TBLI Blog: U.S. Bank Legal Bills Exceed $100 Billion

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

From  Robert Rubinstein, Founder of TBLI , a distinguished member of  Ethical Markets Advisory Board – Hazel Henderson, Editor ____________________________________________________________ ……….TBLIiBLOG……… TBLI CONFERENCE • TBLI CLUB • TBLI CONSULTING • TBLI PARTNERS____________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE ·        Busy Summer 29 Aug 2013 08:36 am | Robert Rubinstein Busy Summer Greetings to you …

The Detroit Bail-In Template: Fleecing Pensioners to Save the Banks

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

The Detroit Bail-In Template: Fleecing Pensioners to Save the Banks Posted on August 5, 2013 by Ellen Brown The Detroit bankruptcy is looking suspiciously like the bail-in template originated by the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011, which exploded on the scene in Cyprus in 2013 and is now becoming the model globally. In Cyprus, …

The Web of Debt Blog: Green Light for City-owned San Francisco Bank

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

We at Ethical Markets  fully support publicly-owned  city banks , and for full disclosure ,Hazel Henderson , our Editor serves on the Advisory Board of the Public Banking Institute , headed by Ellen H. Brown J.D.  author of this column and many books including The Web of Debt  and  just …

Urgent challenges fuel debate at The Economist Events’ UK Energy Summit 2013

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Press Release July 4th 2013 Urgent challenges fuel debate at The Economist Events’ UK Energy Summit 2013 Key figures discuss the capital challenge, shale gas, security of supply, and affordability as Energy Secretary Ed Davey announces DECC reshuffle The UK can no longer afford to bury its head in the …

Aldersgate Group: Business and investors urge MPs to vote for 2030 decarbonisation target

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Our Members ACCA Global Andrew George MP Anglian Water ASDA Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities Aviva Investors Bank of America Merrill Lynch Barry Sheerman MP BIFFA BioRegional BT Caroline Lucas MP CERAM Chris Tuppen CIWEM Cranfield University Dalkia Dinah Nichols CB eftec Emma Howard Boyd Energy Saving Trust …

Bail-out Is Out, Bail-in Is In: Time for Some Publicly-Owned Banks

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

“[W]ith Cyprus . . . the game itself changed. By raiding the depositors’ accounts, a major central bank has gone where they would not previously have dared. The Rubicon has been crossed.” —Eric Sprott, Shree Kargutkar, “Caveat Depositor” The crossing of the Rubicon into the confiscation of depositor funds was …

[Climate Bonds] Breaking News: Korea Exp-Imp Bank issuing a 5yr AA3 GreenBond (benchmark size: $500m+). Books have just opened

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

[Climate Bonds] Breaking News: Korea Exp-Imp Bank issuing a 5yr AA3 GreenBond (benchmark size: $500m+). Books have just opened Books have just opened. Joint lead managers are SEB and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. This will mark the first climate bond out of Korea, coming out at a solid size …

Roundtable Greenlights Effort on Renewable Energy Covered Bonds : AltEnergyStocks.com

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Roundtable Greenlights Effort on Renewable Energy Covered Bonds : AltEnergyStocks.com Roundtable Greenlights Effort on Renewable Energy Covered Bonds Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:09 AM PST by Sean Kidney “There is more liquidity than ever being put into the system, but funds are still not being allocated to renewable energy projects” …

Environmental & Social Risk Analysis (ESRA) Online Courses 2013 Calendar

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  Environmental & Social Risk Analysis (ESRA) Online Courses      2013 Calendar  Dear Partners, The Environmental & Social Risk Analysis (ESRA) Online Course will be held in the following dates in 2013:        -English: 1 – 19 April -Spanish: 8 – 26 April -French: 15 April – 3 May -English: …

Sustainable Energy for All Initiative – Energy expansion at any cost ? Reflections on the UN “Sustainable Energy for All Day, 20th June

kristyResource Efficiency

« Rio+20 agrees on outcome document Sustainable Energy for All Initiative – Energy expansion at any cost ? Reflections on the UN “Sustainable Energy for All Day, 20th June – IISD.org June 21, 2012 by globalforest According to Chad Holliday, Chair of the Bank of America and Co-Chair of the …