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世界は、自ら供給できる以上の速さで開発を進めている。AIデータセンター、近代化された電力網、そして製造業やサプライチェーンのニアショアリング（近隣国への移転）の波は、すべて同時に同じ原材料を求めており、その需要はこれまでに見たことのない規模になると予測されている。 今後18年間で、世界経済は人類がこれまでの記録された歴史において採掘したのと同量の銅を必要とすることになる。 銀は、太陽光発電、電気自動車（EV）、AIを駆動するハードウェアに圧迫され、現在5年連続で構造的な供給不足に直面している。 レアアース（希土類元素）や戦略的磁石に対する最近の輸出規制は、導入から数週間で大手自動車メーカーの生産ラインを混乱させ、一次鉱物の精錬サプライチェーンがいかに脆弱で偏在しているかを実証した。 採掘だけでは、今日の差し迫った需要に対応できるほどの迅速な規模拡大は望めない。新しい銅鉱山が発見されてから操業を開始するまでには平均して16年を要し、既存の鉱山における鉱石の品位は低下し続けている。...
Boulder stayed safe during windstorm because of city planning. We must all play a part in continuing that work. (Opinion)
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Rob Kaplan and Nicole Speer The windstorm that tore across Boulder recently was frightening, disruptive and potentially catastrophic. It was also a reminder of the environment we are living in now. Extreme weather conditions are here to stay, and our rapidly changing climate demands a new kind of shared responsibility. We want to acknowledge the extraordinary work of city staff who kept Boulder safe during a dangerous, fast-moving event.
Las tres "L" de la creación de un fondo de impacto: localización, localización, localización
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Raising the Bar: Educating Our Next Generation of Lawyers
Imagine that you live in a world where a test is administered to every person seeking to start a business career. Pass this test and you can hold yourself out as a businessperson. Fail this test and you’ll be shut out of a working in business (or subjected to repeated testing until you finally muster a passing score). NYS Bar Examination question about benefit corporations.
ESG or Sustainability: You Choose
Contextualizing note: This article is an expanded version of a LinkedIn post that “went viral” overnight, attracting over 100 comments, 200 likes, and 13,000 views in less than 24 hours. As of this writing, about a week later, it has about 150 comments, 300 likes, and 23,000 views, as well as 34 shares.
📝 How Austin Became The Bitcoin Mecca Capital of Texas.
The booming and rapidly evolving economy of Austin is making it one of the more desirable cities to live in America. According to the U.S. Census Bureau figures released on May 4th, Austin's multi-county metro population saw a 3% increase from the previous year and now stands at an estimated 2,295,303 people as of last July. Therefore, Austin officially tops the list for the fastest population growth amongst metros with a minimum of 1 million residents.
Managing low back pain with physical therapy
Back pain is a common health complaint and one of the most frequent reasons for missing time at work and going to primary care doctors. Most people will experience back pain at some point during their lives and for many it will be recurrent. Although back pain may be intense, it is not usually serious. Even though back pain can affect people of any age, it is more common in adults 55 and younger. What types of back pain are more common in younger or older people?
Here's how private investors can turn plastic into gold
A lack of capital is a significant barrier to creating a profitable plastics recycling market in emerging economies. But attractive returns are there for the taking – while tackling plastic pollution at the same time. Here's how financial institutions can accelerate the creation of this marketplace. One of the greatest impediments to our ability to transition to a circular economy for plastics in emerging markets is a dearth of private investment capital.
Top 7 circular economy moments of 2015
At the Closed Loop Fund, we spent most of 2015 investing time and money in thecircular economy and recycling.
Singapore's Circulate Cap Lines Up Rs 300 Crore Investment In Indian Waste Management Firms
Circulate Capital, a Singapore-based management company involved in Asian recycling operations, has dedicated Rs 300 crore for India’s waste management and recycling industry. The investment will be offered to four Indian companies using high-end technology to improve waste management and recycling value chain, Circulate Capital CEO Rob Kaplan told MoneyControl. The investment was meant to help Indian companies which routinely need investment for recycling critical waste, Kaplan said.
Collateral damage: COVID-19’s impact on ocean plastic pollution | Greenbiz
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of the global waste management system, and in the race to produce exponentially more personal protective equipment (PPE), brought on environmental collateral damage, particularly to the ocean. This indirect impact highlights an urgent need to invest in the waste management industry that can turn this crisis into a growth opportunity and support lives and livelihoods that depend on its sustainability.
