—from BankTrack member Global Witness— London, 31st August, Transparency of Libya’s oil wealth must be a key priority of Thursday’s negotiations over the country’s future, said Global Witness today. The meeting, which is to be co-chaired by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and France’s President, Nicholas Sarkozy, could mark a …
Statement on NLRB Decision to Restore Fair Voluntary Recognition Process
Washington, DC — Today, American Rights at Work Executive Director Kimberly Freeman Brown issued the following statement in response to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision in Lamons Gasket Co, which overturns the rules for voluntary recognition established in Dana Corp. (2007). By doing away with a ban on decertification or election petitions …
Hundreds Arrested in Sustained Tar Sands Protests at White House | Speculation Drives Up Coffee Prices
Hundreds Arrested in Sustained Tar Sands Protests at White House Protests demand Obama use veto power to halt proposed expansion of Keystone XL pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico Go to story | Go to homepage Speculation Drives Up Coffee Prices Kevin …
Babcock Foundation Report on CDFI Growth and Sustainability
The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation in Winston-Salem, NC, recently commissioned and published Community Development Financial Institutions: A Study on Growth and Sustainability, featuring input from the leaders of more than a dozen local, regional and national CDFIs working in the Southeast. The report considers the Aspen Institute’s formative study on sustainability …
Lifting up non-profits amidst Minnesota’s shutdown
Last month, Minnesota experienced the longest state government shutdown in our nation’s history. Among those hit hardest by the shutdown have been non-profit organizations that depend on funding from state grants. Where do Minnesota-based non-profits turn when they can no longer count on their primary source of funding to continue …
Supply glut, policy uncertainty casts shadow over solar
The global solar manufacturing sector has been under tremendous pressure from a supply glut and policy challenges that led to a string of disappointing earnings reports and bankruptcies, with further consolidation possible in the second half. More >>> Click for more headlines from Environmental Finance Newsletter
The case strengthens for mandatory carbon reporting
The Aldersgate Group (AG), in partnership with Christian Aid, The Co-operative and WWF, has commissioned a new report by adelphi which provides independent analysis of Defra’s Impact Assessment (IA) for mandatory carbon reporting. Read more…
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Miroslaw Izienicki
An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Miroslaw Izienicki, President & Group CEO, Fifth Capital, London, United Kingdom – July 15, 2011 By Geoffrey on July 15, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Andreja Pavlovic
An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Andreja Pavlovic, Senior Consultant, Hauska & Partner Group CSR Director, Zagreb, Croatia – July 8, 2011 By Geoffrey on July 8, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” …
Statement by the Commonwealth Trade Unions Group to the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of the Government Meeting – ITUC OnLine
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 138/150711 Statement by the Commonwealth Trade Unions Group to the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of the Government Meeting (CHOGM) (Perth, Australia, 28-30 October 2011) Brussels, 15 July 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The statement published today by the the Commonwealth Trade Unions Group sets out a …