April 21, 2013 EDITOR’S NOTE: Silver Spring Networks (SSNI), the Silicon Valley smart grid networking startup that went public last month on the strength of its U.S. smart meter deployments, has now staked a claim in the U.K.’s $7.5 billion plan to install smart meters in every home. That’s according to Businessweek, which …
Citizens Disunited by Robert A. G. Monks
Citizens Disunited: Passive Investors, Drone CEOs, and the Corporate Capture of the American Dream “More invaluable advice from Robert A.G. Monks, ‘Mr. Corporate Responsibility’ on both sides of the Atlantic for decades. Monks analyzes the new breed of dysfunctional ‘drone corporations’ whose shares are so widely-held as to be out …
Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2013
Solability LTD, Ilsan, South Korean The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index scores and ranks 176 countries according to their capability to sustain or increase wealth in a resource-constraint, globalised world. The Index was first developed and published in 2012, based on a competitiveness model that incorporates all aspects required to sustain …
The World Future Council and Deutsche Welle team up for this year’s Global Media Forum
We at Ethical Markets Media ( USA and Brazil) are happy to promote this important event and we hope to contribute our own BEYOND GDP surveys with GlobeScan and our research in our GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD® as well as access to our own TRANSFORMING FINANCE TV series at www.ethicalmarkets.com and for …
Review of Making Things Work and Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
Review of Making Things Work and Makers: The New Industrial Revolution Making Things Work: Solving Complex Problems In A Complex World by Yaneer Bar-Yam, NECSI Knowledge Press, Cambridge, MA 2004 Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson, Crown Business, NY, 2012 Review by Hazel Henderson These two books, …
TRANSFORMING ADVERTISING: NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR “ETHICMARK” AWARDS HONORING BEST SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS
TRANSFORMING ADVERTISING: NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR “ETHICMARK” AWARDS HONORING BEST SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS 2013 EthicMark® Awards Call for Nominations; Winners to be Announced at The SRI Conference, October 28, 2013 Boulder, CO – April 8, 2013 – Nominations are open until May 15 for the 2013 EthicMark® Awards for ads and …
Brazil Solar Energy Conference (BSEC), Sao Paulo, 27 & 28 May 2013. Ethical Markets is happy to be a media partner.
EMM Media Partner with Cleantech Investor for Brazil Solar Energy Conference Ethical Markets is pleased to be a media partner for Brazil Solar Energy Conference (BSEC) taking place in Sao Paulo on 27 & 28 May 2013. At BSEC the expert speakers will address building Brazil’s solar business – …
Can Income Inequality Destabilize the U.S. Economy?
March 29, 2013 The daily online magazine on the global economy, politics, culture and history Can Income Inequality Destabilize the U.S. Economy? Uri Dadush, Kemal Dervis, Sarah P. Milsom and Bennett Stancil | Income inequality is doing a lot more damage than just fraying the political culture. Argentina: …
Friday Video: POWERING THE PLANET Earth: The Operators’ Manual
POWERING THE PLANET Earth: The Operators’ Manual (program 2) Brazil has sugar cane… Denmark has wind… Morocco has sunshine… China has plans… And America has… politics and indecision. Using compelling stories that showcase the many ways in which great nations and smaller communities are finding sustainable solutions that provide for …
Renewable Energy REITs or MLPs Would Unlock Billions for Project Development
A Look Back at Solar Energy in 2012 by Vince Font, Contributing Editor | December 19, 2012 2012 was a big year for solar, both domestically and globally, with some unlikely players throwing their hats into the ring and upping the ante on achievable power generating capacity. Here’s a wrap-up …