Free to save ‘The greatest source of energy in the future is finding ways to use energy more efficiently.’ No, this pronouncement was not made by Greenpeace nor by the European Insulation Manufacturers Association. It is a quote from ExxonMobil – from the 2010 edition of this company’s annual “Outlook …
Report on EUROSTAT Conference on “Statistics for Policymaking: Europe 2020”
Report on EUROSTAT Conference on “Statistics for Policymaking: Europe 2020” By Lisa Cowan, EMBA, Ethical Markets European Correspondent The 2011 annual gathering of Europe’s key statisticians and policy makers was held in Brussels, March 2011. The conference was opened by Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, who confirmed …
Amendments for free – MEPs work with lobbyists to water down derivatives legislation
AMENDMENTS FOR FREE New article from Corporate Europe Observatory Three MEPs were recently caught red-handed after tabling amendments to EU-legislation in return for money. This was a major scandal. But Corporate Europe Observatory has found that it is still standard practice in the Parliament for lobbyists to draft amendments – …
Moving beyond GDP a European and national policy issue
A subject once discussed mainly by researchers and university scholars, the need to develop new indicators to better measure a nation’s prosperity and quality of life is now high on the agenda of European policy makers and national governments. This newsletter highlights recent developments in efforts to find measures that …
EMM Covering “Statistics for Policymaking: Europe 2020” Conference Brussels – March 10-11, 2011
Ethical Markets Media European correspondent Lisa Cowan will be covering the “Statistics for policymaking: Europe 2020” Conference in Brussels – March 10-11, 2011. The aim of the conference is to bring together politicians and statisticians in a dialogue about how to shape statistics underpinning policy making and political decision making. …
False Economy by Alan Beattie
Review by Hazel Henderson This book is a gem! Historian and economist Alan Beattie gives us a sweeping but deeply researched overview of trade through the centuries, leading us to greater understanding of today’s issues over trade development and globalization. We are treated to deeply skeptical views of most government …
EU’s Silent Revolution in Economic Governance Undermines Democratic Control
http://www.corporateeurope.org/lobbycracy/content/2011/01/corporate-eutopia Brussels, 19 January 2011 – EU member state parliaments look set to lose important powers to control economic and social policy as a result of the EU’s response to the economic crisis according to a new article from Corporate Europe Observatory which analyses the proposals, likely to come into …
New facts about employee ownership in November 2010
EFES NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2010 Conference on public policies for employee ownership in Europe The conference will be held in Brussels on November 26. With the Rapporteurs of the European Economic & Social Committee, Alexander Graf von Schwerin and Madi Sharma, with European Commissioners László Andor and Michel Barnier, Pervenche …
New researches about employee ownership and corporate performance
EFES NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2010 New researches about employee ownership and corporate performance Many new research works recently about employee ownership in the UK, in USA, in The Netherlands (see press review). Research confirms that employee-owned businesses offer greater resilience and tend to create new jobs more quickly and typically …
Exploring Happiness by Sissela Bok, Yale University Press 2010
Review by Hazel Henderson © 2010 This deeply researched and profoundly enjoyable book gets to the heart of the new intellectual fashions in studying human happiness. Sissela Bok’s breathtaking tour of history and cultures from antiquity to today’s brain science is quite the best grounding needed by any serious researcher …