Financial False Goals” CFTC Testimony by Dave Lauer

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Ethical Markets is proud to  publish the testimony before the CFTC of our Advisory Board member, Dave Lauer , on technologically-advanced and creative ways to  regulate high-frequency trading , augmenting my editorial “ Financial False Goals” ( CSRWire ), Hazel Henderson, Editor. The full testimony is here: http://kortrading.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CFTC-Testimony-David-Lauer-June-3-TAC-Meeting.pdf And The …

Build Your Connections with These REFF-Wall Street Attendees

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Network with Renewable Energy Leaders at REFF-Wall Street There’s still time to join your colleagues for the premiere renewable energy conference, REFF-Wall Street. REGISTER Today     Companies Attending REFF-Wall Street Include:           See Complete LIst of companies Attending     Network With Renewable Energy Decision-Makers …

‘Science Is Science’: Obama Embraces Price On Carbon, Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Trendspotting

From the Showtime series “ YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY “  watch the final episode ,Hazel Henderson, Editor ‘Science Is Science’: Obama Embraces Price On Carbon, Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground By Joe Romm on www.thinkprogress.org/climate  June 8, 2014 “The baseline fact of climate change is not something we can …

Walden Asset Management eValues, Summer 2014: TIPPING POINTS

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

In This Issue: Tipping Points Shareholder Rights under Attack Partnerships at Work: BICEP Research & Engagement in Action Walden’s 2014 Shareholder Resolutions Estate Planners Eye State Requirements Cutting Edge Companies: Cyberonics  Download PDF version TIPPING POINTS Mad Men watchers surely flinched the first time the show’s protagonist, ad executive Don …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI – IRS Nets Offshore Data From 77,000 Banks, 70 Countries In FATCA Push

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

  Wednesday, June 4, 2014 From the Global Financial Integrity Blog: New York Regulator on BNP Paribas: Someone Needs to Get Fired Why Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s First Act Was To Go After Illicit Financial Flows Chart: Russian Bank Deposits in the U.S. Before and After Sanctions Credit Suisse, …

Cornerstone Capital Group – A Perspective on Climate Change

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

A Perspective on Climate Change: Cornerstone Capital Group  believes that the capital markets must adapt to the evolving reality of climate change.  The Obama administration’s proposal on existing power plants continues an ongoing trend of increasing restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, whose implications are not fully captured by the financial markets. This statement identifies actions investors …

Americans More Certain That Global Warming Is Happening

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Trendspotting

  Americans More Certain That Global Warming Is Happening The reality of climate change – worldwide and in the United States – is a well-established scientific fact. The first finding in the recently released 2014 National Climate Assessment (written and reviewed by hundreds of climate experts over the past 4 years), …

WHEB invests in Mcor Technologies Ltd.

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Nature/Biomimicry

London and Munich, 2 June 2014   WHEB Partners, the London and Munich based private equity fund manager, has invested €6.6m of growth capital in Mcor Technologies Ltd (Mcor). Mcor provides the world’s most affordable, full-colour and eco-friendly 3D printers. The company is based in Dunleer, Ireland. While most 3D …

Join us for the Broward County, Florida Go Solar Fest June 6 & 7 2014

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

        In the past Go SOLAR Fest proved to be a success as more than 1,220 attendees, 54 exhibitors and 37 speakers showed up to the Broward County Convention Center on January 25-26, for the inaugural event.    Broward County Mayor Kristin Jacobs kicked off the program …

GreenMoney June14_Seeds, Soil and Sustainability

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

Good farming, Good food, Good health    by Cliff Feigenbaum, Founder, GreenMoney I especially enjoy our Sustainable Agriculture and Organics issues because they always break new ground (pun intended) and I always learn something new. In this edition, Laura Batcha of Organic Trade Association looks at the $35 billion marketplace …