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By Ben-Constable MAXWELL, Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing at MG Investments
August 22nd is an inauspicious annual milestone marking the date at which the planet has overshot its ecological boundaries for the year. Put another way, we are currently using our natural resources 1.6 times faster than ecosystems can regenerate. Without fail since the event has been marked, it has crept forward in the calendar year, reflecting the inexorable pressure that a growing economy and rising consumption levels - the ever greater demand for "stuff" - place on the planet. Until 2020, that is.
Last year's Earth Overshoot Day occurred on July 29, the earliest date ever. This year's milestone occurs fully three weeks later, on August 22. While not...
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