Sustainable investing in equilibrium

Sustainable investing and bond returns

Investing in the transition to sustainable agriculture

Ecological impacts of industrial agriculture include significant greenhouse gas emissions, loss of biodiversity, widespread pollution by fertilizers and pesticides, soil loss and degradation, declining pollinators, and human health risks, among many others. A rapidly growing body of scientific research, however, suggests that farming systems designed and managed according to ecological principl...

Investing In People: The Social Benefits of Sustainable Design

This paper provides an overview of theory and research on the human benefits of building design. Identified benefits include improved health outcomes, psychological well being, reduced stress, improved cognitive performance, and improved work and life satisfaction. While many building variables affect these outcomes, there is growing evidence that the high impact design features are connection ...

Investing in Family Planning: Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Family planning encompasses the services, policies, information, attitudes, practices, and commodities, including contraceptives, that give women, men, couples, and adolescents the ability to avoid unintended pregnancy and choose whether and/or when to have a child. In this commentary, we outline family planning’s links to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and highlight the transformatio...

Investing in human and natural capital: An alternative paradigm for sustainable development in Awassa, Ethiopia