Wie viele Urwälder müssen nun eigentlich wegen der gesetzlichen Kassenbonpflicht abgeholzt werden?

Zu wenig Klimaschutz - Blackrock-Chef schreibt Brandbrief an Topmanager

Die Klimaschutzbewegung "Fridays for Future" hat inzwischen eine solche Wucht entwickelt, dass immer mehr Akteure auf den Zug aufspringen wollen. Sogar Investmentfonds und die Chemiegewerkschaft IG BCE.

Wenn es noch eines Beweises für den Erfolg von "Fridays for Future" bedurft hätte, dann hat Larry Fink, der Chef der mächtigen US-Investmentfirma Blackrock, ihn gerade erbracht. Fink hat einen Brandbrief an Topmanager weltweit führender Konzerne verschickt, auch in Deutschland. Die Botschaft: Die Firmen sollten sich gefälligst mehr um den Klimaschutz kümmern. mehr.....:

https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/untern...ac-63d98457947e

Scientists use stem cells from frogs to build first living robots
Researchers foresee myriad benefits for humanity, but also acknowledge ethical issues

Researchers in the US have created the first living machines by assembling cells from African clawed frogs into tiny robots that move around under their own steam.
One of the most successful creations has two stumpy legs that propel it along on its “chest”. Another has a hole in the middle that researchers turned into a pouch so it could shimmy around with miniature payloads.
“These are entirely new lifeforms. They have never before existed on Earth,” said Michael Levin, the director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. “They are living, programmable organisms.”

Roboticists tend to favour metal and plastic for their strength and durability, but Levin and his colleagues see benefits in making robots from biological tissues. When damaged, living robots can heal their wounds, and once their task is done they fall apart, just as natural organisms decay when they die.
Their unique features mean that future versions of the robots might be deployed to clean up microplastic pollution in the oceans, locate and digest toxic materials, deliver drugs in the body or remove plaque from artery walls, the scientists say....
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020...t-living-robots

James Murdoch criticises father's news outlets for climate crisis denial
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Fox cited for ‘frustrating’ coverage of Australian bushfires

Rupert Murdoch’s son has strongly criticised his family’s news outlets for downplaying the impact of the climate crisis, as bushfires continue to burn in Australia.

James Murdoch and his wife Kathryn issued a rare joint statement directly criticising his father’s businesses for their “ongoing denial” on the issue, which has been reflected in the family’s newspapers repeatedly casting doubt on the link between the climate emergency and the bushfires.

“Kathryn and James’s views on climate are well-established and their frustration with some of the News Corp and Fox coverage of the topic is also well-known,” a spokesperson for the couple told the Daily Beast. “They are particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial among the news outlets in Australia given obvious evidence to the contrary.” ...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/j...e-crisis-denial

World’s largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions.

Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” because of a warming planet.
Climate change has become the top issue raised by clients, Fink said, and it will affect everything from municipal bonds to long-term mortgages for homes.

The New York firm is taking immediate action, exiting investments in coal used to generate power, and it will begin asking clients to disclose their climate-related risks.
“Because capital markets pull future risk forward, we will see changes in capital allocation more quickly than we see changes to the climate itself,” Fink wrote in the letter. “In the near future – and sooner than most anticipate – there will be a significant reallocation of capital.”

That shift is already underway.
Investors poured $20.6 billion into sustainable funds last year, nearly quadrupling the record it had set a year earlier, according to Morningstar. The industry has broadened in recent years, after starting with simple funds that bluntly excluded stocks deemed as harmful, such as gun makers or tobacco stocks.

Investors, particularly younger ones, increasingly say they want their money invested with an eye toward sustainability. Fearful of losing out on those dollars — and the fees that they produce — investment companies are rushing to meet the surging demand.
Fund managers increasingly say they consider environmental, social and governance issues in their broad investment strategy. It’s known as “ESG” investing in the industry, and it means fund managers measure a company’s performance on the environment and other sustainability issues along with its bottom-line financials when choosing which stocks to own. ...

