature rise this century to less than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
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