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Five ways to give central banking a makeover

Corporate Knights

To most people, central banking is a mystery. The key is to know that, while a bank creates money as a loan that needs to be repaid, a central bank creates it as a gift to the economy at a time of crisis that does not need to be repaid. Confront the climate crisis head-on. Create money to tackle a crisis.

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The 25 most sustainable public-sector companies in the world

Corporate Knights

In its deep dive into the worlds most sustainable private- and public-sector companies, Corporate Knights revealed an undeniable fact: public-sector companies are doing essential work when it comes to moving the needle toward a greener global economy. It is also one of the biggest green financiers globally. That now includes 7.6

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Her Money. Her Future.

3BL Media

19M savings group members and $690M+ savings mobilized since 2008. Everyone benefits when women are active, dynamic players in local economies and societies. Investing in women’s economic power can help the global economy grow an additional $10 trillion by 2030 ( Eurasia Group, Oct 2023 ). CARE average of 61%).

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The Fed Cannot Fix Today’s Energy Inflation Problem

Gail Tverberg

Figure 2 shows that the ratio of US debt to GDP hit a maximum in 2008. Analyzing US debt to GDP ratios by sector provides some insight regarding the reason for the fall in the ratio of debt to GDP since 2008 in Figure 2. With the high level of debt that the world economy has today, major defaults are a worry.

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A Walled-Off Garden

Sense and Sustainability

Even the World Bank has lauded the country’s innovative policies they claim have managed to “decouple growth from CO2 emissions,” allowing Sweden to “have its cake and eat it too.” The tax was introduced piecemeal , the rate increasing periodically to allow the economy to shift with the policy.

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Two Pillars for a Sustainable Dialogue

Chris Hall

Since the mid-90s, global real estate company City Developments Limited (CDL) has integrated sustainability into its growth strategy to create value for the business and its stakeholders.

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This Week’s Fund News: HSBC AM Targets Circular Economy, Exits Coal

Chris Hall

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has launched the HGIF Global Equity Circular Economy Fund, which will invest in up to 60 companies that are enabling the transition to a circular global economy. Since its launch, solarZero has installed 8,500 solar systems on New Zealand residential, commercial, and community buildings.