The shift by BlackRock is substantial. The firm has long been a target of environmental activists who have staged protests outside of its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. It has been hounded by some members of Congress who believe BlackRock could better address climate change with its vast economic heft.
Because of its size and reach, any shift in focus by BlackRock has the potential for much wider ramifications. The firm has operations in dozens of countries and is often called the world’s largest shadow bank.
“Over time, companies and countries that do not respond to stakeholders and address sustainability risks will encounter growing skepticism from the markets, and in turn, a higher cost of capital,” Fink wrote. “Companies and countries that champion transparency and demonstrate their responsiveness to stakeholders, by contrast, will attract investment more effectively, including higher-quality, more patient capital.”
https://apnews.com/7eb6a90050b6eceed6a4e8c24f36c892

Und das waehrend anderswo noch der Klimawandel geleugnet wird, Simpletons sich in Laecherlichkeiten gefallen, wie sich ueber Kassenbon-Zettel und ein kleines Maedchen in Schweden kuenstlich zu ereifern und gar von ihren eigenen Rechenkuensten prahlen -the train has already left the station and is well underway.:-)

35 vintage photos reveal what Los Angeles looked like before the US regulated pollution
https://www.insider.com/vintage-photos-l...HlpI4CUChRb1cT4

So sieht es heute noch in Peking aus. Und riecht auch so. Die Chinesen wissen sehr wohl, dass sie das aendern muessen.

Oceans are warming at the same rate as if five Hiroshima bombs were dropped in every second
The world's oceans are now heating at the same rate as if five Hiroshima atomic bombs were dropped into the water every second, scientists have said.

A new study released on Monday showed that 2019 was yet another year of record-setting ocean warming, with water temperatures reaching the highest temperature ever recorded.

An international team of 14 scientists examined data going back to the 1950s, looking at temperatures from the ocean surface to 2,000 meters deep. The study, which was published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, also showed that the oceans are warming at an increasing speed.
While the past decade has been the warmest on record for global ocean temperatures, the hottest five years ever recorded all came in the last five.
"The upward trend is relentless, and so we can say with confidence that most of the warming is man-made climate change," said Kevin Trenberth, distinguished senior scientist in the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

The study shows that while the oceans warmed steadily between 1955 and 1986, warming has accelerated rapidly in the last few decades. Between 1987-2019, ocean warming was 450% greater than during the earlier time period. ...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/world/cli...eans-heat-intl/

Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1830

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World’s largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions.

Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” because of a warming planet.
Climate change has become the top issue raised by clients, Fink said, and it will affect everything from municipal bonds to long-term mortgages for homes.

The New York firm is taking immediate action, exiting investments in coal used to generate power, and it will begin asking clients to disclose their climate-related risks.
“Because capital markets pull future risk forward, we will see changes in capital allocation more quickly than we see changes to the climate itself,” Fink wrote in the letter. “In the near future – and sooner than most anticipate – there will be a significant reallocation of capital.”

That shift is already underway.
Investors poured $20.6 billion into sustainable funds last year, nearly quadrupling the record it had set a year earlier, according to Morningstar. The industry has broadened in recent years, after starting with simple funds that bluntly excluded stocks deemed as harmful, such as gun makers or tobacco stocks.

Investors, particularly younger ones, increasingly say they want their money invested with an eye toward sustainability. Fearful of losing out on those dollars — and the fees that they produce — investment companies are rushing to meet the surging demand.
Fund managers increasingly say they consider environmental, social and governance issues in their broad investment strategy. It’s known as “ESG” investing in the industry, and it means fund managers measure a company’s performance on the environment and other sustainability issues along with its bottom-line financials when choosing which stocks to own. ...

The shift by BlackRock is substantial. The firm has long been a target of environmental activists who have staged protests outside of its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. It has been hounded by some members of Congress who believe BlackRock could better address climate change with its vast economic heft.
Because of its size and reach, any shift in focus by BlackRock has the potential for much wider ramifications. The firm has operations in dozens of countries and is often called the world’s largest shadow bank.
“Over time, companies and countries that do not respond to stakeholders and address sustainability risks will encounter growing skepticism from the markets, and in turn, a higher cost of capital,” Fink wrote. “Companies and countries that champion transparency and demonstrate their responsiveness to stakeholders, by contrast, will attract investment more effectively, including higher-quality, more patient capital.”
https://apnews.com/7eb6a90050b6eceed6a4e8c24f36c892

Und das waehrend anderswo noch der Klimawandel geleugnet wird, Simpletons sich in Laecherlichkeiten gefallen, wie sich ueber Kassenbon-Zettel und ein kleines Maedchen in Schweden kuenstlich zu ereifern und gar von ihren eigenen Rechenkuensten prahlen -the train has already left the station and is well underway.:-)

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1833

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1830

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World’s largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions.

Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” because of a warming planet.
Climate change has become the top issue raised by clients, Fink said, and it will affect everything from municipal bonds to long-term mortgages for homes.

The New York firm is taking immediate action, exiting investments in coal used to generate power, and it will begin asking clients to disclose their climate-related risks.
“Because capital markets pull future risk forward, we will see changes in capital allocation more quickly than we see changes to the climate itself,” Fink wrote in the letter. “In the near future – and sooner than most anticipate – there will be a significant reallocation of capital.”

That shift is already underway.
Investors poured $20.6 billion into sustainable funds last year, nearly quadrupling the record it had set a year earlier, according to Morningstar. The industry has broadened in recent years, after starting with simple funds that bluntly excluded stocks deemed as harmful, such as gun makers or tobacco stocks.

Investors, particularly younger ones, increasingly say they want their money invested with an eye toward sustainability. Fearful of losing out on those dollars — and the fees that they produce — investment companies are rushing to meet the surging demand.
Fund managers increasingly say they consider environmental, social and governance issues in their broad investment strategy. It’s known as “ESG” investing in the industry, and it means fund managers measure a company’s performance on the environment and other sustainability issues along with its bottom-line financials when choosing which stocks to own. ...

The shift by BlackRock is substantial. The firm has long been a target of environmental activists who have staged protests outside of its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. It has been hounded by some members of Congress who believe BlackRock could better address climate change with its vast economic heft.
Because of its size and reach, any shift in focus by BlackRock has the potential for much wider ramifications. The firm has operations in dozens of countries and is often called the world’s largest shadow bank.
“Over time, companies and countries that do not respond to stakeholders and address sustainability risks will encounter growing skepticism from the markets, and in turn, a higher cost of capital,” Fink wrote. “Companies and countries that champion transparency and demonstrate their responsiveness to stakeholders, by contrast, will attract investment more effectively, including higher-quality, more patient capital.”
https://apnews.com/7eb6a90050b6eceed6a4e8c24f36c892

Und das waehrend anderswo noch der Klimawandel geleugnet wird, Simpletons sich in Laecherlichkeiten gefallen, wie sich ueber Kassenbon-Zettel und ein kleines Maedchen in Schweden kuenstlich zu ereifern und gar von ihren eigenen Rechenkuensten prahlen -the train has already left the station and is well underway.:-)

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Es wird auch überzuckerter Fruchtjogurt als gesunde Kindernahrung verkauft, wenn es lohnt.

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1834

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1833

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1830

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World’s largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions.

Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” because of a warming planet.
Climate change has become the top issue raised by clients, Fink said, and it will affect everything from municipal bonds to long-term mortgages for homes.

The New York firm is taking immediate action, exiting investments in coal used to generate power, and it will begin asking clients to disclose their climate-related risks.
“Because capital markets pull future risk forward, we will see changes in capital allocation more quickly than we see changes to the climate itself,” Fink wrote in the letter. “In the near future – and sooner than most anticipate – there will be a significant reallocation of capital.”

That shift is already underway.
Investors poured $20.6 billion into sustainable funds last year, nearly quadrupling the record it had set a year earlier, according to Morningstar. The industry has broadened in recent years, after starting with simple funds that bluntly excluded stocks deemed as harmful, such as gun makers or tobacco stocks.

Investors, particularly younger ones, increasingly say they want their money invested with an eye toward sustainability. Fearful of losing out on those dollars — and the fees that they produce — investment companies are rushing to meet the surging demand.
Fund managers increasingly say they consider environmental, social and governance issues in their broad investment strategy. It’s known as “ESG” investing in the industry, and it means fund managers measure a company’s performance on the environment and other sustainability issues along with its bottom-line financials when choosing which stocks to own. ...

