U.S. investors soured on sustainability in the first quarter of 2024, with a record $8.8 billion being pulled from funds that focus on impact, a new report from Morningstar shows. Despite the drag from the United States numbers, sustainable funds globally attracted...

Despite slowing growth rates and skepticism among many U.S. investors, ESG assets worldwide have already surpassed $30 trillion and are on track to reach $40 trillion by 2030, Bloomberg Intelligence ESG data show. "ESG has had a tough few years, but we see...

Jacob A. Waddingham, Jeff Chandler and Marcus Wolfe The next time you’re searching through Airbnb listings, you may find there’s more to consider than just amenities and price. To stand out from the competition, some Airbnb hosts tout their personal values –...

Yvette Cabrera Lead poisoning is often treated as if it’s a problem of the past. But its harmful legacy lingers today, particularly in the soil of urban centers across the United States. One in every two American children under the age of...

Last week, in Part 1 of our conversation with Kristin Hull, she shared her origin story and told us about the work that Nia Impact Capital does. Today, in Part 2, we dive in deeper and explore some of the challenges that...

Changing consumer behavior has called upon corporations to put environmental, social and governance issues at the forefront of their business strategies. However, more importantly, internal diversity efforts have helped improve the process in which employees perceive a company’s ESG-focused strategies, furthering the...

Earth Day has been with us since 1970. Now it is global, and, boy, how things have changed. I remember in the mid 1990s, things were very different. Back in those days, I was involved with politics in the era of President...

One billion people. That’s the number Earthday.org says they have been mobilizing annually to protect the planet. Their work goes on all year, but the Earth Day celebration itself is the largest civic event on Earth. In the midst of our global...

Robert Samuels A recent federal study on graduation rates for American colleges and universities shows that 40% of all students did not earn a degree or credential within eight years of leaving high school. The graduation rate is even lower for low-income...

Younger women in the United States are poised to become a much bigger investing force over the next decade as around $30 trillion in wealth will be transferred into their hands by older generations, according to a study from the Bank of...