The Secret Life of Green Finance By Simon Zadek | 15 August 2017 Simon Zadek is writing in his personal capacity, and currently serves as the senior advisor on finance in Executive Office of the Secretary General, is co-Director of the UN Environment’s Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial …
Brief Report: 2017 Democracy Convention + Reminder: 2017 AMI Conference –
“Ethical Markets is a longtime supporter of monetary reform and focuses our research on the politics of money-creation and credit-allocation, as in “Friedman and Bernanke Were Right: Time for Helicopter Money or Qualitative Easing?”. This report is welcome news after the passing of Steven Zarlenga, whose “The Lost Science of …
Event—Oil Corruption: How the United States Can Counteract a Curse
“Ethical Markets congratulates the Carnegie Endowment for this riveting discussion on Oil Corruption, with experts and NGO leaders including Global Witness. We urge you to watch this TV from C-SPAN of this ground-breaking event. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” Find out more here – http://carnegieendowment.org/
It’s time to reimagine carbon
“Ethical Markets welcomes this initiative and we intend to join Volans in this creative network. We have advocated many new approaches to carbon, including advising asset managers to review their portfolios and re-categorize the fossil reserves from “fuel” to “feedstocks”, so as to assure that they are not burned, but …
First Draft on Politics: An Alarming Climate Report
A draft report by government scientists concludes that Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now. Branden Camp/Associated Press Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today: The New York Times has reviewed an alarming draft report by government scientists who say climate …
ESG Integration Summit
ESG Integration Summit August 29, 2017 Stockholm, Sweden Earlier this year Nasdaq announced that its Nordic exchange in Stockholm issued a voluntary support program on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure to support their listed companies. This guide provides support to listed companies that strive to meet ESG disclosure …
The B Corp Community Newsletter: July/August 2017
The B Corp Community Newsletter Have coworkers who’d like to get the newsletter too? They can sign up here! Champions RetreatEager to learn more about this year’s Champions Retreat? The annual gathering of the global B Corp community is October 3-5, and registration is open! Join our first ever Retreat webinar for …
Healthy Markets Association Releases 2017 Healthy Markets Questionnaire
Comprehensive questionnaire helps investors and brokers identify risks and opportunities with their trading venues. Investors and brokers need to know about their execution venues’ technology, costs, and conflicts of interest, and this questionnaire helps give them the tough questions to ask. July 25, 2017 On Tuesday, July 25, 2017, the …
Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development
The Opportunity The global ethical finance industry constitutes approximately USD 22.89 trillion worth of assets under management, an increase of 25% from 2014. However, this is seen in institutions and assets within developed markets. Ethical finance is on track to developing its global value proposition. However, catalyzing the wider adoption …
Catch Up With OpenInvest
Below, we’ve curated a few of the hottest trending items from our blog and our social media pages! Learn new ways of saving for the future (besides giving up avocado toast!) or read our latest Activist Diaries. Also, scroll down to learn about our upcoming Finance Meets Activism event in …