So part of the reason for the long absence since my last post is that I moved to Japan. Although I haven’t been able to write anything for awhile due to being so busy from the move, Japan is definitely a great country to be in for exposure to green investing. In...
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As I discussed in my last post, the green market still seems to be pretty volatile. With so many emerging companies and technologies, it is hard to invest with little risk unless you put money into green bonds or find a way to diversify your investments. However, outside of investing in sustainability focused companies,...
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One aspect of green investing that makes it particular difficult at this stage is how instead of being completely driven by the consumer it is heavily impacted by the various government regulations being constantly approved and altered. Instead of attempting to pick the specific sector of the green market that you think will be...
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While a lot of the opportunities to invest in green might have been slightly out of reach for fixed income investors, the more recent development of green bonds might be the perfect solution. In order for companies seeking these funds to have access to them, they must meet a set of strict criteria involving...
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Before I get into more details about the specifics of green investing, I want to start with a background of sustainable development. Regardless of how well the financial tools we derive to interact with this field end up working, they aren’t meeting their goal if the result isn’t increased sustainability in addition to financial...
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