The shift by BlackRock is substantial. The firm has long been a target of environmental activists who have staged protests outside of its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. It has been hounded by some members of Congress who believe BlackRock could better address climate change with its vast economic heft.
Because of its size and reach, any shift in focus by BlackRock has the potential for much wider ramifications. The firm has operations in dozens of countries and is often called the world’s largest shadow bank.
“Over time, companies and countries that do not respond to stakeholders and address sustainability risks will encounter growing skepticism from the markets, and in turn, a higher cost of capital,” Fink wrote. “Companies and countries that champion transparency and demonstrate their responsiveness to stakeholders, by contrast, will attract investment more effectively, including higher-quality, more patient capital.”
https://apnews.com/7eb6a90050b6eceed6a4e8c24f36c892

Und das waehrend anderswo noch der Klimawandel geleugnet wird, Simpletons sich in Laecherlichkeiten gefallen, wie sich ueber Kassenbon-Zettel und ein kleines Maedchen in Schweden kuenstlich zu ereifern und gar von ihren eigenen Rechenkuensten prahlen -the train has already left the station and is well underway.:-)

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Es wird auch überzuckerter Fruchtjogurt als gesunde Kindernahrung verkauft, wenn es lohnt.

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Ein Superargument. Ganz toll. Da freuen sich jetzt bestimmt die Simpletons wenn sie das lesen. :-)

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1831

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35 vintage photos reveal what Los Angeles looked like before the US regulated pollution
https://www.insider.com/vintage-photos-l...HlpI4CUChRb1cT4

[blau]So sieht es heute noch in Peking aus. Und riecht auch so. Die Chinesen wissen sehr wohl, dass sie das aendern muessen./blau]

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1835

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1834

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1833

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1830

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World’s largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions.

Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” because of a warming planet.
Climate change has become the top issue raised by clients, Fink said, and it will affect everything from municipal bonds to long-term mortgages for homes.

The New York firm is taking immediate action, exiting investments in coal used to generate power, and it will begin asking clients to disclose their climate-related risks.
“Because capital markets pull future risk forward, we will see changes in capital allocation more quickly than we see changes to the climate itself,” Fink wrote in the letter. “In the near future – and sooner than most anticipate – there will be a significant reallocation of capital.”

That shift is already underway.
Investors poured $20.6 billion into sustainable funds last year, nearly quadrupling the record it had set a year earlier, according to Morningstar. The industry has broadened in recent years, after starting with simple funds that bluntly excluded stocks deemed as harmful, such as gun makers or tobacco stocks.

Investors, particularly younger ones, increasingly say they want their money invested with an eye toward sustainability. Fearful of losing out on those dollars — and the fees that they produce — investment companies are rushing to meet the surging demand.
Fund managers increasingly say they consider environmental, social and governance issues in their broad investment strategy. It’s known as “ESG” investing in the industry, and it means fund managers measure a company’s performance on the environment and other sustainability issues along with its bottom-line financials when choosing which stocks to own. ...

The shift by BlackRock is substantial. The firm has long been a target of environmental activists who have staged protests outside of its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. It has been hounded by some members of Congress who believe BlackRock could better address climate change with its vast economic heft.
Because of its size and reach, any shift in focus by BlackRock has the potential for much wider ramifications. The firm has operations in dozens of countries and is often called the world’s largest shadow bank.
“Over time, companies and countries that do not respond to stakeholders and address sustainability risks will encounter growing skepticism from the markets, and in turn, a higher cost of capital,” Fink wrote. “Companies and countries that champion transparency and demonstrate their responsiveness to stakeholders, by contrast, will attract investment more effectively, including higher-quality, more patient capital.”
https://apnews.com/7eb6a90050b6eceed6a4e8c24f36c892

Und das waehrend anderswo noch der Klimawandel geleugnet wird, Simpletons sich in Laecherlichkeiten gefallen, wie sich ueber Kassenbon-Zettel und ein kleines Maedchen in Schweden kuenstlich zu ereifern und gar von ihren eigenen Rechenkuensten prahlen -the train has already left the station and is well underway.:-)

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Es wird auch überzuckerter Fruchtjogurt als gesunde Kindernahrung verkauft, wenn es lohnt.

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Ein Superargument. Ganz toll. Da freuen sich jetzt bestimmt die Simpletons wenn sie das lesen. :-)

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Tatsächlich kann Wirtschaft so einfach sein, läuft unter Gewinnerzielungsabsicht.

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Zitat von ghassan im Beitrag #1836

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1831

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35 vintage photos reveal what Los Angeles looked like before the US regulated pollution
https://www.insider.com/vintage-photos-l...HlpI4CUChRb1cT4

So sieht es heute noch in Peking aus. Und riecht auch so. Die Chinesen wissen sehr wohl, dass sie das aendern muessen.

