Over the past semester, my understanding of sustainable investing has evolved from a relatively intuitive idea - 'investing with impact' - into a multi-layered system of incentives, market expectations, and real-economy effects...
When people hear the phrase sustainable investing, they often picture wind farms, electric buses, or climate-labeled bond issuances...
Over the past few weeks of the SIRI practicum, I have been grappling with a serious existential question about money, which ultimately has become the basis of our research. The question is why humans have given value - and perceived value - to something as abstract as a piece of paper.
Over the past few weeks of the SIRI practicum, I have been grappling with a serious existential question about money, which ultimately has become the basis of our research. The question is why humans have given value - and perceived value - to something as abstract as a piece of paper.
When I started the SIRI Practicum class, I expected to dive headfirst into sustainable finance tools such as concessionary loans, technical assistance, and green bonds, and how they can mobilize capital toward climate and development goals...
In our practicum project, we worked with a technology company developing a worker voice tool that multinational firms can deploy in their supply chains...
For years, conversations about human rights in global supply chains were framed as moral obligations or 'good to have' philanthropic commitments rather than essential business strategy. That era is over...
Reporting on ESG metrics is a common practice among companies today. On the one hand, it may simply be necessary to meet regulatory standards...
When I wrote my first Practicum blog post, I reflected on the Amazon as a living classroom, a place where ecology, rivers, communities, and ancestral knowledge taught me more than any textbook could...
As the project progresses, my understanding of the research domain has become more systematic, and I am increasingly able to identify the key analytical pathways through complex information...
As I look back at the semester, this practicum has both introduced me to and reshaped the way I understand sustainable investing, while also giving me hands-on experience in consulting....
The past few months in the SIRI Practicum have become one of the most conceptually rich investigations I have undertaken. It pushed me deeper than expected into the complexities of sustainable investing in fragile and emerging markets...