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Socially Responsible Investments

August 2011
Socially Responsible Investment – Treating the Untreatable
For most of us, the word “textiles” is synonymous with clothing or apparel. This is not surprising given the high profile of the textile industry from the first documented knitted and woven textiles of the late Stone Age through to the production of linen by ancient Egyptians and the first fine silks by the Chinese. Read more…
August 2011
Socially Responsible Investment – Is Solar Energy the New Nuclear Energy?
Who could forget the devastating images of Japan we saw three months ago? The most severe earthquake ever recorded shook northwestern Japan on the 11th of March 2011. The quake, which reached level 9.0 on the Richter scale, brought not only destruction and devastation to Honshu, Japan’s main island, it also triggered a catastrophic tsunami. Read more…
 Mai 2011
Socially Responsible Investment – Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)
Melting glaciers, the continued extinction of rare species, more frequent heat waves and increasingly stronger tsunamis – some believe that the long forsaken Armageddon is inevitable. Others believe they have found an antidote named REDD. Read more…
April 2011

How prepared are we for the next catastrophe?
Recent tragic events in Japan have highlighted the fragility of the human race and its susceptibility to the consequences of natural disasters. Japan is a rich, industrialized nation, undoubtedly one of the best prepared for a catastrophic incident particularly given its proximity to a major geological structural fault and its history of earthquakes. Read more…

November 2010

Geothermal Energy – An Overview
This summer, IKEA announced that it would open a store running mainly on geothermal energy. By fall 2011, the store will open in Denver, Colorado- complete with a geothermal heat pump about 150 m under the parking garage. In summer, some supplementary power will be needed to cool the building, but in winter it will be heated solely through geothermal energy. Read more…