An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with David Dando, Director of Corporate Governance Programs, HQB Partners, London, United Kingdom – April 8, 2011 By Geoffrey on April 8, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” …
San Francisco Clean and Green Investment Forum
Opal Financial Group’s Clean and Green Investment Forum, with which Ethical Markets is a media partner, will be held in San Francisco, June 6-7, 2011. The forum brings together experts from throughout the country to discuss cleantech and greentech. Attendees represent pension funds, endowments and trusts as well as utility …
Invitation to Corporation 20/20 Spring Seminars
On Behalf of Tellus Institute CORPORATION 20/20 Spring 2011 Seminars Please join us for the following seminars hosted by Corporation 20/20 in conjunction with the Great Transition Initiative. Venue: Tellus Institute, 11 Arlington St., Boston Metro: Arlington Station Time: 12:00-1:30 Lunch served RSVP: Kate Robinson, [email protected], 617 266 5400 Wednesday, …
ITUC OnLine – Union Launch Jobs Pact for Young Workers
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 077/050411 Union Launch Jobs Pact for Young Workers Brussels, 6 April 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement is launching a new worldwide jobs pact for young people at a special G20 employment meeting in Paris. “Of all the pressing employment and social …
2011 Skoll World Forum ? Lessons Learned
News on The Edge Welcome to the Social Edge update! The 2011 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship took place last week at the university of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. This year’s theme was ?Large Scale Change: Ecosystems, Networks and Collaborative Action.? The Social Edge team was in Oxford, along …
FIELD Seeks Microenterprise Organizations to Test Secured Card Product
FIELD is pleased to release the request for proposals for its Asset Building through Credit Pilot Program. The pilot will test the effectiveness of a secured credit card as a tool for helping microentrepreneurs, and would-be microentrepreneurs, build their credit and financial skills. It will also test whether secured cards …
New Report Card Exposes Largest Financers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2011 3:16 PM CONTACT: Rainforest Action Network (RAN) Nell Greenberg Communications Director (415) 659-0557 New Report Card Exposes Largest Financers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Rainforest Action Network and Sierra Club Release report card on Banks and Mountaintop Removal SAN FRANCISCO – April 5 – …
New California hybrid corporate form could bring mainstream capital to social enterprises
RI News Alert: › New California hybrid corporate form could bring mainstream capital to social enterprises Click here to read the newsletter
Implementing Bottom of the Pyramid Strategies: Issues and Challenges
Implementing Bottom of the Pyramid Strategies: Issues and Challenges The low income segment in Malaysia face insecure livelihoods, limited opportunities for economic advancement, and a lack of power to influence their situation. … Read more Climate change, poverty reduction, and business – can dialogue platforms break down barriers for engagement? …
EU wants a “critical mass” of shareholders taking engagement seriously
April 5th, 2011 RI News Flash: › EU wants a “critical mass” of shareholders taking engagement seriously Click here to read the newsletter