‘The Power of Yin’
Highlights benefits of holistic approach to SRI, sustainability, networking, the Love Economy, the empowerment of women.
Relates to: Wealth of Networks, SRI, Global Citizenship
Profit Meets Dream of Obama’s Mother in Finance at Women’s World
(BN) Profit Meets Dream of Obama’s Mother in Finance at Women’s World http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-11/profit-meets-dream-of-o bama-s-mother-in-finance-at-women-s-world.html +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Profit Meets Dream of Obama’s Mother in Finance at Women’s [...]
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Lauren Compere
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 [...]
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 of examples of SRI in [...]
`There’s a Girl Here’ Proves Recipe for Bank Growth in Mideast
By Simon Clark Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Reem Qaraqe was a novelty at the Bethlehem branch of Bank of Palestine Plc, and she says some customers didn’t hide their astonishment. “There’s a girl here,” was a typical remark. “Why?” As the branch’s first female teller, Qaraqe says she quietly fumed as she endured teasing and [...]
Behind the Scenes at World Pulse
BRINGING VOICES TO UN WOMEN This January, when we launched a campaign to bring testimonies and recommendations from women on the ground to the newly formed UN Women, we had no idea how close to home it would hit for one woman and her community. We received an outpouring of impassioned letters from women from 27 nations on our interactive [...]
Singlebrook Technology and Unreasonable Institute Announce Alissa Johnson, CalSolAgua as TechSpring Winner
BOULDER, Colo., Jul. 27 /CSRwire/ -Singlebrook Technology and theUnreasonable Institute today announced Alissa Johnson, CalSolAgua as the winner of their joint TechSpring project, an innovative program designed to provide a free package of marketing and technology services worth almost $20,000 to the budding social entrepreneur. Singlebrook [...]
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 and Tuesday 22 November [...]
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 in charge of our finances… For [...]
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 a higher LCV score [...]
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 everybody. Work areas [...]
