Financing Green May Issue

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, Beyond GDP

The Paulson Institute this week in Beijing announced the launch of a new Green Finance Center, marking a significant step forward in its efforts to promote sustainable economic growth and environmental protection in China and the United States. Led by Deborah Lehr, Vice Chairman of the Paulson Institute, the Green Finance …

California Insurance supervisor introduces 2D scenario analysis, in collaboration with 2Dii

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Greentech

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced yesterday the results of the climate scenario analysis conducted on the 672 insurance companies operating in California (press release). California is the largest insurance market in the US and the 4th largest globally. Extracts of the aggregated results for the sector have been published …

GIFT Newsletter — May 2018

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

GIFT ASEAN has just completed our second annual Malaysia Young Leaders Programme. The ASEAN region features prominently on our 2018 calendar with two upcoming leadership programmes in the region: the 2018 Myanmar Global Leaders Programme (our first ever open programme in the country) and the inaugural 2018 ASEAN Young Leaders Programme to …

78 Organizations Urge Facebook’s Largest Shareholders to Hold the Company Accountable

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Global Citizen, Wealth of Networks

“Ethical Markets fully supports this Letter from Investors to Facebook for discussion at their upcoming annual meeting. Time for serious reform is long past due!  We salute Unilever for its position on withdrawing its advertising. Hazel Henderson, Editor”     For Immediate Release     May 2, 2018     Facebook’s Largest …