Donate to the World’s First Public Sculpture Celebrating Green Finance

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

“Ethical Markets Media Certified B.Corporation is honored to add our voice to  this challenge from our late beloved Advisory Board member Tessa Tennant, to create the first public sculpture celebrating Green Finance, as a visual expression for this new direction for all financial activities worldwide, as Tessa expresses so well …

The European Energy Charter

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

The treaty grants energy-corporations enormous power over states and their energy systems, as it includes the ability to sue governments and to obstruct the transition from climate-wrecking fossil fuels towards renewable energy. The long arm of the energy regimeTackling the energy regime is bound to face resistance from the status …

“The Race Of Our Lives Revisited” by Jeremy Grantham

LaRae LongGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, Earth Systems Science, Beyond GDP

“Ethical Markets highly recommends this  new White Paper by one of the best-informed investors on the planet, Jeremy Bentham,  of GMO www.gmo.com, who  has been sounding alarms on climate change and threats to  our food supply  and long-term survival for many years. This paper updates his earlier forecasts and shows …

Save the Date: Co-op Impact Conference, Oct 3 – 5, 2018

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

“Ethical Markets highly recommends this ground-breaking conference, bringing together leaders of sustainable companies with those of cooperative enterprises.   We support cooperative enterprises which employ more people around the world than all the for-profit corporations combined! (see the UN Year of Cooperatives 2012  www.un.org).   Personally, I also invest in coops.   ~Hazel …

FSB and standard-setting bodies consult on effects of reforms on incentives to centrally clear over-the-counter derivatives

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

FSB and standard-setting bodies consult on effects of reforms on incentives to centrally clear over-the-counter derivatives  The Financial Stability Board (FSB), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the  Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published today a consultative document on …

Media Partnership with Opal Group

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Opal Group is happy to announce its Inaugural Impact Investment Forum North. Slated to take place in the heart of one of the largest centers for impact investing, New York City, this will mark the 2nd event in Opal Group’s Impact Investment Series. Impact investing is an approach that seeks …

Company and scenario analysis in key high-carbon sectors – New reports out now

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Beyond GDP

As part of the Energy Transition (ET) Risk Project funded by the EU Commission’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Kepler Cheuvreux and the CO-Firm conducted 2°C scenario analysis on company and valuation models for the automotive, cement and steel sectors. Their analysis found that: ·       The transition to a low-carbon economy generally is …