Brussels releases early draft of Green Paper on long-term investing

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

                                      Dear Dr Hazel Henderson                     Today’s top stories             Brussels releases early draft of Green Paper on long-term …

EU gives member states green light to introduce Financial Transaction Tax

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

EU gives member states green light to introduce Financial Transaction Tax   EUROPE – European Union finance ministers have given 11 member states the green light to implement the controversial Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). The news comes a month after a majority of MEPs gave the same member states the go-ahead …

As 2013 begins, the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT) in a selection of European countries looks closer to becoming reality then ever.

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  After a first (failed) attempt by the European Commission to introduce a common system for a broad based FTT in the EU in 2011, the proposal has gained new life when 11 Eurozone countries were able to agree on the proposal and move it forward under the ‘enhanced cooperation …

Renewable Energy REITs or MLPs Would Unlock Billions for Project Development

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

A Look Back at Solar Energy in 2012 by Vince Font, Contributing Editor | December 19, 2012 2012 was a big year for solar, both domestically and globally, with some unlikely players throwing their hats into the ring and upping the ante on achievable power generating capacity. Here’s a wrap-up …

Chargemaster buys Elektromotive to expand geographic reach

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

Chargemaster buys Elektromotive to expand geographic reach Flextronics International buys US-based Saturn Electronics Atlantic Power closes debentures worth C$100m Bright Light Systems secures equity investment US DOE awards $4m to 7 proposed offshore wind projects HelioVolt closes $12.17m from existing investors SolarCity drops share target after delaying IPO, may trade …

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has always had a rather bad press

Ethical MarketsResource Efficiency

Put up or shut up Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has always had a rather bad press. That’s probably because, unlike for example renewable energy, it does not produce anything. It only prevents something, namely CO2 from reaching the atmosphere. Prevention, unfortunately, never gets much kudos from politicians or society …

Third Industrial Revolution News

kristyGreen Prosperity

We at Ethical Markets agree with Jeremy Rifkin, which is why we produce our GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD® which received official recognition at RIO+20, Hazel Henderson, Editor Greetings! (Click on the image to watch video. Mr Rifkin’s lecture begins at 1:09:30) Brussels, May 29th, 2012. Jeremy Rifkin gave a keynote address …

New ball games

Ethical MarketsResource Efficiency

So has EU policy to diversify gas supplies through the “Southern Corridor” become a failure now that it’s clear that there will be no Nabucco pipeline running through Turkey? Nabucco, whose major shareholders are RWE of Germany and OMV of Austria, has long been seen as the flagship EU pipeline …

Global Outlook on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Policies

kristySRI/ESG News, Global Citizen, Sustainability News

Global Outlook on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Policies Launch of Executive Summary The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission (EC) will be releasing the main findings of “The Global Outlook on SCP Policies”, on Wednesday, 21 March 2012, in New York, in the margins of the …

New facts about employee ownership in November 2011

kristySRI/ESG News

EFES NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2011 Euroshareholders Euroshareholders is the organization of European shareholders associations. It was founded in 1992 while the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership was founded in 1998. Both organizations developed a good cooperation for many years, considering a number of common objectives regarding corporate governance in …