‘Global Citizenship’
News on groups, NGOs, companies seeking to take responsibility for the common good and whole human family and the planet.
Relates to: SRI News, Transforming Finance, GTS, Sustainability News, Earth Systems Science, Beyond GDP, Power of Yin
News from IFC: IFC Partners with Global Reporting Initiative to Improve Corporate Reporting on Gender Issues
IFC Partners with Global Reporting Initiative to Improve Corporate Reporting on Gender Issues Washington, D.C., September 17, 2008—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today signed an agreement with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to launch a 12-month research and consultation project to help private enterprises worldwide create [...]
GLOBAL INVESTORS ISSUE US$4 TRILLION INCENTIVE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
GLOBAL INVESTORS ISSUE US$4 TRILLION INCENTIVE FOR SUSTAINABILITY UNPRI Oct. 27, 2008
Disclosure on sustainability performance has become the norm for large companies globally – new survey
Amsterdam 27 October 2008 The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today welcomed the findings of the most recent global survey from KPMG which finds that disclosure on corporate economic, environmental and social performance has become the norm among larger companies globally. Now, over 80 per cent of Global Fortune 250 companies (G250) [...]
Integrity in Science Watch – Oct. 20, 2008
Houses Investigating FDA-EthicAd Link The House Energy and Commerce committee last week launched an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s use of the non-profit EthicAd to develop its website for educating prescription drug consumers about direct-to-consumer advertising. Most of the professionals behind EthicAd, including [...]
Focus on Trade Special notice: The Future of Agriculture
The December volume of the SID journal Development tackles "The future of agriculture." As guest editor, I had the privilege of bringing together some of the most articulate academics and advocates for alternatives to corporate agriculture, including Raj Patel, Paul Nicholson, Walden Bello, Sophia Murphy, Philip McMichael and Silvia Ribiero. It's [...]
AND WE ALL THOUGHT THAT BANKS HAD MONEY!
SYNDICATED DISTRIBUTION TO 200 CLIENTS IN ASIA, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA. For information on subscribing to IPS Columnist Service, Rome, contact Pablo Piacentini at [email protected], fax 39-06-4817877, or his assistant Francesca Buffo at [email protected] For permission to syndicate or reprint contact: Pablo Piacentini at [...]
ASrIA CDP Asia Ex-Japan Report Launch and other Notable Events
Events Update ASrIA has been engaged in a number of significant events and there are more coming up during October and November. (more...)
‘Engagement, Not Collaboration With Business’
ASHOK KHOSLA, also on our Ethical Markets Advisory Board, is elected President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. 'Engagement, Not Collaboration With Business' Ramesh Jaura interviews ASHOK KHOSLA, new IUCN President* BARCELONA, Oct 13 (IPS/Terraviva) - The IUCN has elected Ashok Khosla its new president. (more...)
EFP Online News
Online News 25 September Announcements Delivering the Carbon Margin workshop - London, 10 October This one-day workshop, part of Carbon Finance 2008, will provide in-depth analysis of the opportunities for investors and companies to profit from the policies and measures being introduced to curb carbon emissions. (more...)
Integrity in Science Watch – Oct. 14, 2008
BPA Panel Chief's Center Took Anti-Reg Zealot's Cash The chairman of the Food and Drug Administration panel that is weighing the human health effects of bisphenol-A directs a University of Michigan center that recently received $5 million from a retired businessman who considers the chemical "perfectly safe," the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel [...]
