UN AND UNITED STATES LAUNCH PLAN TAP EMIGRANTS’ RESOURCES TO BOOST AGRICULTURE New York, May 17 2011 6:05PM The United Nations entity tasked with supporting rural development and the United States State Department today launched an <“http://www.ifad.org/media/press/2011/35.htm“>initiative to help tap the resources of emigrant communities for investment in agriculture in …
Bargaining Power for Social Entrepreneurs
Join this Week’s Live Discussions Reclaiming the Investment Dialogue for Social Entrepreneurs Financially viable social enterprises are a scarce resource, and social entrepreneurs need to reclaim their position of power at the bargaining table, say Felix Oldenburg, Michael Vollman, Paula Cardenau and Renee Manuel, from Ashoka. What do you think? …
EM interest leads to rise in global manager searches, says Mercer
EM interest leads to rise in global manager searches, says Mercer UK accounts for third of all emerging market searches, while commodity interest doubles. 17/05/11 APG adopts new ISAE-3402 standard on internal control Basel pension fund returns 4.1%, closes in on full funding Pension funds responsible for driving up food …
ASrIA BRIEFING: Integrating ESG into Investment Practices
ASrIA BRIEFING: Integrating ESG into Investment Practices 26 May 2011 Hong Kong With Special Thanks to FTSE for Providing the Venue Register Now Date Thursday, 26 May 2011 Time 12:00 – 2:00pm Location FTSE Hong Kong Offices 35/F, Two Exchange Square 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong Members: Free Non-Members: …
Rethink growth with forest capital-CSE’s Fortnightly Bulletin
News from Down to Earth EDITORIAL Rethink growth with forest capital (by Sunita Narain) ======================================================== Can you love tigers but hate forests? This is the question that troubled me as I visited the middle of India last fortnight. I was in Nagpur, where local politicians, conservationists and officials were discussing …
Accenture launch UNGC-Accenture Industry CEO Study
Accenture invite you to the launch of the UNGC-Accenture Industry CEO Study, the world’s largest industry-specific study on CEOs and Sustainability to date on 25th May. The reports include overall industry insights and deep dives into 7 sectors including Consumer Goods, Communications, Banking, Utilities, Energy, Automotive, Infrastructure and Transportation Services …
News from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics 5/11
May 2011 Newsletter Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University If you are unable to view this email, please click here Upcoming Events Risk Oversight and Assessment Corporate boards are facing dramatic challenges in identifying and quantifying systemic and individual organizational risk. This panel discussion will address existential …
Un Chief Urges Change In Resource Consumption Patterns
UN CHIEF URGES CHANGE IN RESOURCE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT New York, May 13 2011 7:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for fundamental changes in humanity’s resource consumption patterns and values, saying the planet’s natural environment is under unprecedented pressure with far-reaching social and economic consequences. “Our …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Piotr Kazmierkiewicz
An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Piotr Kazmierkiewicz, Analyst, Centralny Dom Maklerski Pekao S.A. (CDM Pekao SA Securities), Warsaw, Poland – May 13, 2011 By Geoffrey on May 13, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions …
New Tools for Investing in a Black Swan World
by Ellie Winninghoff, Financial Advisor Green, May 4, 2011 Hurricane Katrina, the mortgage meltdown, the BP Deepwater Horizon tragedy, uprisings in the Middle East, Fukushima–it’s hard not to notice a pattern of escalating risk. One not accounted for by the mere volatility in stock or bond prices that has come …