Rising demand for healthy, high-end protein is fuelling a surge in fish consumption. While farmed fish can meet this demand and one day potentially offset the need to catch wild fish from the oceans, salmon farming, still has a number of major sustainability challenges like parasites and organic waste that threaten entire ecosystems. Find out how land-based aquaculture can present an opportunity to meet rising demand, and resolve environmental problems.

One might think that in the US, the issue of water infrastructure should not be an extraordinary problem. But this is not the case. Some water pipes are a hundred years old, dams are dangerous and lead pipes are a concern for politicians and citizens alike. The resulting investment pressure is immense. Yet the US is only one example of the global need to expand or improve water infrastructure. Read more about the opportunities and risks of the US water infrastructure and its importance for investors in our analysis.

Achieving any of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will require significant investment from the public and private sector – particularly SDG 4 (Quality Education). Fortunately, private industry is stepping up, providing more ways for investors to help improve the education system, reduce poverty and promote sustainable growth – all while seeking attractive returns.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reflect a global consensus on the most urgent environmental and societal issues. A new crop of investments built around the SDGs are helping investors to direct capital into potential growth companies, while also addressing the biggest issues facing the planet.

One urgent issue crosses multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals: reducing the vast amount of waste the world creates. Moving from plastic to sustainable packaging would mark a great leap forward – and many corporations are already doing their part. This gives investors a way to support the drive for less wasteful consumption and a cleaner planet.

One of the biggest challenges as the world seeks to transition away from fossil fuels for energy production is how to store the power generated from renewable sources. Renewable energy such as wind and solar power needs to be stored in reliable ways to compensate for its intermittent supply. Hydrogen could be a key part of the answer, creating a boom in innovation around this technology.

The coronavirus pandemic refocused our attention on the value of food, with the question “how to grow seeds” trending on the internet. Yet even before the pandemic hit, the entire system of providing people with food was hugely inefficient. And without action, it will likely only get worse. The good news is that the private sector can address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by investing in innovations that improve the sustainability of the food economy – with the goal to do it profitably.