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Putting Capital To Climate Use: Carbon Markets
The European and UK carbon markets are experiencing a period of dynamic shifts, with carbon prices rallying in response to regulatory...
Feb 25, 2025


Ship Ahead: Regulate Emissions or Sink
The global shipping industry is at a crossroads. After decades of contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, the industry faces a push...
Feb 20, 2025


Pushing Ahead: Efforts Towards European Green Deal Are Substantial And Must Increase
A recent report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) highlights a lack of progress towards the European Green New...
Feb 18, 2025


Hurting Communities Hurts the Bottomline: Corporate Strategy and Marketing, Capital Markets, and Environmental Justice
Download Presentation Below. Responsible Alpha was very pleased to present in multiple classes at the Ross School of Business at the...
Feb 13, 2025


Forever Chemicals and PFAS Hidden Dangers: Corporate, Government, and Community Action Items
Forever chemicals – perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – have been commonly used industry and consumer products since...
Feb 13, 2025


Sustainability Pays: Investments Outperform Yet Funding Gap Persists
The United Nations Global Compact released their "Driving Progress: Sustainable Finance for the Advancement of the SDGs" report on...
Feb 13, 2025


Adaptation Not Defeat: Sustainability Evolves in Response to Political Hostility
The pro-sustainability era in the US underneath the Biden Administration has come to an abrupt end. However, while the government has...
Feb 6, 2025


Climate Risks: Worse Than Imagined – What Now?
Climate change is unfolding quicker and more unpredictably than scientific models have projected. These models have not only...
Feb 5, 2025


EU Outcompetes US: EU Embraces Equitable, Sustainable Growth as the US Falters
The European Union released its “Competitiveness Compass,” a roadmap centered around the creation of European economic growth...
Jan 31, 2025


Head in Sand: New-ish U.S. Energy Policy
The current U.S. administration marks a substantial regression in US climate policy, particularly in the energy sector. Federal energy...
Jan 30, 2025


Hooked on Finance: US Fisheries are Big Money - Sustainability Recommendations
Download here. Commercial fishing is a cornerstone of the U.S. economy, contributing billions of dollars annually and supporting millions...
Jan 23, 2025


U.S. Short-Term Energy Outlook: Renewables Grow Despite the Turbulence and Babel
Why It Matters Increased generation from low- or no-marginal cost energy sources are forecast to lead to less generation from traditional...
Jan 22, 2025


The Day After: Regression to the Extremes as the City of Angels Burns as Does the Arctic
Like in the 1983 TV drama The Day After, that hypothesized about a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union watched by more than...
Jan 14, 2025


WEF: Climate Change Jobs In Demand
Climate change is poised to transform workforce demand. The latest Future of Jobs report by the World Economic Forum indicates that...
Jan 9, 2025


The New Industrialization: UK’s Electricity Cleanest Ever in 2024
The United Kingdom, the globe’s sixth largest economy by GDP, accelerated decarbonization efforts in their electrical grid in 2024....
Jan 7, 2025


Ringin' in the New Year: Stewardship Predictions for the 2025 Proxy Year
Corporate stewardship is entering a pivotal moment. As we approach the 2025 proxy season, companies and investors face a landscape shaped...
Jan 2, 2025


Woohoo! Responsible Alpha’s Top 10 for 2025
Responsible Alpha’s top ten themes in 2025 encompass a broad set of interconnected issues which we believe are relevant in 2025 to...
Dec 31, 2024


Swimming Upstream: Financial Strategies to Pivot US Fisheries to Sustainability
Download research here. Introduction Commercial fishing is vital to the US economy, contributing billions of dollars annually and...
Dec 23, 2024


IADB Green Bonds Research Paper: Investor Sentiment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Scania Colombia, Natixis, and other institutions supported green bond issuance to finance the Transmilenio rapid bus system, Bogotá,...
Dec 19, 2024


We Told Ya, Shoulda Listened: Quants Find Litigation Risks Before Markets
Credit: New Fortress Energy. Read the full report here In 2022, Responsible Alpha and Deception And Truth Analysis (DATA) leveraged...
Dec 17, 2024


Climate Change – Here, There, Everywhere: Legal Arguments Against Fighting or Fixing Proceed
According to Copernicus, November 2024 was 1.62°C above pre-industrial levels. The International Court of Justice is in its second week...
Dec 11, 2024


EU Taxonomy and Article 8: Case on Romania Increasing Investor Base
At the 6th edition of the conference “ Driving Sustainability: ESG Non-Financial Reporting in Romania ” focusing on ESG trends in...
Dec 5, 2024


Central and Eastern European Capacity Building: Simple, Fast, Effective
Image: Ovidiu Iordache, AJ Brand . Responsible Alpha and László Borbély , State Counsellor, Government of Romania for Sustainable...
Dec 3, 2024


HVAC Collapse in NATO: Atlantic Current Slowing, Foreshadows Economic Chaos
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) stabilizes the climate in the U.S., Mexico, Europe and beyond. But new scientific...
Nov 29, 2024
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