A new study casts doubt on the notion that corporations will improve their reputations by becoming more sustainable. The global study, by Brandlogic, a branding firm, and CRD Analytics, an ESG analytics provider, found that a group of companies increased their “real sustainability performance” but nonetheless suffered a decline in …
Discussing the Assemblies and Consensus of #OccupyWallStreet (2): Consensus is not Self-Management
Discussing the Assemblies and Consensus of #OccupyWallStreet (2): Consensus is not Self-Management Excerpted from Michael Albert: “In Greece and Spain, a single message predominated. It had nothing to do with analyses of capitalism or other analytic focuses. Instead, Greek and Spanish activists reported that they had massive assemblies in widespread …
Bloomberg Doesn’t Like Financial Speculation Taxes and Is Prepared To Make Stuff Up to Make Its Case
Bloomberg Doesn’t Like Financial Speculation Taxes and Is Prepared To Make Stuff Up to Make Its Case Dean Baker Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:36 Bloomberg News Service really doesn’t like financial speculation taxes (FST). In fact it dislikes them so much that it is prepared to make things up to …
Global Energy Transition Finance
Communication to Dr. Steven Chu, US Secretary of of Energy Developing an economic response to the Energy Crisis in the time of of a Credit Crisis/Crunch. Delivering a Transition Plan for any high fossil energy demanding economy worldwide. Dr. Gijs Graafland, Plank Foundation and Hazel Henderson, Ethical Markets Media America …
WorkEcology’s Women in Sustainability
An article from The Story of Meaningful Use I am pleased to announce the formation of a professional association for women, WorkEcology’s Women in Sustainability With the decline in the number of jobs available, talented and competent people are having to rethink how they guide and manage their career for …
Employee ownership was continuously progressing across Europe since the financial crisis
A newsletter from European Federation of Employee Share EFES NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2011 Employee ownership was continuously progressing across Europe since the financial crisis The number of employee owners was nearly 10 million in 2010 in large European companies (out of 32.6 million employees). The number of companies that have …