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Recent Featured ArticlesFeatured ArticlesMay 11, 2022 More CEOs consider sustainability to be a top challenge, study saysSource: ReutersA growing number of chief executives consider sustainability one of the biggest challenges to act upon over the next two to three years, a new study said on Tuesday. May 11, 2022 Morgan Stanley warns ingredients for a global recession are 'on the table'Source: Fox BusinessWith inflation at the highest level in 40 years and the Federal Reserve taking increasingly aggressive action to cool consumer demand and prices, the risk of a global recession is on the rise, according to Morgan Stanley... May 11, 2022 US hits a record 20% of electricity from wind and solar in AprilSource: ElectrekThe US achieved a new record in April 2022 – for the first time, the US generated 20% of its electricity from wind and solar power, according to new data released today from global energy think tank Ember. May 10, 2022 The secret life of ESG ratingsSource: GreenBizThe letters E, S and G have become so intertwined with the world of sustainability that the three-letter acronym ESG can mean almost anything and, at times, nothing at all. But when it comes to the ratings of companies’... May 10, 2022 EXPLAINER: Recession fears grow. But how high is the risk?Source: APInflation is at a 40-year high. Stock prices are sinking. The Federal Reserve is making borrowing much costlier. And the economy actually shrank in the first three months of this year. May 10, 2022 Wall Street’s losses worsen as markets tumble worldwideSource: APWall Street is tumbling toward its lowest point in more than a year on Monday as renewed worries about China’s economy pile on top of markets already battered by rising interest rates. May 10, 2022 EU to enforce new regulation to tame Big Tech in spring 2023Source: The Exconomic Times IndiaThe European Union (EU) is planning to enforce the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) to tame the Big Tech companies in the spring next year. Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission's executive vice president, earlier said the... May 9, 2022 'Stop The Outrageous ESG Assessments': Why Elon Musk Calls It A 'Total Gaming Of The System'Source: BenzingerTesla, Linc released its 2021 Impact Report on Friday, wherein the electric vehicle maker made the argument that current environment, social and governance (ESG) methodologies are fundamentally flawed. May 9, 2022 A feeling of economic doom is going around. And there isn’t much we can do other than sit back and watchSource: CNN PoliticsThere are plenty of reasons for that feeling of economic doom that’s going around: Worst start for the stock market in 80-plus years; Highest inflation in 40-plus years. Largest single interest rate hike in 20-plus years. Dimmest... May 9, 2022 UK -The economy is collapsing. Yet I can’t recall a government so devoid of a planSource: The GuardianLast week, the Bank of England forecast inflation exceeding 10% and predicted negligible growth for the next two years, toppling into months of recession, accompanied by the savage squeeze on living standards. May 9, 2022 Grid operators warn of electricity shortage amid switch to renewables: ReportSource: Fox News"I am concerned about it," MISO Chief Executive John Bear told the Wall Street Journal in a report Sunday. "As we move forward, we need to know that when you put a solar panel or a wind turbine up, it’s not the same as a thermal... May 6, 2022 The Fed is owning the inflation problemSource: AxiosHe started the session by staring into the camera and telling the American people that inflation is too high and the Fed is determined to bring it down. Later, when asked a question about what other branches of government could... May 6, 2022 US worker productivity fell at the fastest rate in nearly 75 yearsSource: CNNUS labor productivity tumbled by 7.5% in the first quarter of 2022 – the largest decline in worker output per hour since 1947, according to Labor Department data released Thursda May 6, 2022 Market panic ensues because of Biden and Powell’s inflation incoherenceSource: NY PostFed chairs have historically been inscrutable when talking in public, leaning on something called “Fedspeak.” By talking in riddles, financial markets don’t overreact to your every word. May 5, 2022 Number of company sustainability officers triples in 2021 - studySource: ReutersThe number of companies appointing chief sustainability officers (CSO) jumped threefold in 2021 year-on-year, a study by consultants PwC showed on Wednesday, although less than a third of all CSOs hold an executive position. May 5, 2022 Supply chain chaos and deglobalisation means the era of cheap and plenty may be endingSource: Economic TimesEconomists are debating whether recent supply chain turmoil and geopolitical conflicts will result in a reversal or reconfiguration of global production, in which factories that were sent offshore move back to the United States... May 5, 2022 Fed raises interest rates by half a percentage pointSource: CNNThe Federal Reserve said Wednesday it is raising interest rates by a half-percentage point to get a handle on the worst inflation America has seen in 40 years May 5, 2022 5th Wave? New York COVID Hospitalizations Top 2,000, Nearly Tripling in a MonthSource: NBC New YorkCOVID-19 hospitalizations topped 2,000 for the first time since late February on Tuesday, rising nearly three-fold in just a month as highly contagious subvariants of omicron trigger pleas for renewed caution from officials... May 4, 2022 Sustainability Pledges Without Accountability Hurt All BrandsSource: AdWeekCynicism is a common consumer reaction. In Havas’ Meaningful Brands report, 71% of respondents did not believe brands would deliver on their promises, creating accusations of what the agency calls “CSR washing”—the failure of... May 4, 2022 EU proposes gradual ban on Russian oil in sixth round of sanctions against MoscowSource: CNBCRussia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and evidence of war crimes, has pushed the EU to take bolder steps on energy sanctions. But imposing measures that could reduce, or fully cut, Russian energy supplies to the EU have been a... May 4, 2022 Here's What Caterpillar Just Told Us About the Economy (and It's Not Good)Source: The Motley FoolCaterpillar is optimistic that price increases will offset higher costs due to inflation. But it was clear that supply-chain constraints are far from over and that these challenges are impacting its profitability. May 4, 2022 Food inflation is getting worse and there's likely more pain to come, says Kroger CEOSource: CNBC/YouTubeRodney McMullen, Kroger CEO, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss if he is seeing any change in consumer trends, the state of food inflation and how long these pressures will last. May 3, 2022 The Environmental Price Of Clean Energy Is Still Too High: ReportSource: JalopnikIn the face of that devastating IPCC report delivered in February, you might be considering taking some bare-minimum actions like buying an EV. This excellent deep dive published by Ars Technica Monday into what it really costs... May 3, 2022 Americans are showing inflation fatigue, and some companies see a breaking pointSource: Fox NewsExecutives running some of the world's biggest retailers, manufacturers and consumer-products makers say they are seeing signs that people are becoming less willing to absorb price increases. May 3, 2022 California 100 percent powered by renewables for first timeSource: Desert SunRenewable electricity met 100% of California's electricity demand for the first time ever on Saturday, environmentalists said, much of it from large amounts of solar power now produced along Interstate 10, an hour east of the... |
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