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Ist ja ein DIng. Leider hat die US regulated pollution nicht überall oder zumindest nicht nachhaltig genug gewirkt, denn vor drei Tagen war der Smog wieder da.

https://twitter.com/mobile2markdunn/stat...nland-empire%2F

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Schöne, neblige oder smokige Bilder ohne wirliche Aussagekraft.

und was die Lächerlichkeit der Kassenbons betrifft: SIe wissen aber schon aus welchem Material Kassenbons überwiegend sind und haben Sie eine Vorstellung davon, wieviele Kilometer das täglich sind, wenn man sie aneinander reiht?
Rund 6000 Kilometer.

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Warming oceans ‘warn of looming climate disaster’
The world’s oceans reached their highest temperature last year since modern records began more than 60 years ago.

The record was broken for the third year running and scientists attributed the warmth to the sea’s absorption of most of the heating caused by human activity.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/warmi...ren0msAeW1kHsJU

Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1830

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[Und das waehrend anderswo noch der Klimawandel geleugnet wird, Simpletons sich in Laecherlichkeiten gefallen, wie sich ueber Kassenbon-Zettel und ein kleines Maedchen in Schweden kuenstlich zu ereifern und gar von ihren eigenen Rechenkuensten prahlen -the train has already left the station and is well underway.:-)

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Australia wildfire smoke will make 'full circuit' around world, NASA says
Smoke from the bushfires ravaging Australia will encircle the entire globe, NASA said Tuesday.

"The smoke is expected to make at least one full circuit around the globe, returning once again to the skies over Australia," Colin Seftor and Rob Gutro of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center wrote. The smoke had traveled halfway around the planet, reaching South America, as of Jan. 8, according to NASA.

The size of the fires, as well as the historic dryness that contributed, have led to other phenomena such as so-called pyrocumulonimbus events, or fire-induced thunderstorms, which occur when rising clouds of smoke and ash cool create thunderstorm-like symptoms but with no rain, according to CBS. ...
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-enviro...round-the-world

Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1837

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1835

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1834

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1833

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1830

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World’s largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions.

Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” because of a warming planet.
Climate change has become the top issue raised by clients, Fink said, and it will affect everything from municipal bonds to long-term mortgages for homes.

The New York firm is taking immediate action, exiting investments in coal used to generate power, and it will begin asking clients to disclose their climate-related risks.
“Because capital markets pull future risk forward, we will see changes in capital allocation more quickly than we see changes to the climate itself,” Fink wrote in the letter. “In the near future – and sooner than most anticipate – there will be a significant reallocation of capital.”

That shift is already underway.
Investors poured $20.6 billion into sustainable funds last year, nearly quadrupling the record it had set a year earlier, according to Morningstar. The industry has broadened in recent years, after starting with simple funds that bluntly excluded stocks deemed as harmful, such as gun makers or tobacco stocks.

Investors, particularly younger ones, increasingly say they want their money invested with an eye toward sustainability. Fearful of losing out on those dollars — and the fees that they produce — investment companies are rushing to meet the surging demand.
Fund managers increasingly say they consider environmental, social and governance issues in their broad investment strategy. It’s known as “ESG” investing in the industry, and it means fund managers measure a company’s performance on the environment and other sustainability issues along with its bottom-line financials when choosing which stocks to own. ...

The shift by BlackRock is substantial. The firm has long been a target of environmental activists who have staged protests outside of its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. It has been hounded by some members of Congress who believe BlackRock could better address climate change with its vast economic heft.
Because of its size and reach, any shift in focus by BlackRock has the potential for much wider ramifications. The firm has operations in dozens of countries and is often called the world’s largest shadow bank.
“Over time, companies and countries that do not respond to stakeholders and address sustainability risks will encounter growing skepticism from the markets, and in turn, a higher cost of capital,” Fink wrote. “Companies and countries that champion transparency and demonstrate their responsiveness to stakeholders, by contrast, will attract investment more effectively, including higher-quality, more patient capital.”
https://apnews.com/7eb6a90050b6eceed6a4e8c24f36c892

Und das waehrend anderswo noch der Klimawandel geleugnet wird, Simpletons sich in Laecherlichkeiten gefallen, wie sich ueber Kassenbon-Zettel und ein kleines Maedchen in Schweden kuenstlich zu ereifern und gar von ihren eigenen Rechenkuensten prahlen -the train has already left the station and is well underway.:-)

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Es wird auch überzuckerter Fruchtjogurt als gesunde Kindernahrung verkauft, wenn es lohnt.

