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At UN, India Calls For Global Cooperation to Overcome Economic Woes
New York, Sep 24 2011 2:05PM India today cautioned against protectionism in the face of the global economic slowdown, calling at the United Nations for effective ways to promote the coordination of microeconomic policies in the world’s biggest economies. Declining global demand and availability of capital, increasing barriers to free …
Sun-9-25-Tiffany Shlain-Declaration of Interdependence
FREE FORUM with TERRENCE McNALLY Sunday September 25th –1-2pm PT (4-5pm ET) 90.7fm in LA, 98.7fm in Santa Barbara streaming at kpfk.org TIFFANY SHLAIN founder, THE WEBBIES; director, CONNECTED: A DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE WBAI 99.5fm in NY Tuesday 10pm streaming atwbai.org
A Brief Overview of Why You May not be Able to Resist Advertising with Children and Puppies
The Current State of Ethical Advertising by Maria O. Pinochet, Ethical Markets Research Advisory Board Historically, the role of advertising has been to communicate the offer of a service or product in order to inform audiences about the details of place and price. In turn, the viewers, listeners and readers …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Anne-Catherine Husson-Traore, CEO, Novethic, France
Five Questions about SRI features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging markets and through Emerging Markets ESG shares this expertise with a wide global audience. The goals of Five Questions about SRI are fourfold: To reflect on what SRI in emerging markets means to practitioners; To collect a catalogue …
Kosmos Journal September Newsletter
It has been an exciting month here at the office, compiling all the amazing and innovative articles for the next issue along with stunning works of art that really make them sing. The theme is Human Security. We have learned a lot about it while exploring the topic for the …
At the Intersection of Sustainability and Financial Innovation
Forbes Endorsers include Pavan Sukdhev (TEEB), Hazel Henderson (Ethical Markets) and Sir Mark Moody-Stuart (Board HSBC). We now have around 8 innovations running. Read more…
Regulators Loosen Limits on Risk in Latest Drafts of Key Financial Reform Rules
by Marian Wang | @mariancw The regulatory agencies in charge of finalizing some of the most controversial rules mandated by the financial reform law are leaning toward making them looser and more favorable to banks and other traders. Read more…
Should Progressives Challenge Obama in the Democratic Primaries?
We write to you in light of recent deteriorating events in Washington, D.C. Misguided negotiations by the Obama Administration over increasing the debt ceiling willingly put our nation’s vital social services on the chopping block while Bush-era tax cuts remain untouched. Clearly the situation has reached crisis proportions. In response, …
Latin American States at UN Focus On Financial Crisis, Suggest Transaction Tax
New York, Sep 22 2011 8:05PM Blaming speculation for the high price of food and oil, and arrogance and greed for the global economic crisis, the Dominican Republic called at the United Nations today for new market rules and proposed a 5 per cent tax on financial transactions to spur …