Co-op Weekly – We’re throwing a co-op party on the National Mall, and you’re invited!

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

“Ethical Markets supports cooperative enterprises, which  employ more people worldwide than all for-profit corporations combined, (see the United Nations Year of the Cooperative, celebrated in 2012 www.un.org ). ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” We’re throwing a co-op party on the National Mall, and you’re invited! It’s time to start making plans to …

Press Release: M&S AGM

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

£100 billion investor collaborative ups pressure on real Living Wage at Marks & Spencer   An institutional investor collaborative with over £100 billion assets under management, coordinated by ShareAction, has requested that Marks & Spencer accredits as a Living Wage employer because of the significant benefits for investment portfolios, companies, …

OpenInvest is Growing!

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, Sustainability News

“Ethical Markets is happy to see OpenInvest growing!  We covered their innovative approach to ESG investing in our 2017 Green Transition Scoreboard®”DEEPENING GREEN FINANCE “,  now a free download on www.ethicalmarkets.com    ~Hazel Henderson, Editor”   Did you know that only 20% of Millennials are invested in the stock market? Yep, …

Binzagr Institute Newsletter

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Sustainability News

Working Paper: Mobile Finance in Developing Countries, by Rohan Grey In a new Working Paper entitled “Mobile Finance in Developing Countries: Macroeconomic Implications and Potential,” by Rohan Grey, Research Fellow at the Binzagr Institute, explores “the macroeconomic implications of the global proliferation of mobile finance technologies in developing nations from …

Co-op Weekly – On International Day of Co-ops, how the most vulnerable groups are cooperating to succeed

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions

June 27, 2017 NCBA CLUSA’s flagship Feed the Future project in Senegal, Yaajeende, has reduced stunting by a third.On International Day of Co-ops, how the most vulnerable groups are cooperating to succeed This year’s International Day of Cooperatives, observed on July 1, celebrates how co-ops make sure no one is …

Letter from ESG Institutional Investors Opposing the Business Roundtable Curbing Shareholder Resolutions

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

“Ethical Markets fully supports this Letter opposing the short-sighted efforts of the Business Roundtable (BRT) to  suppress shareholders ESG Resolution.  Large support for such innovative Resolution on disclosure of ESG and Climate risks at Exxon Mobil and Occidental Petroleum in the above 60% range,  have no doubt, rattled fossilized BRT members! …

FINTECH: GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

LaRae LongReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Articles by Hazel Henderson

  FINTECH: GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE Hazel Henderson, FRSA CEO, Ethical Markets Media, Certified B Corporation St. Augustine, Florida, USA, www.EthicalMarkets.com © 2016 Hazel Henderson Today, we need to explore deeper societal issues surrounding the rapid deployment of computerized electronic platforms, cryptocurrencies and algorithms now disrupting legacy …

We Mean Business June 2017 Newsletter

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance

  In the fight for our planet, we plan to work side-by-side.” France’s President Emmanuel Macron, after pledging to work with India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on addressing climate change. Welcome to the We Mean Business coalition’s June newsletter. This month saw the unprecedented ‘We’re Still In’ campaign bring together the voices of …

SDG Update – 4 July 2017 – IISD’s SDG Knowledge Hub

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Global Citizen, Beyond GDP

GUEST ARTICLES A High Level Political Forum that Recognises and Supports Decentralised Action, and National and Local Ownership Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs in UN DESA We are at a crucial moment in our collective effort to build sustainable, equitable and inclusive societies. Implementation Case …