Ethical Markets is proud to be a partner of the Caring Economy Campaign and to have Dr. Riane Eisler on our Advisory Board – Hazel Henderson, Editor CAMPAIGN NEWSLETTER Volume 2: March 2013 IN THIS ISSUE Updates: Public Policy Updates: Leadership and Learning Programs Updates: Coalition & Movement-Building Updates: …
Hazel Henderson: There is 21st Century Abundance Hiding in 19th Century Scarcity Politics
Terry Waghorn, Contributor I cover the intersection of innovation and sustainability. Follow (10) LEADERSHIP | 3/11/2013 @ 4:12PM |103 views Hazel Henderson: There is 21st Century Abundance Hiding in 19th Century Scarcity Politics Comment Now Follow Comments “We live in a world of abundance,” says Hazel Henderson, D.Sc.Hon., FRSA, president of Ethical …
CIW 2012 Update Report
Canadian Index of Wellbeing – measuring what matters, February, 22, 2013 The Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) is an idea and a tool. The CIW is a “big idea” that regards wellbeing as encompassing a wide variety of aspects of life, beyond economic measures like Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It …
United Nations – Happiness: Towards a Holistic Approach to Development
United Nations – Happiness: Towards a Holistic Approach to Development As reported by IISD, February 2013, the UN Secretary-General has released a note on “Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=3DA/67/697> ” (A/67/697). This report, dated 16 January 2013, gathers the views of Member States and international organizations …
Five Questions about Ethical Markets- Special Interview with Rosalinda Sanquiche
Five Questions about Ethical Markets – Special Interview with Rosalinda Sanquiche, Executive Director, Ethical Markets Media, Saint Augustine, Florida, United States of America – January 7, 2013 By Geoffrey on January 7, 2013 On the first Monday of each month Emerging Markets ESG publishes a special interview with an academic, expert or practitioner …
Books: Review Of 2052: A Global Forecast Of The Next 40 Years
2050: A Global Forecast for the next 40 Years by Jorgen Randers, Chelsea Green, 2012 This report to the Club of Rome commemorates the 40th Anniversary of its first report Limits to Growth in 1972, which caused wide controversy since it challenged the basic assumptions of all governments concerning the future of humanity. …
Smart Money Says Invest in Women
Greater participation by women in the labor force would raise GDP worldwide. In America, GDP could rise by 9% and in the Eurozone GDP by 13%. The impact in the Middle East and North Africa would be even greater: average household earnings would increase by as much as 25%. Read …
Too Much Finance?
by Jean-Louis Arcand, Enrico Berkes and Ugo Panizza This paper examines whether there is a threshold above which financial development no longer has a positive effect on economic growth. We use different empirical approaches to show that there can indeed be “too much” finance. In particular, our results suggest that …
Beyond GDP: Experts preview ‘Inclusive Wealth’ index at Planet under Pressure conference
Public release date: 28-Mar-2012 [ Print | E-mail | Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Terry Collins [email protected] 416-538-8712 Earth System Science Partnership Beyond GDP: Experts preview ‘Inclusive Wealth’ index at Planet under Pressure conference Needed to surmount sustainability hurdles: New yardstick of national progress; reforms of corporate reporting; …
Rio+20 a vital opportunity for changing the metrics
As one of the organizers of the original Beyond GDP conference in the European Parliament in 2007 , and funder of its Surveys in 12 countries by Globescan, we are glad to see some progress toward using all available indicators of health, education, environment and poverty . But these indicators …