NEW REPORT FROM POSITIVE MONEY: SOVEREIGN MONEY – Paving the way for a sustainable recovery Buy a hard copy for £6 plus shipping (60 pages – only 100 copies available) or Download PDF By fuelling our economy through ever-rising levels of household debt, we are repeating the mistakes that led …
Positive Money Supporter CONFERENCE in London on Saturday 1st March 2014
Save the Date: Next Positive Money Supporter Conference on Saturday 1st March 2014 We are continuing to build the Positive Money Community, and next March over 200 Positive Money members will gather together for a day of making new friends, sharing experiences and challenges, and learning about where …
Funding the US government and avoiding the fiscal cliff
By Dr Shann Turnbull, Co-founding Member of the Sustainable Money Working Group, Ethical Markets Advisory Board Member, October 2013 The US government could fund both its operations and avoid the fiscal cliff by introducing a self-liquidating and self-financing negative interest rate complementary currency. The US Treasury could issue say one trillion …
TBLI Blog: U.S. Bank Legal Bills Exceed $100 Billion
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 …
GMI RATINGS: Snoozing Boards Can Stunt Your Stocks
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Reworking Finance to Serve People and the Environment
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NewNet Daily Newsletter: Toxfree buys two Australian waste firms for $88m
Essential industry insights: cleantech, renewables, sustainability NewNet Daily Newsletter 2 May 2013 Early-stage venture deals gather pace – read about the latest strategic tie-ups with aNewNet premium subscription Deal News Toxfree buys two Australian waste firms for $88m Ormat signs 20-year PPA for 16MW Wild Rose geothermal in Nevada …
Carbon Bubble Creates Global Economic Risk’ – Guardian lead story, 19th April 2013
Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another financial crisis – report Trillions of dollars at risk as stock markets inflate value of fossil fuels that may have to remain buried forever, experts warn Global stock markets are betting on countries failing to adhere to legally binding carbon emission targets. …
EFES NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2013 For the first time since the financial crisis occurred…
EFES NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2013 For the first time since the financial crisis occurred… … the number of employee shareholders in Europe didn’t increase last year, and the democratization rate of employee ownership went down. A new differentiation appears between top executives and other employees since the beginning of …