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Ein Superargument. Ganz toll. Da freuen sich jetzt bestimmt die Simpletons wenn sie das lesen. :-)

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Tatsächlich kann Wirtschaft so einfach sein, läuft unter Gewinnerzielungsabsicht.

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😂

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1842

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1837

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1835

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1834

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1833

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1830

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World’s largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions.

Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” because of a warming planet.
Climate change has become the top issue raised by clients, Fink said, and it will affect everything from municipal bonds to long-term mortgages for homes.

The New York firm is taking immediate action, exiting investments in coal used to generate power, and it will begin asking clients to disclose their climate-related risks.
“Because capital markets pull future risk forward, we will see changes in capital allocation more quickly than we see changes to the climate itself,” Fink wrote in the letter. “In the near future – and sooner than most anticipate – there will be a significant reallocation of capital.”

That shift is already underway.
Investors poured $20.6 billion into sustainable funds last year, nearly quadrupling the record it had set a year earlier, according to Morningstar. The industry has broadened in recent years, after starting with simple funds that bluntly excluded stocks deemed as harmful, such as gun makers or tobacco stocks.

Investors, particularly younger ones, increasingly say they want their money invested with an eye toward sustainability. Fearful of losing out on those dollars — and the fees that they produce — investment companies are rushing to meet the surging demand.
Fund managers increasingly say they consider environmental, social and governance issues in their broad investment strategy. It’s known as “ESG” investing in the industry, and it means fund managers measure a company’s performance on the environment and other sustainability issues along with its bottom-line financials when choosing which stocks to own. ...

The shift by BlackRock is substantial. The firm has long been a target of environmental activists who have staged protests outside of its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. It has been hounded by some members of Congress who believe BlackRock could better address climate change with its vast economic heft.
Because of its size and reach, any shift in focus by BlackRock has the potential for much wider ramifications. The firm has operations in dozens of countries and is often called the world’s largest shadow bank.
“Over time, companies and countries that do not respond to stakeholders and address sustainability risks will encounter growing skepticism from the markets, and in turn, a higher cost of capital,” Fink wrote. “Companies and countries that champion transparency and demonstrate their responsiveness to stakeholders, by contrast, will attract investment more effectively, including higher-quality, more patient capital.”
https://apnews.com/7eb6a90050b6eceed6a4e8c24f36c892

Und das waehrend anderswo noch der Klimawandel geleugnet wird, Simpletons sich in Laecherlichkeiten gefallen, wie sich ueber Kassenbon-Zettel und ein kleines Maedchen in Schweden kuenstlich zu ereifern und gar von ihren eigenen Rechenkuensten prahlen -the train has already left the station and is well underway.:-)

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Es wird auch überzuckerter Fruchtjogurt als gesunde Kindernahrung verkauft, wenn es lohnt.

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Ein Superargument. Ganz toll. Da freuen sich jetzt bestimmt die Simpletons wenn sie das lesen. :-)

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Tatsächlich kann Wirtschaft so einfach sein, läuft unter Gewinnerzielungsabsicht.

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😂

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Och Willie, das kann man tatsächlich sehr unterschiedlich interpretieren. Für Ihren "best case" bin ich aber bis zum Beweis des Gegenteils nicht zu haben, das sind Geldmaschinen, keine Weltenretter.

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1843

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1842

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1837

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1835

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1834

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1833

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1830

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World’s largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions.

Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” because of a warming planet.
Climate change has become the top issue raised by clients, Fink said, and it will affect everything from municipal bonds to long-term mortgages for homes.

The New York firm is taking immediate action, exiting investments in coal used to generate power, and it will begin asking clients to disclose their climate-related risks.
“Because capital markets pull future risk forward, we will see changes in capital allocation more quickly than we see changes to the climate itself,” Fink wrote in the letter. “In the near future – and sooner than most anticipate – there will be a significant reallocation of capital.”

That shift is already underway.
Investors poured $20.6 billion into sustainable funds last year, nearly quadrupling the record it had set a year earlier, according to Morningstar. The industry has broadened in recent years, after starting with simple funds that bluntly excluded stocks deemed as harmful, such as gun makers or tobacco stocks.

Investors, particularly younger ones, increasingly say they want their money invested with an eye toward sustainability. Fearful of losing out on those dollars — and the fees that they produce — investment companies are rushing to meet the surging demand.
Fund managers increasingly say they consider environmental, social and governance issues in their broad investment strategy. It’s known as “ESG” investing in the industry, and it means fund managers measure a company’s performance on the environment and other sustainability issues along with its bottom-line financials when choosing which stocks to own. ...