Helping circular economy startups in emerging markets scale their impact
The COVID-19 crisis has put into stark contrast the need for increased investment in solutions like better resilience, local job creation, affordable healthcare, secure food supplies and a diminished dependence on international trade, which can make us less vulnerable to some of the daunting long-term environmental and social challenges we currently face – namely climate change.
How venture capital can help stem ocean plastic waste
Economic growth has exacerbated the plastic waste problem - but it contains the solution, too. Targeted investment can bridge the finance gap hampering Asia's waste sector. Investment in just five countries could reduce plastic ocean flows by 45%. Asia’s exponential growth has made it into a powerful economic force, but it also has placed the region at the heart of the ocean pollution crisis. More than half of the plastic that flows into the ocean comes from South and Southeast Asia.
投資するなら今 インドのリサイクルと循環経済に期待できる理由
中国の廃棄物輸入禁止令「国門利剣（ナショナルソード）」の実施に続き、インドは廃棄物輸入禁止の抜け穴を閉じたところだ。こうした状況で、世界のリサイクル業界の一部が変化を遂げている。 中国に続き、インド経済は世界の海洋プラスチック問題の非常に大きな一因となっている。同地域のリサイクルと廃棄物管理セクターが未発達であることから、こうした重要な規制がインドのリサイクルセクターへの投資機会にどのような影響をもたらすかについて詳細に調べる価値はある。幸いなことに、投資家はインドのリサイクル業界への投資機会に楽観的な視点を持つことができる。その理由は次の5つだ。 1.
Why the sudden interest in ocean plastic?
Over the last year, there has been a surge of interest in the problem of ocean plastic pollution.
What role do incubators play in the clean economy?
When it comes to ocean plastic pollution, the challenge is clear: We need to quickly scale up business solutions to support waste and recycling. The construction of strong value chains and waste management systems that support a circular economy is critical.But in South and Southeast Asia — where this type of intervention is desperately needed — bankable ventures, projects and initiatives are in short supply.
This is an incredible opportunity to make an impact on plastic
Is this the decade when we solve ocean plastic — or repeat the mistakes of the past? Recently, Nathaniel Rich told an incredible story about the decade when we could have stopped global warming. In the 1980s, "The world’s major powers came within several signatures of endorsing a binding, global framework to reduce carbon emissions — far closer than we’ve come since," he wrote. "During those years, the conditions for success could not have been more favorable.
Here's how we aim to close the loop on ocean plastic pollution
Around 8 million tons of plastic waste is dumped in the ocean annually.
Think ahead to this $2 trillion opportunity
In 2017, Closed Loop Partners conducted a study, with support from the Goldman Sachs Center for Environmental Markets and Wells Fargo Foundation, of the capital landscape supporting circular supply chains in North America. We looked at recent trends in investment activity, unmet demand, near-term forecasts, and projections to achieve a fully circular infrastructure by 2030.
Solving the recycled plastics puzzle
Today’s consumable products — from food and beverage to health and beauty — rely on linear supply chains that extract natural resources at the front end and result in waste into landfills and the environment at the other end.If we’re going to move from this linear model to a circular one, more capital must be invested into recycling infrastructure solutions and innovations and business models need to compete with virgin raw materials.At Closed Loop Partners, we envision a world in which...
Solving the Recycled Plastics Puzzle
Today’s consumable products — from food and beverage to health and beauty — rely on linear supply chains that extract natural resources at the front end and result in waste into landfills and the environment at the other end. If we’re going to move from this linear model to a circular one, more capital must be invested into recycling infrastructure solutions and innovations and business models need to compete with virgin raw materials. read more >>
Here's why 2017 will be the year of the circular economy revolution
The circular economy has captured the imagination of brands, cities and innovators. Will 2017 be the year when the concept evolves from aspiration to profitable action? Here are four reasons why, from our view as circular economy investors, we believe this year will mark a shift from idea to action:1. Focus on local governmentIf there is one safe bet with the new administration, it is that leadership on circular economy will not be coming out of Washington.
It's time to embrace the value of waste
Recycling started more than 20 years ago when cities across the country decided they didn’t want to use your tax dollars to pay for landfill waste anymore. Waste companies started adding recycling as part of their service offerings to win bids from their biggest customers — municipalities. They did this because they had to as part of the bid process, not because they became evangelists for recycling and the environment.
Rob Kaplan: Investing in Texas education is key to our economic future
Education is a great investment for our cities, our state and our nation. It produces benefits for taxpayers, businesses, and most importantly, for our kids. Unfortunately, educational attainment is lagging in Texas, particularly among minority students. This gap has broad implications for the state’s economy and the financial well-being of its residents.
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