Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Sonia Favaretto

kristySRI/ESG News

An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Sonia Favaretto, Sustainability Officer, BM&FBOVESPA, Sao Paulo, Brazil – February 3, 2012 By Geoffrey on February 3, 2012 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a …

What U.S. Offshore Wind Has Been Waiting For

kristyGreen Prosperity

NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Things-To-Think-About Friday, February 3: * What U.S. Offshore Wind Has Been Waiting For * World Gets What It Pays For * Expect Spills From Keystone * China Sets Ghg Cut Goals Yesterday * The Study: Ireland Gets Ready For Cars With …

SUMMARY REPORT OF THE Intergovernmental Meeting on the Fifth GLOBAL Environmental outlook Summary for Policy

kristyEarth Systems Science

SUMMARY REPORT OF THE Intergovernmental Meeting on the Fifth GLOBAL Environmental outlook Summary for Policy Makers: 29-31 JANUARY 2012 The Intergovernmental Meeting on the Fifth Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5) Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) took place in Gwangju City, Republic of Korea, from Sunday, 29 to Tuesday, 31 January 2012. …

The focus of the report is Gender Equality and Development

kristyThe Power of Yin

World Development Report 2012: The focus of the report is Gender Equality and Development The World Bank, 2012 Website: http://bit.ly/xiQkAq Swedish launch of World Bank report on gender equality as a pre-condition for reducing poverty and increasing growth. On 31 January, Minister for Finance Anders Borg and Minister for International …

Secrecy Shrouds ‘Super PAC’ Funds in Latest Filings

kristySRI/ESG News

Secrecy Shrouds ‘Super PAC’ Funds in Latest Filings Newly disclosed details of the millions of dollars flowing into political groups highlight not just the scale of donations from corporation and unions but also the secrecy surrounding “super PACs.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/politics/super-pac-filings-show-power-and-secrecy.html?nl=us&emc=politicsemailema2 Graphic: Who’s Financing the Super PACs http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/31/us/politics/super-pac-donors.html?ref=politics&nl=us&emc=politicsemailema2 Interactive Graphic: Compare the …

Citizens United & Money in Politics

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

ASBC Newsletter January 2o12 Dear ASBC Community, As we take a running jump into 2012, we already see that there are a growing number of indicators illustrating the growing importance of the different business voice that ASBC, its member organizations and many businesses bring to the national dialogue about the …

DuPont partners with Suntech to increase PV availability

kristyGreen Prosperity

2 February 2012 News and Analysis Deal News DuPont partners with Suntech to increase PV availability Nordex wins 12 turbine Spanish order Gehrlicher Solar enters Turkish PV market through JV UK recycling company ECO Plastics secures £1.15m from WRAP US solar company SunPower purchases Tenesol for $165m Tuscon Electric Power …

DuPont partners with Suntech to increase PV availability

kristyGreen Prosperity

2 February 2012 News and Analysis Deal News DuPont partners with Suntech to increase PV availability Nordex wins 12 turbine Spanish order Gehrlicher Solar enters Turkish PV market through JV UK recycling company ECO Plastics secures £1.15m from WRAP US solar company SunPower purchases Tenesol for $165m Tuscon Electric Power …

About Time: the case for shorter working hours

kristyReforming Global Finance

As you read this, the UK is sliding back into recession, unemployment across Europe is at a record high, and uncertainty stalks China and the other rising economies. Politicians call for austerity and little else. But spending cuts are economically illiterate. They wreck weak economies, locking them into a cycle …

Book of the Day: The Good of Everyone. The Sharing Economy as a Way Out of the Crisis

kristyGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

Book of the Day: The Good of Everyone. The Sharing Economy as a Way Out of the Crisis This is a very important book, in the process of being translated from the Italian: Enrico Grazinni: “The thesis of this book is that, to overcome the current dramatic economic and ecological …