Seedbombing: Applying the Principles of Permaculture to Finance

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Seedbombing: Applying the Principles of Permaculture to Finance I originally wrote this article for Transition Free Press Edition 4. It’s published under a Creative Commons licence (see side panel for details) Finance, even in its most high-tech formulations, is rooted in ecological systems. A high-frequency trading hedge fund, for example, relies …

TBLI Blog: U.S. Bank Legal Bills Exceed $100 Billion

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

From  Robert Rubinstein, Founder of TBLI , a distinguished member of  Ethical Markets Advisory Board – Hazel Henderson, Editor ____________________________________________________________ ……….TBLIiBLOG……… TBLI CONFERENCE • TBLI CLUB • TBLI CONSULTING • TBLI PARTNERS____________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE ·        Busy Summer 29 Aug 2013 08:36 am | Robert Rubinstein Busy Summer Greetings to you …

Impact Quarterly: Investing in Inclusion through Market Transformation

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

June 2013 As always, the Impact Forum ended with the wonderful elated feeling of ‘we can do it’ and ‘we can make it happen’. Of course ‘it’ in this case is sustainable development. With the theme of ‘Investing in Inclusion’, Impact Forum 2013 brought together over 500 participants from over …

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 …

Green Dividends: Customer satisfaction, employee access to health care, and carbon emissions per unit of revenue aren’t the sorts of metrics you find in a company’s financial statements

kristySRI/ESG News

February 03, 2012 Green Dividends By Ellie Winninghoff Customer satisfaction, employee access to health care, and carbon emissions per unit of revenue aren’t the sorts of metrics you find in a company’s financial statements. But they represent non-financial impacts companies create. And they are among the 30 or so environmental, …

Corporate Paper Policies Paying Dividends for Recycling, FSC

kristyTrendspotting

The Latest News Corporate Paper Policies Paying Dividends for Recycling, FSC By Tilde Herrera Green paper procurement policies by large corporate buyers have boosted demand for responsibly sourced virgin fiber and helped drive paper recycling rates in the U.S. to record levels….Read More Honda Hits ‘Zero-Landfill’ Target in North America …