The event will explore how the First Coast can become a green, sustainable region by the year 2040. Hazel Henderson, author and founder of Ethical Markets Media, said the transition away from last century’s fossil-fuel based economy is shifting very rapidly toward solar energy. Henderson said the Council’s Green Transition …
Mercado Ético, Ethical Markets affiliate in Brazil, receives Jornalista & Cia / HSBC Award in Sustainability
Mercado Ético, ethical markets affiliate in Brazil, receives Jornalista & Cia / HSBC Award in Sustainability Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 5, 2013 ~ Mercado Ético, ethical markets affiliate in Brazil, received the Media Specialized in Sustainability of the Year Award given by Jornalista & Cia / HSBC Press. This title …
Restorative Leadership® Institute Honored as ‘Best for Communities’
“Ethical Markets congratulates contributor Seana Steffen for her broad-ranging and important community work. We are proud to join the Restorative Leadership Institute as a Certified B Corp.” ~ Rosalinda Sanquiche, editor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Conni Hinkel +1.440.749.2526 (voice & text) [email protected] The Restorative Leadership® Institute Honored …
INVESTING IN HURRICANE SANDY
INVESTING IN HURRICANE SANDY By Ellie Winninghoff Community Capital Management’s flagship fund, CRA Qualified Investment Fund (CRAIX), will dedicate $100 million of fund assets to invest in disaster recovery and redevelopment projects in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. “We have some …
ENB on the Side – Warsaw Climate Change Conference – November 2013 – Issue #10
Coverage of Selected Side Events at the Warsaw Climate Change Conference – November 2013 The following side events were covered by ENBOTS on Thursday, 21 November 2013. COP Presidency Cities and Sub-National Dialogue The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I (WGI) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) – A …
Press Release: Sustainable Foods Summit Hones in on Ecological Impacts
We are pleased to announce that ecology is the focal theme of the 4th North American edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit (www.sustainablefoodssummit.com). For the first time, a summit will discuss ways of promoting ecology in the food industry by focusing on sustainability metrics, ethical sourcing & biodiversity, and sustainable …
CDFI Fund Announces $17 Million for Lending and Investments in Low-Income and Distressed Communities
Media Contact: Bill Luecht | 202.653.0322 | [email protected] CDFI Fund Announces $17 Million for Lending and Investments in Low-Income and Distressed Communities November 15, 2013 Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (cdfi Fund) announced awards totaling approximately $17 million to 85 FDIC-insured depository institutions for …
Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Little-known Model
Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Little-known Model Posted on November 11, 2013 by Ellen Brown In Costa Rica, publicly-owned banks have been available for so long and work so well that people take for granted that any country that knows how to run an economy has a public banking option. Costa …
Video: The Mondragon Experiment – Corporate Cooperativism (1980)
Ethical Markets is happy to post this early film documenting Spain’s legendary cooperative Mondragon enterprises. ~ Hazel Henderson, Editor Published on Apr 19, 2012 The MONDRAGON Corporation is a corporation and federation of worker cooperatives based in the Euskadi. Founded in the town of Mondragón in 1956, its origin is …
Now Street Wire: Comparative Analysis of Crowdfinance Offerings
Comparative Analysis of Crowdfinance Offerings October 30, 2013 by Dara Albright, NowStreet Wire Dara Albright is the Editor in Chief of NowStreet Wire and Managing Director of Crowdnetic, the leading provider of market data solutions for the burgeoning industry of crowdfinance. She is a thought provoker and frequent speaker on topics relating to …