The shift by BlackRock is substantial. The firm has long been a target of environmental activists who have staged protests outside of its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. It has been hounded by some members of Congress who believe BlackRock could better address climate change with its vast economic heft.
Because of its size and reach, any shift in focus by BlackRock has the potential for much wider ramifications. The firm has operations in dozens of countries and is often called the world’s largest shadow bank.
“Over time, companies and countries that do not respond to stakeholders and address sustainability risks will encounter growing skepticism from the markets, and in turn, a higher cost of capital,” Fink wrote. “Companies and countries that champion transparency and demonstrate their responsiveness to stakeholders, by contrast, will attract investment more effectively, including higher-quality, more patient capital.”
https://apnews.com/7eb6a90050b6eceed6a4e8c24f36c892

Und das waehrend anderswo noch der Klimawandel geleugnet wird, Simpletons sich in Laecherlichkeiten gefallen, wie sich ueber Kassenbon-Zettel und ein kleines Maedchen in Schweden kuenstlich zu ereifern und gar von ihren eigenen Rechenkuensten prahlen -the train has already left the station and is well underway.:-)

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Es wird auch überzuckerter Fruchtjogurt als gesunde Kindernahrung verkauft, wenn es lohnt.

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Ein Superargument. Ganz toll. Da freuen sich jetzt bestimmt die Simpletons wenn sie das lesen. :-)

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Tatsächlich kann Wirtschaft so einfach sein, läuft unter Gewinnerzielungsabsicht.

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😂

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Och Willie, das kann man tatsächlich sehr unterschiedlich interpretieren. Für Ihren "best case" bin ich aber bis zum Beweis des Gegenteils nicht zu haben, das sind Geldmaschinen, keine Weltenretter.

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Darum geht es doch garnicht. Damit bestaetigen Sie nur dass sie den wichtigsten Aspekt total verpassen. Naemlich der, dass die Geldbrueder genau wissen, was Sache ist und wo die Reise hingeht. Die setzen nach Moeglichkeit nur auf jene Boxer im Ring, die letzlich noch stehen.
Naemlich darauf, dass der Klimawandel zur Kursaenderung zwingt. Fossil fuels have had it. Weltrettung wird das kommende grosse Erfordernis. Und auf die kommenden Investmenterfordernisse stellen die sich ein.

Politische Interessenverteter und ihre Sycophanten koennen das nicht, die sind erstmal noch ihrer Politik verpflichtet. Den Versprechnugen, den Luegengebaeuden. Die Financiers haben die Buerde nicht. Da zaehlt die Realitaet, wo die zukuenftigen Profite herkommen. Niemand investiert in future losing propositions.

Die Fossilien Energietraeger koennen heute noch soviele Politiker und Presseorgane in ihrem Interesse bezahlen, es aendert nichts an der Realitaet. Und wenn sie erst mal von den grossen Financiers verlassen werden, dann ist ganz schnell bei denen "haengen im Schacht".

Und wenn die Murdochs sich erst mal laecherlich genug gemacht haben, dann wird man auch in derem Imperium neue Toene anschlagen, Und erst danach dann aendern deren Prediger bei Fox News etc. ihre Toene.
Und erst ganz zum Schluss dann die Abnehmer derer Propaganda. Die treuen Bodentruppen, die Kultmitglieder, die wie gewuenscht, unermuedlich und treu fuer die Propaganda mit aller Macht und grosser Verbissenheit "die furchterregende Greta aus Schweden" bekaempft haben. :-)
Aber bis dahin vergeht erst noch ne Weile.

Das umschwenken der Financiers ist in der Money world wie der Fink im Bergwerk. Ich kann das erkennen. Konserven und Murdoch's Propaganda Abnehmer brauchen dafuer noch eine Weile. Klar.

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1843

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Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #1842

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Och Willie, das kann man tatsächlich sehr unterschiedlich interpretieren. Für Ihren "best case" bin ich aber bis zum Beweis des Gegenteils nicht zu haben, das sind Geldmaschinen, keine Weltenretter.

