TEEB for Business, July 2010

Ethical Markets - RGreen Prosperity, Reports You Need

Business and enterprise have a huge role to play in how we manage, safeguard and invest in our natural capital. This report is aimed squarely at this sector and will provide practical guidance on the issues and the opportunities created by the inclusion in mainstream business practices of ecosystem- and …

GTI Perspective: Global Corporate Charter

kristySRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

We are pleased to share “When the World Rules Corporations: Pathway to a G lobal Corporate Charter”, the fifth in our series of occasional short papers, GTI Perspectives on Critical Issues. When the World Rules Corporations: Pathway to a Global Corporate Charter The ascent of transnational corporations poses fundamental questions …

Marine hydro firm Atlantis unveils largest, most powerful tidal turbine

kristyGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

Hydro Headlines Marine hydro firm Atlantis unveils largest, most powerful tidal turbine LONDON, England — Marine hydro developer Atlantis Resources Corporation unveils the AK1000, the largest and most powerful tidal power turbine ever built. GDF Suez, International Power enter into merger deal PARIS, France — France’s gas and electric utility …

Which Party Poses the Real Risk to Social Security’s Future?

kristyReforming Global Finance

Hint: it’s not Republicans. Social Security remains one of the greatest achievements of the Democratic Party since its creation 75 years ago. Although Republicans have historically fulminated against the program (Ronald Reagan once likened it as something akin to “socialism”), they have actually made little headway in touching this sacred …