Integrated Reporting: Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) today announce an alliance that will achieve greater momentum towards the evolution of better corporate reporting

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

CDP, CDSB and IIRC announce collaboration to accelerate Integrated Reporting   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (18 July 2013) – CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) today announce an alliance that will achieve greater momentum towards the evolution of better corporate reporting, in order to …

AsiaIIX: Capital Markets for a Social Good

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Advisors' Forum

Pioneering Impact: A Conversation with Wayne Silby                              MCS Lifestyle Photography/IIX© During the Impact Forum, the IIX and Shujog staff had the honor of spending time with Wayne Silby, a pioneer and giant in the space of …

Cutting Edge Capital Raised $150,000 Through a DPO!

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

    JUNE 2013     — CURRENT NEWS —   WE REACHED OUR GOAL!     CUTTING EDGE CAPITAL RAISED $150,000 FROM OUR COMMUNITY!   We have reached our goal and raised $150,000 with our Direct Public Offering.  To you who invested, we wish to express our deepest gratitude.  What …

As G8 leaders meet for summit focused on increasing transparency, 150 business leaders and investors gather to advance a market-led solution

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

As G8 leaders meet for summit focused on increasing transparency, 150 business leaders and investors gather to advance a market-led solution   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As G8 leaders meet for summit focused on increasing transparency, 150 business leaders and investors gather to advance a market-led solution (London, Frankfurt June 18, 2013) – …

Companies to benefit as CDP and GRI collaborate to harmonize reporting frameworks

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Press release For immediate release: 6 June 2013 Companies to benefit as CDP and GRI collaborate to harmonize reporting frameworks CDP, the only global platform for companies and cities to disclose and manage their environmental impacts, and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), providers of the most widely used comprehensive Sustainability Reporting …

The Crown Cafe: Visualizing the Global Crowdinvesting Industry

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] Visualizing the Global Crowdinvesting Industry May 22, 2013 10:37 am | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   Investment crowdfunding, crowdfund investing, crowdinvesting—I’m at ends!—whichever your preferred term, one thing’s for sure: it’s taking off globally. Platforms are expanding throughout Europe like wildfire. Just …

“The Next 10 years of Impact Investing” with Prof. Yunus & Mr. Wayne Silby

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

“The Next 10 years of Impact Investing” with Prof. Yunus & Mr. Wayne Silby   Dear Hazel, What does it mean to create capital markets for social good?  As this idea of sustainable development through impact investment continues to catch greater momentum in Asia, joinImpact Forum 2013 as major thought leaders …

A Bonding Experience

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Bond risk Our thinking about the role of future environmental politics on capital markets has extended to another asset class – fixed income. Carbon Tracker recently collaborated with global credit-ratings agency Standard & Poors to publish ‘What a carbon-constrained future could mean for oil companies’ creditworthiness’.  This report assesses the …

The .03% Solution

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 The .03% Solution by Jesse Eisinger | @eisingerj | How a tiny tax on financial transactions could raise revenue and help the capital markets. More coverage: The Trade   |   | Forward to a Friend Get More ProPublica Facebook Twitter Podcast YouTube Tumblr iPhone app RSS You received this e-mail because you subscribe to …

Last Change to Register for Women Transforming Our Financial Markets Symposium

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Conferences

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE FAVORABLE CLIMATE FOR WOMEN TO LAUNCH NEW BUSINESSES & MAXIMIZE INVESTMENT RETURNS In this remarkable moment in history, the U.S. regulatory landscape, its capital markets and the innovation that drives those markets are simultaneously on the threshold of extraordinary change. Unlike previous waves of …