Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin With President Biden’s veto of the Congress’s bipartisan joint resolution , ESG has been one of the hottest news stories in the financial world. Beyond the politics of it, proponents and opponents of the ESG push have their own reasons for staking out their positions. Would it surprise you to learn that self-interest plays a role? What is ESG and how does it work? At its most basic core, ESG is merely an extension of placing portfolio restrictions based on subjective, rather than accounting, factors. “Explained in simplest terms, ‘ESG’ stands for environmental, social and governance which is an investing strategy that takes into account a business’s environmental and social risks as part of a broader financial analysis,” says Rob Reilly, finance faculty at the Providence College School of Business and investment consultant at North Atlantic Investment Partners in Boston. How you use ESG will depend on how you … [Read more...] about Who Supports ESG Investing And Who’s Against It (And Why)
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To Proudly G(M)O Where No Tomato Has Gone Before With Norfolk Healthy Produce
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Norfolk Healthy Produce’s purple tomato first appeared in The New York Times Magazine eight months ago. Genetically engineered to naturally produce higher levels of healthy antioxidants, this purple tomato is supposed to make the longed-for-world of garden-to-table quality and scrumptious taste available from the grocery shelf — offering individuals the choice of a healthier tomato by challenging trends of GMOs as flashpoints for health concerns, Big Ag, and risk offloaded to the consumer and benefit to recouped only the producer. “Tomatoes are the second-most consumed vegetable in the United States, and while there are many options with types of tomatoes, there is huge consumer dissatisfaction with what you can actually find when shopping,” says Nathan Pumplin, President and CEO of Norfolk. “Everyone loves fresh heirloom tomatoes from their garden for a caprese salad or BLT, and that’s what people want but can’t find at … [Read more...] about To Proudly G(M)O Where No Tomato Has Gone Before With Norfolk Healthy Produce
Recently Appointed Executive Chef Harrison Cheney Brings New Nordic Influence To Michelin Starred Restaurant Sons & Daughters
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dining at San Francisco's Michelin-starred restaurant Sons & Daughters is an intimate experience, one in which refined hospitality and attention-to-detail meets new Nordic inspired cuisine prepared with an emphasis on both seasonality and sustainability. Recently appointed Executive Chef Harrison Cheney brings to Sons & Daughters over 14 years of formidable culinary experience, having spent a quarter of his culinary career at two Michelin-starred Gastrologik in Stockholm. Before that, he worked with acclaimed Michelin-starred chefs Phil Howard at The Square in London and Michael Tusk at Quince, and at The Ledbury at Notting Hill. Since becoming Executive Chef, he's introduced an impressive 18 course tasting menu that truly takes diners on a culinary journey, one that takes ingredients at their very peak of ripeness and refines them in exceptional ways that bring out the essence of their being. An example? The … [Read more...] about Recently Appointed Executive Chef Harrison Cheney Brings New Nordic Influence To Michelin Starred Restaurant Sons & Daughters