Responsible Business Summit – save the date

Jay OwenTV Series

I am pleased to confirm our flagship Responsible Business Summit is back and will be taking place in London on May 19-20. As someone that’s attended one of previous summits I wanted to give you an update on what you can expect at RBS’14…  • Leading insight from CEOs: Board members give a different perspective …

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 …

G4 Online puts sustainability reporting at your fingertips

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Press release For immediate release, 7 November 2013 G4 Online puts sustainability reporting at your fingertips G4 Online, a web-based tool to support organizations preparing sustainability reports using the latest generation of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, is launched today. The free to use website presents the content of the G4 …

Ceres: Investors ask Fossil Fuel Companies to Disclose their Plans to Address Climate Change Risk

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Ceres Newsletter – October 2013 Press and Media Press Release: A closer look at Dow Chemical’s climate change reporting (GreenBiz) News Story: The Climate Declaration Hits Broadway…  News Story: SXSW Eco Experts Suggest Drought Solutions (CBS Austin KEYE TV) Ceres Participates in Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Laws Panel Ceres, with the Harvard Environmental Law Center, organized …

ILSR’s Energy Self-Reliant States: New Report! City Power Play: 8 Practical Local Energy Policies to Boost the Economy

Jay OwenGreentech

It’s out! Check out our latest report featuring 8 Practical Local Energy Policies to Boost the Economy, with examples illustrating the policies in action and links right to the ordinances that made them work.  Also, I just posted a panel presentation I gave to the Society of Environmental Journalists last Friday, …

Funding the US government and avoiding the fiscal cliff

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Advisors' Forum

By Dr Shann Turnbull, Co-founding Member of the Sustainable Money Working Group, Ethical Markets Advisory Board Member, October 2013 The US government could fund both its operations and avoid the fiscal cliff by introducing a self-liquidating and self-financing negative interest rate complementary currency. The US Treasury could issue say one trillion …

Calvert Foundation: CEO Transition, Fall Conferences, and Detroit

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Ethical Markets  congratulates Lisa Hall  in her new career move and  welcomes Jennifer Pryce as Calvert Foundation’s new CEO !   Hazel Henderson , Editor   and former member  of the Advisory Council  at Calvert Group. It’s a win-win. Earn a financial return and support communities. Empowering Investors to Empower Communities SEPTEMBER …

CSR Asia Disclosure Forum in Kuala Lumpur

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

25 September 2013  HIGHLIGHTS   CSR Asia Disclosure Forum in Kuala Lumpur – new dates To secure a great line-up of speakers, and ensure that the latest trends in reporting can be presented and discussed, the CSR Asia Disclosure Forum has now been rescheduled for 5th December. The programme is being …

Guardian Sustainable Business: Exclusive Events Update for Guardian Sustainable Business Members

Jay OwenSustainability News

  21 August 2013 Exclusive Events Update for Guardian Sustainable Business Members There are some great courses and events coming up over the next month bringing together businesses from around the world to discuss the future of sustainability. We’ve picked out a selection of these events below, and you can also visit our …