James Robertson Newsletter No. 47 – May 2014 The full Newsletter can also be viewed at www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm. CONTENTS Editorial 1. Growing Support For Monetary Reform 2. A Possible Tipping Point From Scotland 3. Growing Inequality – Thomas Piketty’s Book 4. Practical Achievement And Far-Sighted Analysis 5. Liberation Of Work, …
KOSMOS NEWS: Is Sharing for Sale?
MAY 27, 2014 NEWSLETTER Is Sharing for Sale? Dear Readers, Our featured author this week is Elisabet Sahtouris, an eloquent teacher of evolution biology and also a futurist. Like many of us, she senses that global transformation is underway in our hearts and minds, our communities, and slowly in our social …
Earth Policy Institute: Denmark, Portugal, and Spain Leading the World in Wind Power
Denmark, Portugal, and Spain Leading the World in Wind Power J. Matthew Roney www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2014/highlights46 Earth Policy Release Data Highlight May 27, 2014 Denmark produced one third of its electricity from the wind in 2013. In no other country has wind’s share of annual electricity generation yet topped 30 percent. But …
GRI consults on intended governance changes in order to play its role as a standard setter in sustainability reporting
Press release For immediate release, 26 May 2014 GRI consults on intended governance changes in order to play its role as a standard setter in sustainability reporting Sustainability reporting has moved from a practice undertaken only by pioneers to become standard practice for thousands of the world’s largest companies, the …
Thanks to the Roberts Court, Corporations Have More Constitutional Rights Than Actual People
Thanks to the Roberts Court, Corporations Have More Constitutional Rights Than Actual People William Greider – The Nation The big media talk a lot about stalemate in Congress, but they are missing the real story. While representative democracy is dysfunctional, the Supreme Court has taken over with …
Call for Papers – Geneva Summit on Sustainable Finance
May 31, 2014 is the deadline for submitting papers to the 2nd Geneva Summit on Sustainable Finance. The Geneva Finance Research Institute and the Institute For Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva together with Sustainable Finance Geneva are pleased to announce the 2nd Geneva Summit on Sustainable Finance, which will …
Final Global Infrastructure Basel Summit Programme Now Released
“Ethical Markets is happy to publish this presentation on Sustainable Infrastructure, presented by John Williams, ceo of Impact Infrastructure, LLC, at our FINDING ETHICAL ALPHA conference, May 12-13th Finding Ethical Alpha: Building Task Forces to Set the Course for the Future of Generating Sustainable Alpha May 13, 2014 Presentation …
The Economic Case for Divesting from Fossil Fuels
Garvin Jabusch, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer, Green Alpha Advisors The fossil fuels industry, big oil, big coal, natural gas, and its allied sectors, including some large financial institutions, will not quietly or willingly retire into the history of ideas whose time has passed. That fossil fuels represent the single …
The Fracking Debate Is Over
Markets Select May 22, 2014 The Fracking Debate Is Over Where have all the anti-frackers gone? You may have noticed we haven’t… Read» Share this story: EIA Cuts Recoverable California Shale Estimates By 96% The EIA has cut its original estimate of recoverable shale oil reserves… Read» Share this …
IASB, average premiums, UK select committee, DNB, smart beta, PFA, Norway, SpenceJohnson
TODAY’S TOP STORIES IASB mounts charm offensive to address concerns of UK investors Accounting board expresses sympathy for concerns voiced over use of prudence under revised conceptual framework Ditching average Dutch premium selfish and short-sighted, says legal expert UK pension reforms motivated by tax, alleges influential committee chair European institutions …