GREEN INVESTMENT TRANSITION ON TRACK TO HIT $10 TRIL BY 2020

Breakdowns Driving Breakthroughs; 2015 Green Transition Scoreboard Report

Hazel Henderson, Rosalinda Sanquiche, Timothy Jack Nash, April 2015 (Ethical Markets Media)

“For 2014, the Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) focused on water, which added $484 billion to the overall total of $5.3 trillion of private investments reported March 2014, 9% of the overall total…This year, the GTS tracks Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Green Construction, Life Systems and Corporate Green R&D…Each sector covers an area of substantial capital investment…The upward trend in investments reported since 2009 aligns with our recommendation that investing at least 10% of institutional portfolios directly in companies driving the global Green Transition appropriately updates strategic asset allocation models both as opportunities and as risk mitigation…Even limiting government and institutional investments which are increasingly focusing on growing greener economies, $6.22 trillion in private investments and commitments puts private investors growing green sectors globally on track to reach our projected $10 trillion in investments by 2020…” click here for more

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