NEW ENERGY: EU Probes Solar Firms Over Settlement Breaches

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

                                                         DAILY NEWSLETTER                                                           March 11, 2015   NEW ENERGY: EU Probes Solar Firms Over Settlement Breaches After several months of relative quiet, Chinese solar panel makers are back in the headlines this week with another looming trade dispute in Europe. This particular story, and much of the industry’s woes …

Dubious Positive Biases in Revised U.S. Economic Statistics

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

Why do most of the methodologically revised U.S. economic statistics tend to create a picture of a more positive looking economy? Do these revised statistics really give a better—or illusory—understanding of economic activity? And is it coincidental that the benefits flowing from these more positive looking statistics largely accrue to powerful elites who also have …

The COSA Measuring Sustainability Report

Jay OwenSustainability News, Beyond GDP

  We recently launched  “The COSA Measuring Sustainability Report.”  together with five sustainable practices in developing coutires. Giants like Mars, Unilever, Starbucks, Nestle and McDonalds are among the firms investing in new approaches to help them understand what makes the segments now integrate no less than 435 sustainability. Some of these are a response to …

Women in Leadership – FREE Virtual Issue

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

Virtual Issue – Women in Leadership Enjoy FREE access to relevant research by visiting our Women in Leadership virtual issue today.* Rethinking the “think management- think male” paradigm Journal: Gender in Management: An International Journal Beyond gender role stereotypes and requisite managerial characteristics: From communal to androgynous, the changing views of women Do androgynous …

Katerva partners with Launch Systems Challenge 2013

Jay OwenTrendspotting

Launch’s 2013 challenge focuses on materials and material manufacturing. Deadline for initial application– July 15, 2013.   At Katerva we believe there is a groundswell of civil society and corporate commitment flowing into new ideas, models, and technologies with proven successes in every region of the world. But the world cannot …

GMI Ratings in the News: Corporate Governance, Forensic Accounting

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

In the News Executive Compensation, Combined CEO/Chair 5/3/13 — 1 Way This Company Squanders Your Investment — Motley Fool “Want to destroy billions in shareholder value and still get 75% of your bonus? Consider working at AT&T (NYSE: T), or another company with combined CEO and chairman roles.” 5/1/13 — …

Sexism in the City of London Voting System Revealed

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Sexism in the City of London as Men Rule in Elections By Simon Clark – Mar 24, 2013 8:01 PM ET Facebook Share LinkedIn Google +1 1 COMMENT Print QUEUE Q Some companies are flouting rules that say the employees they choose to vote in City of London elections should reflect the makeup of their …

What if women ruled the world?

Jay OwenPoetry by Hazel Henderson

    What if women ruled the world?   Dee Dee Myers* – Viewpoint, BBC  Not so long ago, the idea that women might rule the world seemed slightly ridiculous – like something out of science fiction. But in an essay to mark International Women’s Day, political analyst and former …