Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment funds, which reached $400 billion in assets under management in 2021, are meant to make investing in “good” companies easier. But do they deliver on the promise of promoting a greener, more just stock market?
The University of Georgia announced a campus-wide Electric Mobility Initiative in January, with the goal of enhancing research, education and outreach opportunities in the high-growth, high-tech commercial sector.
What does it mean to live sustainably? At a basic level, the concept evokes individual responsibility: Recycle those bottles. Join a carpool or, better yet, bike to work. Eat less meat. And please, avoid leisurely showers.
What’s good for business and what’s good for society used to be a choice between two paths that didn’t necessarily intersect, separated by the profit motive.
When you throw a glass bottle in the recycling bin, what happens to it? Glass is notoriously hard to recycle, but student startup KLAW Industries has developed a way to turn those old bottles into a material used in concrete manufacturing.
The University of Georgia received a $1 million pledge to the Terry College of Business to launch the college’s new Sustainability Initiative and fund faculty support for the endeavor.