Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Lauren Compere, Managing Director, Boston Common Asset Management, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America – September 30, 2011 By Geoffrey on September 30, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Anne-Catherine Husson-Traore, CEO, Novethic, France
Five Questions about SRI features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging markets and through Emerging Markets ESG shares this expertise with a wide global audience. The goals of Five Questions about SRI are fourfold: To reflect on what SRI in emerging markets means to practitioners; To collect a catalogue …
Millennia2015-UNESCO conference: 21-22.11.2011, save the dates!
It is a pleasure to confirm that the international conference “Millennia2015, An action plan for women’s empowerment” will be organized by The division for Gender Equality of the cabinet of the UNESCO Director-General and The Destree Institute in the presence of Mrs Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on Monday 21 …
Testosterone and High Finance Do Not Mix: So Bring on the Women
An article from JUMP June’s newsletter Testosterone and high finance do not mix: so bring on the women Tim Adams Gender inequality has been an issue in the City for years, but now the new science of ‘neuroeconomics’ is proving the point beyond doubt: hormonally-driven young men should not be left alone …
When Women Lead: A decade of women’s environmental voting records in Congress
When Women Lead: A decade of women’s environmental voting records in Congress June 2011 This study demonstrates that women, overall and regardless of party, vote consistently more in favor of environmental protections and policies than men in Congress. An impressive 34 out of the 40 instances studied show women earning …
Ban’s Second Term: The Case for a Woman Secretary-General
Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) agrees and nominates the former President of Chile: Dr Michelle Bachelet as the next UN Secretary -General “Other News” is a personal initiative seeking to provide information that should be in the media but is not, because of commercial criteria. It welcomes contributions from …
WorkEcology’s Women in Sustainability
An article from The Story of Meaningful Use I am pleased to announce the formation of a professional association for women, WorkEcology’s Women in Sustainability With the decline in the number of jobs available, talented and competent people are having to rethink how they guide and manage their career for …
Roundup: Forestry, Biomass & Sustainability Conference London May 12-13, 2011
A compilation of Tweets gathered by Ethical Markets Media Correspondent Melanie Feliciano Environ Finance’s ‘Forestry, Biomass & Sustainability’ in London, May 12-13 presentation slides available @ http://tinyurl.com/3sr9tus “Last year DNV #ClimateChange Services had 0 investments in forestry projects.” – Andres Espejo http://bit.ly/jUl7ot Forestry project case studies: “We can harvest planted …
Women on the road to Rio+20 convene at United Nations CSD-19.
Women on the road to Rio+20 convene at United Nations CSD-19 By Martha Shaw After three days at the 19th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19), I began thinking about how important women’s leadership is to the tiered mission of Rio+20 also known as Earth Summit …
Sisterhood is the Key to Real Freedom
An article from Jump Newsletter FOREWORD BY ISABELLA LENARDUZZI I recently read an article that really struck a chord with me so much so that I wanted to share it with you. That article is “The Fire of Freedom” by Elizabeth Debold, which traces women’s uprisings and their impact on …