October 24, 2018 THE BIG STORY Looking Back, Moving Forward What a difference a year makes. Last October, 3BL Media presented its first “Brands Taking Stands” conference. Earlier in the year, we had acquired the company that had previously owned and operated the event as Commit!Forum. The renaming and …
Southern Hemisphere Launch – Climate Bonds Flagship Report
Global green finance market update reflects growth directions LONDON 31/10/18:00 BST: The global green bond market continues to boom, and Australia should position itself for that growth, Climate Bonds’ Head of Markets Bridget Boulle will inform a finance sector and investor audience at Climate Bonds Initiative’s flagship report, ‘Bonds and Climate …
Investors reject forced consideration of ESG; Japanese bank buys First State Investments
European investment professionals reject forced consideration of ESG Swiss fund to reassess private assets in strategy overhaul £2bn DC scheme selects ESG strategies for default option Netherlands roundup: Shipping scheme scraps individual DC plan Estonia’s LHV backs Baltic real estate fund with €20m UK schemes back domestic property debt …
Changing The Frame
Earth Talk with Mac Macartney The Children’s Fire Join us for this enchanted night in the Great Hall of Dartington to hear Mac’s story of the Children’s Fire and his quest to walk into the wild, untamed, fierce heart of this land. Read More Thursday, 1 November, 2018 – …
Global Current Issues and Trends: November 2018
Global Current Issues and Trends: November 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment increased by 250,000 in October. After revisions, the average job gains were 218,000 over the past 3 months. The national unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%. In 2016, job gains totaled 2.2 million compared with 2017 job gains totaling …
Bitcoin Could Theoretically Put Paris Climate Goals Out of Reach – Bloomberg
“Ethical Markets agrees! See my “Money Is not Wealth: Cryptos v. Fiats“ and “Hey COP 23. Bitcoin Mining Exploding CO2 Emissions!“, both on www.ethicalmarkets.com and my interview on www.greeneconomycoalition.org ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” Bitcoin Could Theoretically Put Paris Climate Goals Out of Reach by Eric Roston and Olga Kharif A provocative analysis …
GGKP Knowledge Update – 2nd Global Forum on Green Economy Learning, Resource Efficiency in G20 Countries, the Future of Work in a Changing Environment and more
KNOWLEDGE UPDATE October 2018 – Issue 7 Global Forum on Green Economy Learning to be held in conjunction with Sixth GGKP Annual Conference How can countries build up a critical mass of professionals that understand the risks and opportunities of the green transition? How can we strengthen policymakers’ capacities …
SDG Update – 25 October 2018
GUEST ARTICLES G-STIC 2018: Connecting Technological Innovation to Decision Making for Sustainability Veerle Vandeweerd, G-STIC Policy Director G-STIC is entirely focused on market-ready integrated technological solutions to achieve the SDGs. Integrated technological solutions not just deal with one sustainable development challenge at a time, but aim to achieve substantial social …
UN World Data Forum Bulletin – Vol. 232 No. 2 – UN World Data Forum 2018 – Summary
UN World Data Forum Bulletin Volume 232 Number 2 | Saturday, 27 October 2018 Summary of the Second UN World Data Forum 22-24 October 2018 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Languages: EN (HTML/PDF) Visit our IISD/ENB+ Meeting Coverage from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) at: http://enb.iisd.org/undata/worlddataforum/2018/ The second UN World …
Meet the Next Generation of Biomimicry Leaders
MEET THE NEW CERTIFIED BIOMIMICRY PROFESSIONAL COHORT It’s an understatement to say that the latest Certified Biomimicry Professional cohort is a diverse, multidisciplinary group. They come from around the world—Finland, Columbia, Lebanon, Singapore, and Romania to name a few—and are biologists, engineers, social innovators, designers, entrepreneurs, strategists, and educators. We’re …