“China’s Next Problem Is Recycling 26 Million Tons of Discarded Clothes” – Bloomberg – October 18, 2020
On October 18, 2020 Bloomberg reported that the “world’s biggest fashion buyer is running out of room for all its used garments. In a country that makes more than 5 billion T-shirts a year, there is a stigma to wearing old or second-hand clothes and millions of tons of garments are discarded every day. An aspirational middle […]
“Top-performing fund avoids investments in emerging markets low on ESG score” – Business Standard – October 17, 2020
On October 17, 2020 Business Standard reported that a “top-performing emerging-market bond fund is avoiding investments in Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia as the three countries score too low in its ratings for environmental, social, and governance risks. The $1.5-billion Candriam SRI Bond Emerging Markets Fund has outperformed almost 90 per cent of peers in […]