Homewise is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 with a mission to help create successful homeowners so that they improve their financial wellbeing and contribute to the vitality of our communities. Homewise offers a full range of homeownership services to empower and support clients on their path to successful homeownership. Each service is designed to
There has been a dramatic increase in the construction of homes that feature healthy and sustainable design over the last ten years in the United States. Increased consciousness from consumers, businesses, and governments about the impact buildings have on climate change as well as a greater concern for healthy indoor environments have driven and are
New List Shows 22% Simulated Annualized Returns on Companies Invested in Climate Solutions As You Sow and Corporate Knights today recently the inaugural version of the Carbon 200 200TM (Clean200TM), a list of 200 clean energy companies showing a simulated annualized return of 21.82% over the past decade. The list will be updated quarterly to
ESG Research Platform and Product Innovation Garner New Recognition for Calvert Calvert Investments Inc., a leading responsible investment manager, is pleased to announce that the Calvert Responsible Index Series was awarded “Indexing Product of the Year,” a main category within the William F. Sharpe Indexing Achievement Awards, at the recent 20th Annual Global Indexing and
by Ulrich Spiesshofer, president and CEO, ABB Solar Impulse has made history by completing the first flight around the world in a plane powered only by energy from the sun. Its achievement is a tremendous success for clean technologies and a triumph of technology innovation to change the world. When Solar Impulse founder Bertrand
A former Colorado governor, experts from the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), the World Bank, Patagonia, and the investment world will address the 27th annual SRI Conference November 9–11, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. They will share their information and insights about climate change and renewable energy development to help guide investment decision-making in the months
President Obama is committed to ensuring that every American family can choose to go solar and to cut their energy bills – and that every American community has the tools they need to tackle local air pollution and global climate change. Since President Obama took office, solar electricity generation has increased 30 fold and solar
Green Century Capital Management announced in July 2016 a new five-year program, The RISC (Risk In Supply Chains) project. The new global project will inform and engage global investors about the growing business and environmental risks of deforestation as part of Green Century Capital Management’s overall efforts to curb global warming. Tropical deforestation is a
Latest Evaluation Adds AMD, HP, VF Corporation, and Wells Fargo Clean Edge recently released the latest version of its Corporate Clean Energy Leaders Universe, recognizing corporations that are leading the way in establishing renewable electricity commitments, deploying clean energy, and investing in clean-tech deployment. As more companies transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, the
>> Back to July 2024 Issue Without a dramatic change in the way built environments are designed, constructed, and operated, the world has no chance of adequately addressing climate change. Architecture 2030 has spent over ten years working with architects, designers and policy-makers on programs and initiatives that will lead to zero emissions in
