‘Socially Responsible Investing’
Tracks ethical, responsible, cleaner, greener mutual funds, pension funds, charitable endowments, labor unions and their pension funds, new “triple bottom line,” ESG auditing and asset valuation. Reforming asset-allocation and valuation models from “EMH” and “rational actor” to new behavioral science and ecological social assets. Covers legal aspects, corporate governance, social justice and indigenous rights, public financing of political campaigns, Supreme Court rulings, e.g. Citizens United re corporate lobbying. Includes new Indexes and Ratings.
Relates to: GTS, Transforming Finance, Reforming Global Finance, GreenTech, Energy Efficiency, Global Citizenship, Reports You Need, Beyond GDP, Power of Yin
Un Official Highlights Role Of Business Sector In Achieving Sustainable Development
UN OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF BUSINESS SECTOR IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT New York, Apr 11 2012 3:05PM The business and industry sectors play a key role in leading countries towards sustainable development, a top United Nations official said today, adding that their collaboration and partnerships with governments are essential to [...]
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Corli le Roux
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Corli le Roux, Head of SRI Index and Sustainability, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, South Africa – April 6, 2012 By Geoffrey on April 6, 2012 An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The [...]
The Next Wave
Join this Week's Live Discussions This Week's Live Discussion The Next Wave Who are the next thought leaders? Where are the breaking ideas, the roads as yet untaken, the path-bending organizations that will shape the future? Tell Charles (hipbone) Cameron where the next wave is coming from. And where it will take us. FLUX: Learnings from [...]
What Does Fiduciary Duty Require?
What Does Fiduciary Duty Require? By Katherine Collins, Senior Sustainability Advisor, Ethical Markets Media We place great trust in our fiduciaries, and require much from them in return: fiduciaries are charged with upholding highest principles of stewardship while also managing a wide range of complex operations and processes. This breadth [...]
Women Effect Investments Bringing a Gender Lens to Investing
Women Effect Investments Bringing a Gender Lens to Investing IT TAKES AN ECOSYSTEM "Tri-fecta again!" I dropped an email to Jennifer John, our new Criterion colleague, noting the third time in a week that I had talked with an entrepreneur who hit all three of our gender lenses. This conversation was with Joanna Wasmuth, whose company, Erase [...]
Tough battle ahead on EU energy efficiency law
Tough battle ahead on EU energy efficiency law Legislation to improve energy efficiency in the EU is facing a long, tough battle, with observers describing the draft law as bloated, ?a mess? and unlikely to pass. More >>> Carbon market value to slump in 2012 ? BNEF The value of the global carbon market will fall in 2012, according to [...]
Join us on April 18th: Overturning Citizens United
Hosted By Senator Bernie Sanders Senator Tom Udall Rep. Ted Deutch Rep. Donna Edwards Rep. Keith Ellison Rep. Jim McGovern Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Capitol Visitors Center: HVC 215 RSVP ONLINE HERE Questions? Contact Joseph Bushong in the office of Rep. Ted Deutch
20-first Launches Four New Key Country Research Reports
20-first Launches Four New Key Country Research Reports Looking at our Global Gender Scorecard's in-depth focus on key Western countries reveals stark differences and remarkable similarities. First the differences. By one measure, the anglo-saxon countries, the UK and US, seem to lead the group on gender balance. Only a small minority of these [...]
Global Consortium of Institutional Investors Integrate ESG Factors Into Real Estate
Global Consortium of Institutional Investors Integrate ESG Factors Into Real Estate Investments GRESB to join forces with GRI to enhance disclosure on sustainability in real estate sector Amsterdam, April 4, 2012 – Thirty of the world’s largest pension asset managers, the major real estate industry associations and a large group of [...]
Naturally does it. Natural Capital Declaration paves the way to Rio+20
'Lights out' were the calls heard around the world for the sixth Earth Hour held this late March. The initiative started by the World Wildlife Fund is a striking symbol that gives us a measure of how far the world has come since 'environment' and 'sustainability' were considered emerging issues, only two decades ago. Less visible and [...]
