Call for inputs to the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report The Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) 2019 aims to bring a solid science and evidence base to support policies for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and is currently being prepared by an independent group of experts. They are looking …
An Invitation to the Global Social Change Summit
My heart is bursting with joy. Why? Because I want to invite you to the online Global Social Change Summit 2017 on Transforming Nations, hosted by the Global Institute for Extraordinary Women (GIFEW) on November 13-17, 2017. During the summit I’ll be speaking on Business as the Catalyst for Transforming Nations. I’m …
FORBES article :The Circular Economy Is The Answer
Circular Economy Is The Answer Kevin O’Marah , CONTRIBUTOR I cover supply chain management, technology, and global tradeOpinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. This week, while I was teaching an M.B.A. class at Northeastern University in Boston, one of the students asked me what supply chain strategy makes sense …
Global launch of the Roadmap for a Sustainable Financial System at COP23 – 13 November 2017
UN Environment and the World Bank Group are pleased to invite you to the launch of their joint initiative on a Roadmap for a Sustainable Financial System on the occasion of COP23 in Bonn. The launch will take place on 13 November 2017 between 6.30-7.30 p.m. at the Fiji Pavilion …
Join other CEOs at the largest business Forum alongside COP23
The Sustainable Innovation Forum 2017 (SIF17) is now just 4 weeks away, taking place in the purpose built Climate Action Dome in Bonn on 13-14 November. Organised by Climate Action and UN Environment, SIF17 is recognised as the largest public to business forum taking place during the COP23, uniting 600+ …
SDG Update – 17 October 2017
FEATURED Annual World Bank, IMF Meetings Launch Initiatives on Poverty, Women Entrepreneurs, City Resilience 15 October 2017: The Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) considered topics related to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as improving human capital, gender equality, youth, sustainable mobility, …
EthicMark® Winners: “All That We Share” and “Refugee Nation” Best Advertising Campaigns For 2017
EthicMark® Winners: “All That We Share” and “Refugee Nation” Best Advertising Campaigns For 2017 Advertising campaigns promoting unity honored by sustainable investors at The SRI Conference. (San Diego, CA) November 2, 2017 — Advertising campaigns from TV2 from Denmark and Amnesty International were announced today as …
Latest ESG and Impact Investing News!
The TBLI Weekly ESG and Impact Investing News Robert Rubinstein Read paper ? Latest ESG and Impact Investing News Here is a sampling of some breaking news that confirms ESG and Impact Investing is going mainstream. Germany is producing so much renewable energy it’s driving electricity prices below zero Robert …
Good news from China : salt water rice
“Ethical Markets has been pointing to the need to use salt-loving plants (halophytes) in human foods for decades, See for example our TV show “Investing in Desert Greening” and our Green Transition Scoreboard 2014 “Plenty of Water”!. Good news from China: rice grown in salt water is now on the …
SDG Update – 26 October 2017
GUEST ARTICLES Realizing Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Through Trade Agreements Cleo Verkuijl, Stockholm Environment Institute; and Harro van Asselt, University of Eastern Finland and Stockholm Environment Institute; and Peter Wooders, International Institute for Sustainable Development With 2017 rapidly drawing to a close, several international summits this year can still significantly …