‘Socially Responsible Investing’
Tracks ethical, responsible, cleaner, greener mutual funds, pension funds, charitable endowments, labor unions and their pension funds, new “triple bottom line,” ESG auditing and asset valuation. Reforming asset-allocation and valuation models from “EMH” and “rational actor” to new behavioral science and ecological social assets. Covers legal aspects, corporate governance, social justice and indigenous rights, public financing of political campaigns, Supreme Court rulings, e.g. Citizens United re corporate lobbying. Includes new Indexes and Ratings.
Relates to: GTS, Transforming Finance, Reforming Global Finance, GreenTech, Energy Efficiency, Global Citizenship, Reports You Need, Beyond GDP, Power of Yin
Scolding with One Hand and Bribing with the Other
Scolding with One Hand and Bribing with the Other By Thalif Deen May 8 2013 (IPS) - When a Southeast Asian country was riddled with corruption in a bygone era, there were rumours that government officials routinely offered receipts every time they accepted a bribe. Last week, Hamid Karzai, the [...]
LONG-TERM IMPACT OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CRISIS COULD BE FELT FOR DECADES, WARNS UN REPORT
An estimated 73 million young people will be out of work this year, according to a new United Nations report that says the long-term impact of the youth employment crisis could be felt for decades and <"http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_212917/lang--en/index.htm">calls for creative and wide-ranging policy solutions [...]
MLPs and REITs Back in the Spotlight: Will Washington Finally Level the Playing Field?
research / reports / webinars / stock indexes / book / about Cleanwatch The e-Letter on Clean Technology from Clean Edge Welcome to Cleanwatch. Each issue offers the latest news, events, and other resources on clean energy, transportation, water, and materials. MLPs and REITs Back in the Spotlight: Will [...]
Latest News from RSF: B Corp Best for the World 2013
IN THIS ISSUE > B Corp Best of the World New Loan - Regional Access Spring RSF Quarterly RSF on Chronogram.com BALLE Pre-Conference People's Community Market Jobs at RSF Upcoming Events WHAT WE VALUE > The primary role of [...]
CSR Asia Weekly: Lessons from Bangladesh / Business and children’s rights
CSR Asia Weekly: Lessons from Bangladesh / Business and children's rights Vol. 9 Week 17 | 08 May 2013 HIGHLIGHT Corporate Community Investment Forum 2013, Singapore A pioneering forum which will give delegates access to the latest research and trends on corporate community investment in [...]
Today’s Top Stories from GFI: African dream ‘held back by illicit outflow of capital’
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Kofi Annan: Imagine An African Continent, Where Leaders Use Mineral Wealth Wisely New Draft Paper: Emerging Countries and the Taxation of Offshore Accounts "The Trend is in Our [...]
CSRwire News Alert – Welcome to “Rugged Collaborationism” + Measuring Business Sustainability With Earth Systems Science
Measuring the Sustainability of Business: From Economism To Earth Systems Science Twenty-five years ago, pictures of our planet taken by NASA showed how our living biosphere captures the daily shower of free photons from the Sun teaching us that we did not need to dig in the Earth's crust for our energy but [...]
Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference
Call for AbstractsNexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference March 4–7, 2014 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC USA The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host the Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference on March 3-7, 2014.The Conference will bring together [...]
Press advisory — Specialist fund manager appointed to prestigious UN role
We at Ethical Markets congratulate Matthew J. Kiernan ,PhD. for this well -deserved appointment and congratulate UNEP-FI for this brilliant choice . Dr Kiernan is a member of our Advisory Board - Hazel Henderson, Editor-in-Chief PRESS ADVISORY For Immediate Release Specialist Fund Manager Appointed to [...]
The World Bank and its ‘new’ Poverty Approach
The World Bank and its 'new' Poverty Approach Francine Mestrum* 'We should strive to eradicate absolute poverty by the end of this century' said World Bank President Robert McNamara in 1973 at the annual meeting of the Bretton Woods Institutions. As we know, at the end of the [...]
