AlgaPrime™ DHA Awarded by Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas

Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 10:01:00
AMSTERDAM, April 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Corbion announced today that its omega-3 rich algae feed ingredient, AlgaPrime™ DHA, was selected as an Honorable Mention in the Food category of Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Award. According to the FAO, global consumption of farmed…
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Fermentation to fill the omega-3 gap: ‘Every metric tonne used saves many metric tonnes of wild fish’

Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 14:00:00
Dutch food and biochemicals company Corbion is leveraging fermentation technology to help make aquaculture more sustainable, reducing the industryâs reliance on wild caught fish for fishmeal.
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Making the Low Carbon Call With ETFs

Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 13:00:52
As the idea of sustainable investing takes hold, many advisors and investors are looking to ETFs that emphasize low carbon footprints. The iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (NYSEArca: CRBN) is one of those funds. CRBN and the rival SPDR MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (NYSEArca: LOWC) target the MSCI ACWI Low Carbon […] The post Making the Low Carbon Call With ETFs appeared first on ETF Trends .
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Doubling Down On Sustainability: BlackRock iShares Planning Major ESG ETF Expansion

Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 14:20:04
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK ), the world’s largest asset manager and parent company of iShares, the biggest sponsor of exchange traded funds, is putting its money where its mouth when it comes to sustainable investing. “We intend to double our offerings of ESG ETFs over the next few years (to 150), including sustainable versions of flagship index products, so that clients have more choice for how to invest their money,” BlackRock said on Tuesday . In the U.S., BlackRock offers 10 ETFs adhering to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing principles, according to the iShares home page . However, that group doesn’t include funds such as the iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (NASDAQ: ICLN ) and the iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (NYSE: CRBN ) that would fit the bill as environmentally friendly investment options. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Climate Change Means Capital Markets Will … Full story available on Benzinga.com
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UBS says 4 areas will dominate the market throughout the 2020s as big tech’s blockbuster decade comes to an end. Here’s how to invest in each.

Friday, 13 December 2019, 19:31:04
Tech giants like Apple and Microsoft were kings of the stock market this decade. Now Mark Haefele — chief investment officer for UBS Global Wealth Management — is naming fields that could outperform in the 2020s the way big tech has in the 2010s. Haefele says stocks are his firm’s top bet in coming years, even though they’re on track for smaller gains over the next decade. But he’s hardly bearish on tech, and says investments in 5G wireless technology, artificial intelligence, and big data are also likely to outperform. Click here for more BI Prime stories. Big tech conquered the world in the 2010s, and the FAANG stocks and their peers might be sorry to see the decade end. Mark Haefele — the chief investment officer for UBS Global Wealth Management — says a period of smaller stock gains is coming. And he’s urging investors to incorporate new and more targeted ideas if they want to stay ahead in the 2020s. “Although returns are likely to be lower in the 2020s than the 2010s, we believe stocks are still likely to outperform other publicly listed asset classes,” he said. “Large-cap technology stocks probably won’t repeat their performance of the last decade, but other parts of the market do have the potential to deliver above-average growth.” Haefele says these four trends have the potential to stand out the way tech did in the years ahead. (1) Sustainability Haefele says the growing attention to climate change and ways to mitigate or reverse it will result in opportunities to invest in new companies, new products, and green bonds.
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