Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Intrabond Capital Newletter GOVERNANCE MATTERS     Latest Board Bona Fide® Director  We are pleased to share Dotty Hayes has joined the board of The Vantagepoint Funds, an SEC- registered mutual fund sponsored by ICMA-RC, which specializes in retirement savings plans for state and municipal employees. The Vantagepoint Funds have $13billion in …

GMI RATINGS: Snoozing Boards Can Stunt Your Stocks

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

June 6, 2013 Snoozing Boards Can Stunt Your Stocks  (MotleyFool, 6/5/13) “Entrenched boards can lead to company-stunting problems. CEOs are overcompensated, risk is poorly addressed or managed, new consumer trends are missed, stagnant bureaucracies petrify, and terrible disasters like the financial crisis happen. The beauty of a system with checks and …

Companies to benefit as CDP and GRI collaborate to harmonize reporting frameworks

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Press release For immediate release: 6 June 2013 Companies to benefit as CDP and GRI collaborate to harmonize reporting frameworks CDP, the only global platform for companies and cities to disclose and manage their environmental impacts, and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), providers of the most widely used comprehensive Sustainability Reporting …

WWF: Do you care about a clean, healthy future for people and the planet?

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

  Do you care about a clean, healthy future for people and the planet? Our Pledge We believe our future can, and should, be powered by nature. The energy systems in place across the planet within the next four years will define the world’s climate change path for generations. All countries have a …

2030 Decarbonisation Vote: Businesses will now turn to Lords for energy policy certainty

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

2030 Decarbonisation Vote: Businesses will now turn to Lords for energy policy certainty For immediate release   The Aldersgate Group and its business members are encouraged to see how many MPs recognise that a 2030 decarbonisation target is essential for driving investment and economic growth.   Andrew Raingold, Executive Director …

Dancing Rabbit Community Story

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

Dancing Rabbit EcovillagE: HopE foR SuStainability Sustainability is not just a dream. We must do it. We can do it. And we are doing it. Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is an experiment to find out what sustainability looks like. It is a research and development laboratory, exploring the technologies and social …

8th Annual Green Economics Conference at Worcester College, Oxford University 17 – 20 July 2013

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

 The Green Economics Institute   Conference Announcement Call for Papers and Speakers Green Economics Conference to be held at Oxford University 17th – 20th July 2013 Balancing the Global Economy!         Conference Info – download link Booking Form – download link We are delighted to announce The 8th Annual Green Economics Institute Conference which this year …

Bank Track: New Equator Principles to have deeply underwhelming impact on people and planet: Commitments on community safeguards and climate change far below what is required

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

New Equator Principles to have deeply underwhelming impact on people and planet; Commitments on community safeguards and climate change far below what is required Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 4 2013 Press Release The long awaited new, third version of the Equator Principles (EPIII) (1) will have a deeply underwhelmingimpact on safeguarding the rights …

U.S. CLEAN TECH LEADERSHIP INDEX HIGHLIGHTS GROWING ROLE OF STATES AND METRO REGIONS

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News