Green Transition Scoreboard®

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity, Green Transition Scoreboard, Nature/Biomimicry

ALL ABOUT THE GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD® * Reports and Press Releases * Endorsers * EMM Provides Rigorous Foundation for GTS * Watch the video * GTS In the Press * Overview: Inside The Green Transition by Hazel Henderson   Green Transition Scoreboard Global Total Now $7.13 Trillion St. Augustine, April …

REN21’s Renewables 2015 Global Status Report

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

a Newsletter – June 2015   In this issue News from the Secretariat | News from the Network | Upcoming Events   Dear Reader, As I write these lines, I am on my way back from the launch of this year’s Global Status Report in China. Over the past decade, China has established itself …

Green Transitions Scoreboard – April 2015 – Just in time for Earth Day!

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Trendspotting

Earth Day 2015 marks $6.22 trillion invested in the global green transition since 2007. This meets our Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) goal of $10 trillion privately invested in the green economy by 2020, easily on track to reach the 2020 goal to effectively scale innovations and reduce costs in green …

PRESS ADVISORY: U.S. CO2 Emissions Increase but Renewable Energy also Expands

Jay OwenTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (a campaign for a sustainable energy future) 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite #340; Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-270-6477 x.11 [email protected] Twitter: Follow @SunDayCampaign News Advisory LATEST GOVERNMENT DATA REVEAL U.S. CO2 LEVELS ARE 2.74% HIGHER THAN 2013 AND 5.96% HIGHER THAN 2012   EVEN AS RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION …

EIB issues new climate bond with longer tenor (12yr), EUR 500m ($657m), coupon 1.25%, AAA. Takes EIB total climate bond issuance to EUR 6bn!

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

EIB issues new climate bond with longer tenor (12yr), EUR 500m ($657m), coupon 1.25%, AAA. Takes EIB total climate bond issuance to EUR 6bn! Posted: Sep 4, 2014 by Sean Kidney European investors yesterday snapped up a new Euro denominated “Climate Awareness Bond”(link is external) from EIB. With double the tenor of the …

Green Bonds Add to $5.7 Trillion Privately Invested in the Green Economy

Ethical Markets - RGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Green Bonds Add to $5.7 Trillion Privately Invested in the Green Economy Saint Augustine, FL, September 1, 2014 ~ The first two quarters of 2014 show the Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) at $5.7 trillion in private investments and commitments since 2007. This confirms the green economy is …

Developing New Light and Energy Technologies | The Energy Collective Daily

Jay OwenGreentech

Developing New Light and Energy Technologies | The Energy Collective Daily   Developing New Light and Energy Technologies Posted: 21 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT Silvija Grade?ak has big intentions for small ingredients. The associate professor of materials science and engineering focuses on energy-conversion and light-harvesting through the use of …

Sowing Confusion About Renewable Energy

Jay OwenResource Efficiency, Greentech

Thursday, August 7, 2014 Featured Blog Posts Barcelona: Spain’s Ciudad del Sol In Bogotá, Creating Social Equality through Sustainable Transportation Combined Heat and Brewing Power Read All Blog Posts RMI In The News One big obstacle for driverless cars? People are still scared of them Vox Solar Industry Provides Far …

Taiwan’s ASE issues Asia’s first corporate green bond – $300m, BBB, 6yrs – and it’s SIX times oversubscribed!! Asian green bonds may be about to blast off.

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

I’m in Cambodia, visiting the amazing Ankgor Wat, ancient religious centre of a city that apparently had a population of half a million people(link is external) in 1200 AD.  The temple’s bas-reliefs(link is external) are full of triumphal armies, marching through exquisite carvings of trees and forests. They liked their green. We haven’t yet …

FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND REPORT RANKS U.S. ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANIES’ RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

Xcel Energy, Edison International, Sempra Energy, Northeast Utilities, PG&E Rank High; Dominion Resources, Southern Company, SCANA Rank Low BOSTON, MA (July 24, 2014) — As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares for July 29-Aug 1 listening sessions on its Clean Power Plan for existing power plants, a new report from Ceres …