IFAC and IIRC set out a vision for accelerating integrated reporting assurance As an increasing number of businesses around the world implement integrated reporting as a route to long-term value creation and sustainable development, the demand for assurance services on such reports is expected to rise accordingly. To help …
The Road Back to Paris and Beyond
THE ROAD BACK TO PARIS AND BEYOND The U.S. is now officially back in the Paris Agreement. Messages coming from the government on climate change are strongly worded, but it’s still early days in terms of tangible actions. As The New York Times noted, “There are two immediate signals to …
Big Oil’s biggest banker
“Ethical Markets is happy to pass the torch to Bloomberg Green on all the green financial and technological reports of our Green Transition Scoreboard reports from 2009-2020, soon to be summarized in our e-textbook “Mapping the Global Green Transition:2009-2020”. We also especially follow the reporting of Akshat Rathi, whose deep …
Positive Money video to BoE “Stop Funding Floods! “
“Ethical Markets congratulates our brilliant colleagues at Positive Money, for campaigning so effectively for central banks to stop financing fossilized sectors, and exacerbating climate disasters! Please circulate this widely among your colleagues! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ Exciting news: our advert – demanding that he should stop bankers causing flooding misery – made …
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE: Texas was minutes away from months long power outages, officials say
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this clear background accounting for what really happened to the Independent electricity grid in Texas, a lesson on relying on politicians who do not believe in government! This is yet another market failure, along with political failures now risking turning Texas into a failed state. Surely, we …
Bloomberg Green: Inside Bill Gates’s Climate Brain
“Ethical Markets highly recommends Akshat Rathi’s reporting on Bill Gates and his approach to the green transition. While Bill Gates has made some good investments through his Breakthrough Ventures, he is still too focused on R & D, while overlooking low-hanging fruit, such as halophyte foods and saltwater agriculture on …
UNOG-WAAS Global Leadership for the 21st Centrury — December 2020 Conference Report
“We at Ethical Markets thank our partner, the World Academy of Art & Science for this beautiful Summary of our ”Global Leadership in the 21st Century“ online conference, December 2020. Looking forward to continuing the multi-sectoral, international dialogue, “A Planetary Moment“, during the week of February 15th, 2021. Let’s remember …
News from the Grantham Research Institute at LSE – February 2021
“Ethical Markets highly recommends all the efforts focusing on the climate crisis by the Grantham Institute at LSE. However, we were appalled at some of LSE’s funder, Jeremy Grantham’s recent interview on Bloomberg, giving support to obsolete economists and politicians opposing President Biden’s initial Covid Relief package of $1.9 trillion now discussed in Congress. …
Modern Monetary Theory and “Beyond GDP”!
This article by Prof. Fadhel Kaboub goes a long way to explaining why the economic rhetoric of Republican politicians and their libertarian economists has held back needed public investments in healthcare, infrastructure, education and environmental protection. Of course deficits matter, but so do all the assets they create in both …
GREENBIZ : The coming ESG explosion
Ethical markets welcomes this terrific article by Jean Haggerty in GREENFIN, the weekly from GREENBIZ. Very comprehensive roundup. Thanks to Joel Makower for his leadership and his longtime service on our global Judges Panel for our EthicMark® Awards for communications Uplifting the Human Spirit & society www.ethicmark.org. Don’t miss out, sign up for GREENFIN! …