It is no surprise that massive amounts of capital have flowed towards ESG-focused companies and investment funds on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years, based on greater awareness of sustainability issues, growing recognition from organizations like McKinsey that ESG factors can have a positive material impact on a company’s performance, regulatory pressures, and… Continue reading Is it Possible to Make Smarter ESG-Driven Investment Decisions?
What is “Energy Security” and why should people even worry about it? The International Energy Association (IEA) defines it simply as “the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at affordable prices.” They go on to note that “Energy security has many aspects: long-term energy security mainly deals with timely investments to supply energy in line with… Continue reading What is US “Energy Security?” Why Does it Matter?
At the USEA / US Energy Association’s Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum held in Washington DC in January – one of the recurring themes discussed by many of the nearly two dozen US energy sector association leaders was the call for energy infrastructure permitting reform. So – what on earth is this? Why… Continue reading Can We Overcome this Huge Obstacle to Achieving US Net Zero Carbon Emissions?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage now, especially applications for image & speech recognition, natural language processing (NLP) for language translation & chatbots and for things like fraud detection, helping develop autonomous vehicle and financial trading / portfolio management. But there is an area of AI application that may have a huge and positive… Continue reading How Can Artificial Intelligence Help the Transition to Global Green Energy?
To mark World Savings Day, we’re sharing our recent work for Scottish Water. The ‘Water Is Always Worth Saving’ campaign underlines the importance of protecting this precious resource. Although it may seem like we get more than enough water, only 1% of rain lands where Scottish Water can access it. So, how can we be… Continue reading WATER IS ALWAYS WORTH SAVING.
At Always Be Content, we’ve got sustainability woven into our DNA. From the start, we’ve believed in helping companies do well by doing good. Our clients share our progressive vision. We’ve helped them build trust with customers and communities. But, in the world at large, progressive values are in peril. The planet’s temperature – and… Continue reading ALWAYS B CORP: JOINING A MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE
2022 is not starting out as a good year for ESG / sustainability-oriented investments, business models and government policy initiatives. The primary cause of the problem is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war has triggered poor returns on ESG-focused investment funds and the sustainability-oriented businesses that comprise them. The conflict has also cast doubts on… Continue reading Will the War in Ukraine Short-Circuit ESG/ Sustainability Efforts?
