NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Things-To-Think-About Friday, 11-12: * Economy Benefits From The Climate Fight – Epa * Foreseeing The Energy Debate * Socially Responsible Investing Booms * Ocean Winds Rising * Giant Ge Ev Buy Yesterday * Study: Pentagon Says New Energy Is The Way …
Calvert Social Index Actions
BETHESDA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Calvert’s Sustainability Research Department has submitted the following recommendations regarding action within the Calvert Social Index®. If approved, the following recommendations will be effective when the Calvert Social Index Committee convenes its quarterly meeting in December 2010. ADDITIONS: Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ: LSTR), a company in the …
G-20 Lays An Ostrich Egg
G-20 LAYS AN OSTRICH EGG ” with lots of boilerplate affirmations of previous good intentions to curb risky finance , strengthen regulations, more ostractising of offshore financial havens, but no mention of curbing speculators , flash trading or needed financial transaction taxes. Some nourishment buried at the end on following …
A visit to Haiti, our new Green Council, and more…
A visit to Haiti, our new Green Council, and more… A few months ago, Calvert Foundation Sr. Associate Patrick Davis took a trip to Haiti to volunteer for a friend’s nonprofit, United Schools of Haiti. Aside from visiting Calvert Foundation borrower Fonkoze , Patrick spent most of his time in …
Vision of Humanity: Help us improve our site
Dear Friends and Subscribers, Help us improve our Website We hope you have been enjoying our new website which was launched with the 2010 Global Peace Index in June and features a great collection of interesting and educational videos and articles. We are now seeking more feedback so that we …
G-20: Take Action on Financial Transaction Taxes
International Civil Society Statement to the G-20 Leaders Summit in Seoul We, the undersigned 183 civil society organizations from 42 countries collectively representing over 200 million people, urge G-20 leaders to make concrete progress towards the introduction of an internationally coordinated financial transactions tax (FTT) at the upcoming summit in …
Hope on the horizon: Will the G-20 really start the final countdown on unsustainable energy subsidies?
Feature Commentary Hope on the horizon: Will the G-20 really start the final countdown on unsustainable energy subsidies? By Cees van Beers and André de Moor For decades there has existed a community of researchers – spanning government ministries, international organisations, academia and civil society – working to increase the …
CalPERS in radical rethink of company engagement
RI News Alert: › CalPERS in radical rethink of company engagement › Australia’s Future Fund ups engagement and ESG integration Click here to read the newsletter.
nef e-letter: Spending cuts will break the Big Society, warns nef
Spending cuts will break the Big Society, warns nef David Cameron is running the risk of undermining his own vision of a Big Society, according to new analysis from nef. The speed and scale of the cuts to public spending are leaving civil society with an impossible job to do: …
QE 2 with Kevin Gallagher
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay, coming to you today from Tufts University in Boston. On November 11 and 12, the G-20 countries will be meeting in South Korea, supposedly to stop a currency war. And Ben Bernanke made his contribution to …