CORPORATIONS WILL HAVE TO ABIDE TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

CORPORATIONS WILL HAVE TO ABIDE TO HUMAN RIGHTS Source: Treaty Alliance: http://www.treatymovement.com/ A resolution was adopted in the UN Human Rights Council on June 26 that will begin the process of elaborating an international legally binding instrument on business and human rights. Despite strong opposition from the EU and US, the …

Banking Union Time Bomb: Eurocrats Authorize Bailouts AND Bail-Ins

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Banking Union Time Bomb: Eurocrats Authorize Bailouts AND Bail-Ins   Ellen Brown http://EllenBrown.com March 29, 2014     “As things stand, the banks are the permanent government of the country, whichever party is in power.”   – Lord Skidelsky, House of Lords, UK Parliament, 31 March 2011)     On …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Clever chemistry improves new class of antibiotics

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   Clever chemistry improves new class of antibiotics Posted: 17 Jan 2014 09:49 AM PST A new class of molecules called acyldepsipeptides — ADEPs — may provide a new way to attack bacteria that have developed resistance to antibiotics. Researchers have discovered a way to …

Electrifying Africa–But at What Cost to Africans?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Electrifying Africa–But at What Cost to Africans? Two U.S. initiatives to provide Africans with electricity seem likely to lead to large, climate-polluting projects rather than the locally sourced renewable energy rural Africa needs. By Elizabeth Bast, Emira Woods and Janet Redman, September 16, 2013. A liquefied natural gas carrier near Sea Point, South Africa. (Derek …

Occupy Network – Occupy Wall Street is above the electoral, but it impacts it, as indicated by a recent report.

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

GET THIS FROM A FRIEND? SUBSCRIBE. SHARE:  Occupy Wall Street is above the electoral, but it impacts it, as indicated by a recent report. The Wall Street Journal relayed statements from a variety of NYC mayoral candidates about how they stand on the violent crackdown on Occupy. Of particular note, current frontrunner …

Global Financial Integrity: Income Inequality, Wealth, And Illicit Financial Flows In Asia

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

The Sun Breaks Through Stormy Skies of China/EU Trade : AltEnergyStocks.com

Jay OwenTrendspotting

The Sun Breaks Through Stormy Skies of China/EU Trade : AltEnergyStocks.com The Sun Breaks Through Stormy Skies of China/EU Trade Posted: 29 Jul 2013 07:28 AM PDT Sun breaks through trade war clouds China and the West broke a decades-old pattern of troubled trade relations over the weekend with a …

Young’s China Business Blog Daily Newsletter: October 19 ?????????????:10?19?

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YOUNG’S CHINA BUSINESS BLOG ????????? DAILY NEWSLETTER October 19, 2012 China’s Speeds Up Solar Lifeline ???????????? A new Chinese media report shows that after more than a year of talk, Beijing is finally turning its aggressive talk on solar energy into action by more than doubling its approval of new …

FairPensions responds to Vince Cable’s Proposals on Executive Pay

kristyReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

‘We at Ethical Markets thanks Fair Pensions for their Leadership, Hazel henderson, Editor’ News Release: FairPensions responds to Vince Cable’s Proposals on Executive Pay Responsible investment campaigners FairPensions reacts with dismay to news of government proposals on executive pay. Responding to Dr Cable’s proposals Christine Berry, Policy Officer at FairPensions, …