ESG McGill

By Sofia Tomljanovic, ESG McGill Analyst How do cryptocurrencies work? Have you ever heard of people investing in “crypto”? This almost ungraspable concept has spread everywhere in the world. It was invented in 2009 when the anonymous group Satoshi Nakamoto created and launched Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, in response to the 2008 Great Recession. Unlike regular currencies, …

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Written by the ESG McGill Analyst Team The Trudeau Federal government announced their 2030 Emissions Reductions program at the end of March. The program covered a broad set of initiatives to reduce Canada’s climate footprint, from carbon capture development and clean energy expansion to zero-emissions vehicles incentives and carbon pricing. The plan also introduced around …

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By Lori-Ann Bernard, ESG McGill Analyst Real estate is an asset class with a significant influence over numerous industries because of the players involved with its construction, approval, and valuation. It deals with the organization and distribution of physical properties, which are heavily influenced by government regulations through guidelines for how and where properties are …

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Written by the ESG McGill Analyst Team Earlier this year, the car manufacturer Stellantis announced their new strategic plan, Dare Forward 2030, centred around their transition to battery electric vehicles within the next two decades. Stellantis is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world and is the parent company toDodge, Jeep, Chrysler, and …

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By Lori-Ann Bernard, ESG McGill Analyst As we saw in the HBR article from the last newsletter, it is too easy for companies to cherry-pick information included in their sustainability reports without universal sustainability standards available. At COP26 last November, the IFRS [International Financial Reporting Standards] Foundation voted to create another board, the ISSB [International Sustainability Standards …

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Written by the ESG McGill Analyst Team Hy2gen is a green hydrogen investment platform founded in Germany in 2017. Hy2gen finances, develops and operates plants to produce green hydrogen and hydrogen-based e-fuels. Currently, hydrogen-based fuels are most widely produced using natural gasses and coal. However, companies like Hy2gen have been working towards increasing the production …

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By Na’im Temlock I sat down for an interview with Eve Ellis. Ms. Ellis, vice president, is a wealth advisor and founder of The Matterhorn Group with William Blair’s Private Wealth Management. Read the whole thing or feel free to just choose questions that interest you. Matterhorn works to preserve and grow clients’ capital and …

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By Sofia Tomljanovic, ESG McGill Analyst The Amazon Rainforest is crucial to a rain cycle caused by trees that humidify the area with subterranean water. When this humidity concentrates in the atmosphere, it starts to rain (Sandy). As the largest rainforest in the world and often called the planet’s lung, it holds 10% of the world’s …

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