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Darum geht es doch garnicht. Damit bestaetigen Sie nur dass sie den wichtigsten Aspekt total verpassen. Naemlich der, dass die Geldbrueder genau wissen, was Sache ist und wo die Reise hingeht. Die setzen nach Moeglichkeit nur auf jene Boxer im Ring, die letzlich noch stehen.
Naemlich darauf, dass der Klimawandel zur Kursaenderung zwingt. Fossil fuels have had it. Weltrettung wird das kommende grosse Erfordernis. Und auf die kommenden Investmenterfordernisse stellen die sich ein.

Politische Interessenverteter und ihre Sycophanten koennen das nicht, die sind erstmal noch ihrer Politik verpflichtet. Den Versprechnugen, den Luegengebaeuden. Die Financiers haben die Buerde nicht. Da zaehlt die Realitaet, wo die zukuenftigen Profite herkommen. Niemand investiert in future losing propositions.

Die Fossilien Energietraeger koennen heute noch soviele Politiker und Presseorgane in ihrem Interesse bezahlen, es aendert nichts an der Realitaet. Und wenn sie erst mal von den grossen Financiers verlassen werden, dann ist ganz schnell bei denen "haengen im Schacht".

Und wenn die Murdochs sich erst mal laecherlich genug gemacht haben, dann wird man auch in derem Imperium neue Toene anschlagen, Und erst danach dann aendern deren Prediger bei Fox News etc. ihre Toene.
Und erst ganz zum Schluss dann die Abnehmer derer Propaganda. Die treuen Bodentruppen, die Kultmitglieder, die wie gewuenscht, unermuedlich und treu fuer die Propaganda mit aller Macht und grosser Verbissenheit "die furchterregende Greta aus Schweden" bekaempft haben. :-)
Aber bis dahin vergeht erst noch ne Weile.

Das umschwenken der Financiers ist in der Money world wie der Fink im Bergwerk. Ich kann das erkennen. Konserven und Murdoch's Propaganda Abnehmer brauchen dafuer noch eine Weile. Klar.[/blau]

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1838

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Tip: Nebel ist kein Smog. Weiss natuerlich noch lange nicht jeder.

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1838

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Und klar, Kassenbons sind das Problem. Neben den Rundfunkgebuehren natuerlich. Mann, Mann, Mann.

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Zitat von ghassan im Beitrag #1846

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1838

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Tip: Nebel ist kein Smog. Weiss natuerlich noch lange nicht jeder.

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Richtig, deshalb schrieb ich:
Schöne, neblige oder smokige Bilder ohne wirliche Aussagekraft.

Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #1838

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Und klar, Kassenbons sind das Problem. Neben den Rundfunkgebuehren natuerlich. Mann, Mann, Mann.

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Was den Sinn des Hinweis' auf die GEZ an dieser Stelle betrifft, wird das wohl ihr Geheimnis bleiben.
Die Kassenbons allerdings belegen die Ernsthaftigkeit im Kampf gegen die Recourcenverwschwendung und Umweltverschmutzng unserer Regierung.
Meinen Einkauf in einer Plastiktüte nach Hause zu tragen wurde mir verboten - Wie gut, dass die Werbung inzwischen in Plastiktüten eingeschweisst im Briefkasten landet. Wenn ich die Folie der Werbung wöchentlich zusammenklebe, kann ich mir für das Wochenende eine Plastiktüte zum Einkaufen zusammen basteln.
Es ist gut und wichtig, dass es genug Primitive gibt, die sich von der Umweltrettungshysterie anstecken lassen, sonst würden solche Ablenkungs - und Nutzlosverordnungen der Blasenbewohner kaum die Wirkung zeigen, die sie sollen.

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Zitat von Hans Bergman im Beitrag #1848

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Die vielgelobte Globalisierung ist es vor allem, die den Planeten zerstört. Und auch die ist nicht mehr aufzuhalten.

So lange ich eine 1,2 m Verlängerung für ein Audiokabel aus China inklusive Lieferung für 1,14 Euro bekomme und ich für das günstigste Äquivalent aus Deutschland 3,64 Euro plus 1,60 für Versand zahlen müsste, so lange wird eben die Umwelt vergewaltigt. Auch von mir.
Ich hatte gerade die Wahl - aber kein Geld zu verschenken...

3.wir sind freies Verschiffen, es versenden heraus aus China, die etwa 25-38 Tageankommen das übersee Fahrt dauert und wird langere Zeit, wenn Sie nicht so lange warten Können, bitte zahlen gern Sie nicht zu bieten.

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