For Community Development Bankers – Here is the second of *GreenMoney’s 25th Anniversary Issues* (Sept/Oct 17) on “The Next 25 Years of Sustainable Responsible Impact Investing and Business.” This special issue features a variety of financial and business leaders including *Mary Barra*, CEO of General Motors Co; *Joe Keefe*, CEO …
Scalability: Upshifting from Micro- to Macro-Level Sustainability
NEW METRICS Scalability: Upshifting from Micro- to Macro-Level Sustainability In a textbook demonstration of unfortunate asymmetry, sustainability problems typically develop incrementally, accreting undetected in the background. Sustainability solutions, on the other hand, generally afford us such luxury: When sustainability thresholds loom near, solutions require an exponential pace and scale totally …
Our Top 5 EU Green Finance Developments: It’s all starting to add up
Our Top 5 EU Green Finance Developments: It’s all starting to add up Europe is making significant strides to lead on green finance, and align its financial system with its climate, sustainability and clean energy ambitions. The seminal COP22 in 2015, the 2016 G20 GFSG, the OECD Investing in Climate …
The best bits from our circular economy hub
The highlights from our circular economy hub From Kenya’s plastic bag ban, which recently came into force, to self-healing materials and airline food waste, we’ve covered a huge range of topics on our circular economy hub. Read some of our favourites below. Top stories Dutch project making …
SDG Update – 4 September 2017
GUEST ARTICLES A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Visualising the SDG Challenges Hans Mommaas, Director-General, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Over the last few decades, people have become increasingly aware of the global and systemic nature of many of our environmental problems today. This is recognized in the 2030 …
TBLI 20th Anniversary-Meet the ESG and Impact Investing Thought Leaders
Where to meet ESG & Impact Investors? Register for TBLI CONFERENCE-CELEBRATING 20 Years TBLI CONFERENCE™ NORDIC 20th Anniversary Celebration Sept. 28-29, 2017 Nasdaq, Stockholm 23 Days to Go. Register Now! New Confirmed Speakers Matthew Smith Head of Sustainable Investments – Storebrand Viola Lutz Head Investor Relations- Institutional Shareholder Services …
Invitation to “Financing the 2030 Agenda – the Role of the UN” event, 18 September 2017, New York
“Ethical Markets urges all those ethical investors and asset managers in our global network to attend this event and we expect that it will also be live-streamed. See you there! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” We are pleased to inform you of the event “Financing the 2030 Agenda – the Role of …
We Mean Business August 2017 Newsletter
In addition to helping to mitigate climate change, procuring electricity from renewables is turning out to be extremely beneficial for our business.” Arvind Bodhankar, CSO, Tata Motors Welcome to the We Mean Business coalition August newsletter, direct from the Business and Climate Summit in New Delhi, where we are hearing …
This Month: The Future of Work Hits the Road and Momentum Grows Against Anonymous Companies in the U.S.
“Ethical Markets supports these efforts to make companies more transparent. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” Purpose-Driven CEOs: Steady Leaders in Turbulent Times In the past two years, we have seen an upsurge in CEOs staking bold leadership positions on issues ranging from immigration and refugees to climate change. This month, B Team …
IIRC Newsletter
IIRC releases 2016 Integrated Report with compelling new evidence of global progress We have now released our 2016 integrated report, demonstrating how significant international progress is being achieved to make Integrated Reporting the global norm in corporate reporting. The report sets out how we are continuing to create value, as …