Agriculture Criteria: Public Consultation Open till March 2020: Beginning of 2020 sector criteria development Expansion of the Climate Bonds Standard into sustainable agriculture The public consultation for the proposed Agriculture Criteria starts today and will close on 31st March 2020. We’re looking forward to receiving your feedback. Climate-aligned agriculture The implementation of sustainable …
2019 Year in Review: The Moments You Can’t Miss
Our Biggest Moments from 2019 After all the high-altitude talking in Davos last week, we are back on the ground and running at full tilt. Three major things to draw your attention to this week. The first is our 2019 Year In Review, released today. It’s a wonderfully crafted …
Edelman survey: “Capitalism Does more Harm than Good”!!
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this Survey on trust, issued by Edelman at Davos. With thanks to our partner, Prof Edward Saltzberg, CEO of ASU’s “Security & Sustainability Forum“ podcasts! How people feel about capitalism! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ Survey: Capitalism ‘doing more harm than good,’ and technology is ‘out of control’ …
Direct From Davos: Our Top Takeaways
“Ethical Markets welcomes all the truth-telling at Davos this year: Watch Just Capital’s Paul Tudor Jones commenting on the current global financial bubble, debt overhangs, negative interest rates pushing investors into these stock market assets. Financial leaders discussing ETF bubbles over-relying on passive indexes with a few fashionable …
Your Daily Davos update: Europe’s Green New Deal; Davos 2020 comes to a close
For key sessions, big moments, and a look behind the scenes, follow our liveblog, updated throughout the Annual Meeting What just happened? Yesterday’s highlights German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the climate, refugees, Libya and more. Microsoft’s CEO made a case for data dignity. We heard four different ways to …
Sustainable Finance News from the Grantham Research Institute, LSE – December 2019
“Ethical Markets supports the Green New Deal Resolution in the US Congress, as well as the Green Deal proposed in the European Union. All our annual research reports in our Green Transition Scoreboard® since 2009, documenting private investments in green sectors, now a cumulative $10.387 trillion, shows that we have …
NY TIMES: G.D.P. is broken …
“Ethical Markets is happy to see this repudiation of GDP in the New York Times! We have been advocating this expansion of GDP for three decades, and notably in the European Union’s “BEYOND GDP“ conference in 2009 www.beyond-gdp.eu, in which I served on the advisory group and organizing committee. Also …
Financially Advantageous Approaches To Sustain The Ecosystem
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this article “Financially Advantageous Approaches to Sustain the Ecosystem” by NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell, which outlines the best ways forward to accelerate the shift from fossilized industrial sectors to the fully competitive, renewable, highly-efficient circular economies we have tracked in our Green Transition Scoreboard® annually …
The B Team: Why We’re Heading Into a New Year Hopeful
A Note From B Team CEO Halla Tómasdóttir This year was no doubt one filled with many global challenges to realizing the future we envision at The B Team. Yet, despite these obstacles, we’ve also seen incredible momentum, collective effort and ambitious action toward our vision of an inclusive economy. …
Century Foundation’s new definition of “green jobs”, laying the groundwork for free college
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this data-rich, comprehensive classification of ”Green Jobs“. We agree and have also promoted this kind of re-classification over the years. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ A ROUND-UP OF THE BEST FROM TCF ON: EDUCATION | ECONOMY & JOBS | RIGHTS & JUSTICE FEATURED REPORT Redefining Green Jobs for a Sustainable …